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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. Food Logistics provides valuable insights into industry trends, best practices, and innovations.

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Hurricane Florence path includes 4 port cities

DAT Solutions

Port of Charleston, South Carolina - This port will be CLOSED at least Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and possibly longer depending on conditions. More than 200,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) passed through South Carolina Ports in August. The port is 26 miles from the open sea on the Cape Fear River.

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Panama Canal Expansion Boosts Freight in an Unexpected Place

DAT Solutions

Expansion at the Panama Canal, pictured above, has led to a business boom in South Carolina. But the South Carolina freight market has already gotten a boost thanks to the expansion, and the industrial boom has been evident on DAT Load Boards. ” The rates are also trending up. Photo by Stan Shebs.

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Amazon Acquiring Whole Foods: A Wakeup Call for the Grocery Industry?

Talking Logistics

If you look at Kroger, there was a statistic of how many quarters in a row they had same-store sales improve and now that trend has reversed on them. in 1994 helped upend that country’s grocery sector, says it will open 20 stores in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina by summer, with some arriving in the next few weeks.

Food 101
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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up- February 24 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Further reported was that Boeing CFO Brain West had indicated last week that 787 production was paused at the North Charlestown, South Carolina facility to address issues related to fuselages built by supplier Spirit AeroSystems. rose another one percent in January, from the prior month. percent.

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Key Automotive Attractions and Pit Stops at Explore 2019

QAD

While QAD’s Chief Marketing Officer Carter Lloyds will lead a discussion on industry disruptors, Tom will discuss the latest trends in automotive as well as the impact of these disruptions in automotive manufacturing with respect to Anything as a Service (XaaS), Make-to-Order at Scale and Digital Transformation. Is it Flexible and Scalable?

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Ready For the Next Port Crisis?

Talking Logistics

This excerpt from the Journal of Commerce’s Berth Productivity: The Trends, Outlook and Market Forces Impacting Ship Turnaround Times report (July 2014) summarizes the challenge nicely: If there’s an issue in the container shipping world that’s hotter than port productivity, I’m not aware of it. The bottom line for all U.S.