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The Next Frontier in Food Logistics with Alexis Mizell-Pleasant

The Logistics of Logistics

She has a background in journalism and a diverse resume of experience in many communications roles for companies like the Medical University of South Carolina, Amazon, and a major non-profit in the city of Charleston, SC. She holds a master’s degree in communication from Johns Hopkins University and she is a U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

South Carolina prohibits importation of some birds due to avian flu. Of these 37 projects, 23 are in the US, which brings Amazon’s total clean energy procurement in the US from 7.2 Amazon on path to reach 100% renewable energy by 2025. USPS slowing first-class package delivery to lower costs. GW to 10.4

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up September 1 2023

Supply Chain Matters

West Coast Dockworkers Ratify New Labor Contract Members of The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) have completed the voting process and have ratified a new six-year labor contract covering 29 U.S. West Coast ports. The organization indicated that 75 percent of members voted for contract ratification.

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Hitendra Chaturvedi’s Reality Check

Resilinc

There are a lot of hard-headed realists in the procurement and supply chain profession. South Carolina is 11th after years as number one. Chaturvedi: So far this year, Ohio, Arizona and Tennessee have seen the most job announcements associated with reshoring. Texas has dropped from 2nd in 2020 to 13th in 2021.

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Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Procurement will play a key role in monitoring supply base conditions.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

With how quickly new technology, tips and warehouse management techniques are emerging, wouldn’t it be nice to take a page from someone else’s book? Boot Barn @bootbarn In 2016, Boot Barn improved operations at its distribution center in Fontana, California by implementing HighJump’s Warehouse Advantage WMS.