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Cold Chain Basics with Andy Bahr

The Logistics of Logistics

Andy is the Founder and CEO of Bahr Transportation , a FTL brokerage, focused primarily on serving the food & beverage industry, in the USA & Canada. Andy Bahr is the Founder and President of Bahr Transportation , a FTL brokerage focused primarily on serving the food & beverage industry, in refrigerated freight.

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Shipping Heavy Freight:  Four Functions You Should Ask a Fulfillment Center To Help With

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

For example, according to a survey conducted by AlixPartners in 2016, 88% of consumers are willing to purchase an appliance online – a vast increase over the comparatively lower 62% that were open to it in 2012. Today, such heavy freight orders are commonplace.

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Tackling 6 Common Challenges Produce Shippers Face

Trinity Logistics

CHALLENGE 1: CHOOSING BEST TRANSPORTATION MODE Produce shippers first face the challenge of determining what transportation mode to use for their shipments. This is why produce shippers must ask themselves these questions to help determine the right transportation mode for their shipment. For example, in the U.S.,

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Molex Prizes Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

This involves a lot of long-haul transportation.” The 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruptions in Iceland, for example, caused enormous disruption to air shipments across Western Europe. By 2012 they had implemented this multi-enterprise supply chain network (MSCN) solution. First and last mile shipments are usually by truck.

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Colonial Pipeline; Fuel Shortage Aftermath, Impact to Logistics Rates?

ShipLilly

It transports over 100 million gallons of fuel throughout 5,500 miles to Houston (Texas) and New York. The pipeline transports many grades of gasoline, home heating oil, diesel, military fuels, and jet fuels using its underground facilities. For example, the East Coast had an average of about 825,000 barrels a day in April.

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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

In logistics and supply chain management, however, transport and warehousing are the most significant sharing processes thanks to a welter of economic benefits for all parties—and the trend is accelerating despite the dampening effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Example #2: Airtasker. Example #2: Airtasker.

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5 COVID-19 Vaccine Shipment Challenges and Potential Opportunities

Forto

Logistics pose significant challenges to the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, e.g., some vaccines must be transported and stored at extremely low temperatures. Every logistics company that transports vaccines to their destination in the EU must comply with the so-called EU-GDP standards. Let’s look at 5 of those challenges: 1.