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Understanding Freightonomics with Anthony Smith

The Logistics of Logistics

Before FreightWaves, Anthony received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Economics from New Mexico State University. Anthony transitioned to a Corporate Economist & Consultant, advising CXO leaders and Fortune 500 companies on economic analysis, industry trends, and internal strategy.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 25 – December 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon’s outsize growth combined with strategy shifts at FedEx and UPS have changed the balance. This will allow waitlist customers to house their meat, packaged goods, poultry, frozen produce and seafood products, while creating 35 new jobs. Before Thanksgiving this year, Amazon had already delivered more than 4.8 The U.S.

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Marijuana Supply Chain: Profits and Headaches

Logistics Viewpoints

These states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C.

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Marijuana Supply Chain: Profits and Headaches

Logistics Viewpoints

These states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C.

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Excessive heat hits the food supply chain

Resilinc

Even though we’re only one week into summer 2022, excessive heat is already damaging agricultural production across the globe, from mangos and wheat in India to cattle in Kansas and chilis in New Mexico. In Europe, extreme heat has hammered much of the continent since mid-June, breaking records in France.

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7 Ways to Create Perfect Agile Supply Chain Machine

Supply Chain Opz

This helps cutting down on a delay in response, especially during supply chain disruptions (7) Develop Contingency Plan : a classic case study of a contingency plan is a case of fire of Philips facility in New Mexico in March 2000. Nokia who had a contingency plan managed to locate 2 new suppliers and the new lead-time was only 5 days.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

New technology and processes will likely need to be implemented, and what’s more, your staff will need to be on board and fully trained with these new changes. For that reason, you may want to consider a project manager to help oversee your implementation to help drive your compliance strategy forward. New Hampsire.