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20 Years of Outsourcing Come Back to Haunt Boeing

Logistics Viewpoints

On February 6 th , the National Transportation Safety Board released a report saying that missing bolts were the likely cause. This incident might be because of oversights in documentation and procedures at Boeing’s Renton factory in Washington. It was a minor miracle that no one was sucked out of the plane.

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part Two: Climate Risks

Enterra Insights

The Associated Press reports, “Canal authorities attributed the drought to the El Niño weather phenomenon and climate change, and warned it was urgent for Panama to seek new water sources for both the canal’s operations and human consumption.

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The Air Freight Market with Eric Kulisch

The Logistics of Logistics

An award-winning business journalist with extensive experience covering the logistics sector, Eric spent nearly two years as the Washington, D.C., As associate editor at American Shipper Magazine for more than a decade, he wrote about trade, freight transportation and supply chains. Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

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REPOST: Understanding Uber Freight with Raj Subbiah

The Logistics of Logistics

Raj holds a Master’s degree in computer science from Texas A&M University, an MBA from the University of California Berkeley, and a computational mathematics and statistics degree from the University of Washington. About Uber Freight. Uber Freight’s blog with latest news/developments. Uber Freight Opens Chicago Office.

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How to Design the Right Solution in a Dynamic Transportation Environment

Talking Logistics

These influences are changing shipper and LSP transportation requirements in real time, which creates a need for designing the right solution to address those challenges. Designing a solution to better manage transportation involves a 3-step approach: Evaluate and understand the current state. Design the future state.

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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

We are making slow progress on transportation visibility, but not supplier visibility. Too few companies have a holistic approach to embrace the plan, make, source, and deliver together. There are no value network solutions in the market to enable plan/source/make and deliver visibility holistically. Current State of Visibility.

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Imports: How AI Simplifies Product Classification

QAD

It encompasses computer systems that aim to emulate human cognition, as explained by Chirag Shah, a professor of information and computer science at the University of Washington. Visit our website to find out more about QAD Global Trade and Transportation Execution.