When Princess House wanted to expand order fulfillment capabilities and reduce delivery times, the direct-selling kitchenware company turned to Saddle Creek…the 3PL custom engineered a fulfillment solution that includes a new West Coast facility and a significant investment in fulfillment automation. Source link
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Over the past few years, we’ve used our June issue to address the importance of continuing education and the steps logistics management professionals can take to help recruit, nurture and retain the single most valuable asset of any organization—its people. Source link
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Too often companies choose to do nothing to improve the operational efficiencies of their distribution centers, mistakenly believing that no investment in distribution means they avoid new costs. Source link
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Los Angeles Pacific University announces the launch of two new online programs in Fall 2018: a Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management and a Master of Business Administration. Source link
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In February, Klaus Niebur, the director of global supply chain risk management at Autoliv, and Jan Thiessen, the managing director at targetP!, spoke on best practices on supply chain risk management at ARC Advisory Group’s Digital Transformation in Industry conference. Autoliv is the world’s largest safety system
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3PL marks 50 million miles with expanded operations, dual-fuel vehicles and fueling station upgrade. Source link
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Landstar System, Inc., a worldwide, asset-light provider of integrated transportation management solutions delivering safe, specialized transportation services, today announced it has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Source link
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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a rule that adds 29 persons in Cyprus, Finland, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine (including its Crimea region) and the United Kingdom to its list of entities restricted from receiving exports of dual-use goods from the United States. Source
Read more →Hurricane Ian is the 15th billion-dollar disaster to hit the United States in 2022. The total cost of the 338 >$1B weather/climate disasters we’ve experienced since 1980 is $2.95 trillion. Even more concerning: The 1980–2021 annual average is 7.7 events (CPI-adjusted); the annual average for 2017-2021 is
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CSX CEO Hunter Harrison has died at the age of 73, the company said Saturday, the news comes a day after CSX disclosed Harrison took a leave of absence for undisclosed medical reasons. Source link
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