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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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Industry View: Today is Peak Packaging Monday

Logistics Business Magazine

Businesses widespread are gathering resources and getting their strategies ready as two of the biggest dates in the diary loom ahead. Kite’s ecommerce division was introduced in 2004 and has been continuously evolving since. Its new white mailing bags, smaller bales of wood wool, capacity book mailers and twist wraps are examples.

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

GoShip Blog

It helps you identify the inefficient aspects of your business processes and decipher the best strategies to refine them. These reviews help you assess possible areas of improvement to keep your business thriving in the highly saturated eCommerce industry. Facebook: With more than 2.38 Ask your customers about your business.

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Limping to war

Logistics in War

– Chief of Army LTGEN Peter Leahy, 2004 [1]. An unprepared military offers political leaders few options, corrupts strategy, is inefficient and ineffective, and poses a national risk. The importance of a high-level of preparedness to a military is self-evident.

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The beginning of the end for the Paper Bill of Lading

Shipping and Freight Resource

If you look at many of the news items about the industry recently, there has been a certain buzz and intensity around the electronic bill of lading. The TT Club subsequently wrote off its investments in Bolero in 2004. The transformation that has taken place in the airline industry is an example of what’s possible if we work together.

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Kuehne + Nagel Ventures Forth with a New Global Initiative

Logistics Manager

This scenario is currently playing out in the shipping and logistics industry, with mergers and acquisitions abound as well as a wealth of new technology entering the fold, the face of the industry as we know it is in flux. Mr. Schoon himself is a walking example of the dedication that Kuehne + Nagel places on their loyal employees.