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Logistics as a Crucial Factor in the Success of Large-Scale Events: Lessons from Barranquilla’s Carnival

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

Logistics has become a crucial factor in ensuring the success of massive events such as the Carnival, which attracts thousands of national and international tourists and requires a huge amount of work, coordination and planning. Police overview: to ensure the safety of the people who enjoy the festivities.

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LTL in a Post-Yellow World with Curtis Garrett

The Logistics of Logistics

Curtis is hosting the industry’s first live LTL Mastermind Event, November 9 th and 10 th in High Point, North Carolina. The closure of Yellow Transportation is a significant event for the LTL industry. It is likely to lead to higher rates, less capacity, and more reliance on other carriers for shippers.

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Another Tale from the Past

The Lean Thinker

It was Tuesday afternoon of a traditional five-day kaizen event. It was easy to demonstrate that the oven actually had plenty of capacity, and could easily meet the need by operating it as it was designed. Part of the ritual was for the team to present their concept to the assembled management team for a green light.

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The FreightTech Dilemma with Brad Wheeler

The Logistics of Logistics

In his current role as the Senior Director of Customer Strategy, Brad leads a team focusing on Solutions Architecture and Implementation Strategy whose mission is to work directly with shippers to bring efficiency to the capacity procurement process through technology. Brad’s higher education includes a B.S.

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Penske Logistics Presents: Third-Party Logistics Providers Helped Companies Navigate Supply Chain Challenges

Penske Move Ahead

Surging demand, tight capacity, supply chain disruptions and inflation kept intense pressures on the entire logistics sector throughout 2021, and 2022 seems to be offering little respite as uncertainties linger. Shippers made major moves to obtain more air capacity as ocean capacity proved insufficient.

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[Chart of the Week] Produce season comes early: February storm aftermath causes reefer capacity crunch ahead of schedule

FreightWaves SONAR

As dry van capacity has somewhat started to recover, reefer capacity has become even more scarce as national reefer rejection rates once again hit an all-time high, topping 50% this past week. Somewhat surprisingly, this capacity crunch is located largely in areas that the storm did not directly affect, such as Southern California.

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Will the Post-Covid Era Result in Another Rate War and Shipping Perils?

MTS Logistics

COVID-19 and Hanjin’s bankruptcy both have had significant impacts on the global supply chain and share commonalities in the following ways: Disruptions to global trade: both events led to delays and increased costs for shippers and manufacturers who had to find alternative ways to transport their goods.