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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore being struck by the Dali and collapsing is an unpredictable disruption to the supply chains of several industries including automobiles, coal, and agricultural machinery. These dimensions are briefly defined and illustrated below.

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Toilet paper and total war – the psychology of shortages and what it means for resilience

Logistics in War

The impact of this turbulence on essentially fragile national logistics, commerce and industry capability is starkly evident and has forced the nation to consider its national resilience. The military organisation – perhaps even government and industry – will rapidly try to respond to rapidly growing military requirements.

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Limping to war

Logistics in War

– Chief of Army LTGEN Peter Leahy, 2004 [1]. Planners may have predicted the characteristics of the war before them, with capabilities ready to meet the threat, but the ability to deploy and support those forces will ultimately determine their worth.

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Marketing Small Business Tips: 6 Tips to Improve Your Small Business 

GoShip Blog

These reviews help you assess possible areas of improvement to keep your business thriving in the highly saturated eCommerce industry. billion monthly users , Facebook remains the biggest social media platform since its launch in 2004. This will help you learn more about your customers’ needs and the steps you should take to meet them.

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What US truck shippers need to watch in 2019 and Beyond

ShipLilly

The trucking industry took a pit stop with the electronic logging devices but has returned to the main course. Most meet in the middle and predict that for the remainder of the year, and well into 2020, those rates will go up between 3-5%. The last time utilization was at 100% was 2004. For example: railroads in the U.S.

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Panama’s Export Business Thrives

Now, That's Logistics

“The impact of this strong performance has been reflected in other parts of the world as well, principally in the ports of the East Coast of the United States,” AJOT reports, “which are in various stages of deepening and expanding their channels to meet the growing number of Neopanamax vessels now transiting the Canal.”.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Attracting Millennials to Manufacturing: Understanding Millennial Experience in Order to Gain Talent

GlobalTranz

Unfortunately, these events lead to one common issue: millennials do not view the manufacturing industry as previous generations did. For example, a position as a welder, which may be involved in manufacturing, sounds much more lucrative as a “metal repair shop” than a “mass-production manufacturer.” Role of Social Media.

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