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

Logistics Viewpoints

The most obvious impact was the disruption of traffic and transportation. According to a widely cited framework by Christopher and Peck from “Building the Resilient Supply Chain” (2004), supply chain resilience consists of four dimensions: robustness, agility, redundancy, and flexibility.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

since 2004, hit an all-time high of 4,586 points in late March. The cost to transport containerized goods peaked at unprecedented levels in late 2021. This sounds like another example of supply chain whiplash (start and stop) to me. The Harpex index, published by brokerage Harper Petersen & Co.

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Logistics of Olympic Games

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

Among those 45 000, one quarter will be dedicated to cleanliness, the half to raw materials and merchandises transport and the last quarter to passengers transport. The transportation system is key, not only in the capital but also between all of the co-host cities.

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The hazards of Ammonium Nitrate and 100 years of related disasters

Shipping and Freight Resource

The examples are Kriewald , Morgan , Oppau , Tessenderlo , and Traskwood. Tonnes: On April 4, 1925, and May 3, 1925, two carloads, each containing 220 barrels of ammonium nitrate , were dispatched from Muscle Shoals, Alabama , and caught fire in transportation. Date:March 9, 2004. Date:May 24, 2004. Country: Spain.

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Disaster Management & Logistics

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

With the development of communication, transportation systems, the demand is increasing and diversifying constantly. However, the most difficult to prevent and avoid are Rapid onset natural disasters, such as the gigantic Tsunami of 2004, in Japan, that caused many deaths. The stages of Disaster Logistics. Preparedness Phase.

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

Logistics in War

The difficulty experienced in obtaining basic household products – toilet paper for example – as consumers buy in preparation for a state of quarantine that may never come, as trite an issue as it may be, starkly demonstrates how critical human behaviour is in the calculus. The ADF has experienced this ‘tradition’ in the past.

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

GoShip Blog

billion monthly users , Facebook remains the biggest social media platform since its launch in 2004. It allows buyers to rate businesses on a five-star scale, and research proves that a one-star increase in your Yelp rating can boost revenue by 5-9%. Facebook: With more than 2.38

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