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Understanding the Shipping Container Shortage!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Shipping container shortage article and permission to publish here provided by Sam White at Argentus. Over a year into the pandemic, supply chain professionals continue to perform heroics as the challenges continue to mount – both from new disruptions, and from knock-on effects from those that have come before. Subscribe Here!

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This Week in Logistics News (April 30 – May 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

Empty shipping containers stack up at US port depots. These sixteen states were joined by the District of Columbia, the City of New York, and a Bay Area organization. There has been a lot written about the need for shipping containers. McCormick’s diverse supplier network helps shield it from Ukraine impacts.

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7 Ways to Strategically Elevate Freight Procurement

Talking Logistics

In the last decade, many companies, especially those with manufacturing operations, have evolved direct materials sourcing from an administrative function to a strategic procurement process. As a strategic process, transportation procurement may still seem very tedious and challenging.

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How to Navigate ESG Risk with Supplier Management Software

QAD

It’s easy to forget about where materials come from when you’re holding a product in your hand or looking for a supplier that can offer a great deal and reliable shipping, but many of those items come with ESG implications. Compliance appears to be a significantly larger driver for sustainable procurement than ethics or consumer demand.

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A Time for Unfiltered Straight Talk

Supply Chain Matters

Frequent readers of the Supply Chain Matters blog may recall one metaphor that this Editor has invoked over the past three years – the Eagle ’s tune, In a New York Minute ( Everything Can Change ). Friedman went on to articulate that transit times to move inventory from Asia to the U.S. Additional Thoughts.

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Managing Logistics for The World’s Largest Company with Gary Sostack

The Logistics of Logistics

I grew up in New York and graduated from the New York Institute of Technology. Then, we buy and ship it to get oil out of the ground. The company searched for smart people who understand what the next new technology will be. I was involved with the procurement of equipment and materials.

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Bring Out the Best in Your Supply Chain

Kinaxis

Professor of Supply Chain Procurement at Rutgers University), the article discusses some key traits held by the best supply chain managers. The Port of New York and New Jersey was hit hard, and they “had about 24 hours’ notice before Sandy hit,” she said. Featuring research by Arash Azadegan (Ph.D, Strauss-Weider Inc.,