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Best Practices in Supplier Risk Management

Logistics Viewpoints

Marisa Brown, Senior Principal Research Lead, Supply Chain Management at APQC (American Productivity & Quality Center) recently gave a presentation at ARC Advisory Group’s Supply Chain Forum. In her presentation, Ms. The following article highlights some of the key points made by Ms. Background. Supply Chain Disruption.

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Looking for Freight Broker Tips? Join These 5 Online Communities.

GlobalTranz

One of the best ways to get the knowledge you need to excel is to turn for freight broker tips in online groups. Freight Broker Tips and Resources (LinkedIn). The Freight Broker Tips and Resources LinkedIn group offers a ton of free freight broker resources to enrich your knowledge in the trade. Freight Brokers (Facebook).

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Guest blog: With the Truck Driver Shortage, How Many More Drivers will be Enough?

CH Robinson Logistics

My preferred measure of demand for truck transportation is an index I’ve developed with my colleague Yem Bolumole at the University of Tennessee that uses data from the Census Bureau’s and Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ Commodity Flow Survey to calculate implied demand for truck transportation.

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How to be an Eco-Friendly Ecommerce Brand

Ship Monk

According to the Business of Sustainability Index , despite intense inflation since 2020, 66% of general US customers and 80% of young adult (ages 18-34) US customers surveyed in 2022 are willing to pay more for sustainable products/companies that embrace sustainable practices. Clearly explain cause and effect. The problem?

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How Corona has Changed Shopping Behaviour

Forto

But shopping online proved difficult for many German customers — a good 70% of those surveyed reported unsatisfactory search results and shortcomings in product descriptions, among other things. This is because six out of ten consumers surveyed want to maintain their changed shopping behavior and order online more often.

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We Analyzed 6,220 Forklift Repair Service Calls. Here Were the Most Common Issues in 2019.

Conger

of all work orders surveyed, the biggest category of reported issues was leaks. Travel and lift issues came in second among surveyed work orders, at 15.18% of complaints. In fourth place were starting issues, at 12.89% of our survey sample. Error codes and check engine lights came in next, with 6.21% of surveyed issues.

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Challenges Facing The Chemical Industry

Trinity Logistics

According to a survey by the American Chemistry Council , 97 percent of companies reported having to change to their operations due to supply chain issues in recent years. Because of this, the chemical industry must stay on the tip of its toes and be able to adapt quickly whenever disruption may happen.