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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. Coal industry: The Port of Baltimore is the largest coal port in the country, handling about 20 million tons of coal per year.

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Industry View: DCs Rise to Meet Unprecedented Challenges

Logistics Business Magazine

Pressing needs and panic buying have created the equivalent to peak season demand in many industries. Today, new employees are being brought in on the fly, with many coming from service industries or distribution centres that have seen a downturn in demand. Efficiently getting them up to speed is critical.

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Container Management Severely Out of Balance on the West Coast

LandLink

Empty miles for a trucking company represent the cost of repositioning equipment to meet demand. Non-usage, in the case of containers, represents a lack of outbound shipments in a specific area. In both cases these pure expenses will be reflected in the outbound rate.

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What Is Cross-Docking?

FW Logsitcs

Supply chains that utilize this process are able to meet customer demands faster by avoiding extra inventory handling steps. Goods come into the dock and are immediately sorted, consolidated, and loaded onto outbound trucks heading to retail stores, distribution centers, or customer locations. truck to rail) without storage in between.

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Understanding Distributed Order Management with Dan Gilmore

The Logistics of Logistics

Earlier in his career, he led the implementation of two major WMS projects for Forte Industries. Optimize inbound and outbound order routing. Maximize profitability while meeting customer service commitments. About Softeon. Serve as a centralized “Order Hub” in both B2C and B2C ecosystems.

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Why CSR-centric Brokerages are Leading the Industry

Parade

Meet Everett Johnson, founder and owner of Credence Logistics (CL). To be a successful CSR, they must balance the following activities: Relationship-building + customer success: sales reps bring shipper customers in, but CSRs keep them and build the brokerage's industry reputation.

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Commercial Vehicle Show

Logistics Business Magazine

Brand new for 2024 is a 3 day class-leading on-site seminar to complement the extensive exhibition, covering all of the ‘hot topics’ including, ministerial announcements, decarbonization, and probably the most vital industry resource, its people! By the industry, for the industry. Don’t miss out. The Commercial Vehicle Show.

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