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Looking Back at the Thanksgiving Supply Chain: How Turkeys Were Delivered to Millions of Americans

Locus

These are the essential workers across the supply chain who worked tirelessly to make sure goods reached customers at the right time. What would Thanksgiving be without any fresh food and turkeys? The turkey supply chain. The turkey supply chain. A typical turkey supply chain.

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Lora Cecere on Supply Chain Metrics that Matter

AIMMS

Interview with Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights and Author of Supply Chain Metrics that Matter ( published December 2014 ). Lora Cecere is the founder and CEO of the research firm Supply Chain Insights. I couldn’t write how supply chain had improved balance sheets.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

Watching the commercial definitely made me feel nostalgic for the good old days of 80’s cartoon mascots. The 100+ Accelerator was launched in 2018 as a global incubator program to help solve supply chain challenges across water stewardship, circular economy, sustainable agriculture, and climate action.

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Produce Season and How It Affects Capacity

Blue Grace Logistics

. Food items are something that will always be in demand. Consumers expect fresh produce and other food products year around. million truckloads of food and kindred products this year, up 5% from 2017. Moreover, truckloads of food are expected to rise by an additional 8% to 166.9 million by 2020.

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Eco-Friendly Packaging + Shipping Materials for Ecommerce Orders

Ship Monk

And if you answered no to these questions and are an ecommerce business owner, definitely keep reading because profits and planet preservation can go hand in hand! Yup, corn isn’t just a delightful food to have at a summer BBQ; it’s an eco-friendly ecommerce alternative. What is Eco-Friendly Packaging? No worries.

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Eco-Friendly Packaging + Shipping Materials for Ecommerce Orders

Ship Monk

And if you answered no to these questions and are an ecommerce business owner, definitely keep reading because profits and planet preservation can go hand in hand! Yup, corn isn’t just a delightful food to have at a summer BBQ; it’s an eco-friendly ecommerce alternative. What is Eco-Friendly Packaging? No worries.

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Why freight is a commodity

FreightWaves SONAR

But over the past five years, volatile economic conditions have exposed just how critical transportation capacity is to the stability of supply chains across the globe and subsequently the economy. Transportation networks are the backbone of supply chains and as they go, so do all of the companies that rely on them.