Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Pandemic demand for goods, and the shifts from a service economy, increased volume in southern California ports where 40% of ocean carriers unload for entry into the United States. The landlocked ports of Southern California are especially problematic. The California landlocked ports struggled with unloading the larger ships.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Coast Guard Recruiting Office in Los Angeles, California, leading recruiting efforts and mentorship programs. Coast Guard Training facility, overseeing law enforcement operations, policy development, and departmental budgeting. Prior to his retirement, Dan was the Recruiter in Charge for the U.S.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

I have often written about legal issues and battles in California, as the state has been in the news for its warehouse and trucking emission rules, independent contractor rules for gig workers, and union disagreements at ports. Well, this week, I saw a new story about a bill in California that is turning heads.

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OCTOBER 4, 2024

Let’s hop into the supply chain news for the week: FERC has Approved California Independent Systems Operators Interconnection Reform Plan CAISO’s interconnection reforms aim to streamline California’s energy grid connection process, addressing a supply chain bottleneck in clean energy project development.

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JUNE 2, 2023

The competition is heating up because of recent California regulations that force some trucking companies and owner-operators to begin buying electric vehicles starting Jan. Most of the misdirection fraud has taken place in California, but some shipments have shipped from other states and have been misdirected to California.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Around 30,000 of the available jobs will be in California, Amazon said. Many logistics companies are loading up on diesel big rigs as California prepares to roll out a rule requiring that trucks purchased after January 1, 2024, that serve the state’s ports be zero-emission vehicles. The jobs will be available across the U.S.,

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

It operates nearly 100 Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 electric trucks at its Southern California Intermodal Operations Center, which also houses a charging depot half the size of a football field. Schneider National says it’s the first major carrier to rack up 1 million miles (1.6 A list of all the awards can be found here.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 11, 2022

About 70,000 truck owner-operators who form the bedrock of California’s transport industry are in limbo as state-level labor rules start applying to them, creating another choke point in stressed U.S. supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

However, in a blow to the autonomous trucking industry, the California Senate passed a bill Monday that requires a trained human safety operator to be present any time a self-driving, heavy-duty vehicle operates on public roads in the state. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has suspended bookings for super vessels through Sept.

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MARCH 24, 2023

The company is opening a third self-operating warehouse and distribution center in California as it looks to grow its US logistics arm. In addition to the three warehouses in California, it operates two facilities in New Jersey and one in Georgia. The new facility will add more than 300 jobs and grow JD.com’s warehouse footprint to 1.3

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

For instance, the recycling rate in California for cans made from aluminum has fallen to a mere 20% from 91% in 2016 and 73% in 2021. This mismatch in demand and supply as well as decreasing recycling rate over the years has further complicated aluminum can production.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced it will consider petitions for waivers from the agency’s 2018 and 2020 determinations that California and Washington State’s break rules for commercial drivers were pre-empted by federal law.

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APRIL 20, 2022

Nuro has partnered with Dominos, Kroger, Walmart, Chipotle, FedEx, and 7-Eleven and has been piloting its technology in Texas, Arizona, and California. Amazon Scout has already performed well in its tests in California and Washington. The company is opening a facility in Helsinki dedicated to testing and refining Scout.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The blackberries you eat today could be from Mexico, and the ones you buy next week could be from California. Sourcing – Consumers expect more fresh products to be available year-round vs. seasonally Sourcing produce has become complex as consumers demand more seasonal produce year-round.

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JANUARY 4, 2021

A company may assume that a supplier’s component built in Wuhan China moves through the port of Shenzhen and takes 22 days on average to reach the port of Long Beach in California. But in reality, it may be that often the components often flow through a port in Xiamen and take 25 days to reach California.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

In the spring of 2022, Asia/US ocean container rates resumed pre-pandemic levels and congestion eased in November 2022 into California ports. As consumer spending fell, the days of escalating ocean freight and extreme shipping variability eased this year. However, variability and global unrest is rising.

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Freightos

JUNE 15, 2021

So a backlog of ships off the coast of California means fewer empty containers heading back to Asia, which means fewer ships and containers available for exports, raising the cost to ship a container from Asia to Europe by 400% in November and December 2020. . But then it got worse. . Logistics is global.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Phil is a San Francisco native, who earned an Industrial Engineering degree from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo. Prior to starting Arka, Phillip founded and successfully exited a few startups. Phil began his professional career at Boeing Aerospace.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Matt received a Master of Science in electrical engineering from University of Southern California, and a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Northwestern University. Prior to that, he held various engineering roles at Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin. About Parallel Systems.

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JUNE 28, 2022

That was the main takeaway from a recent webinar entitled “How to Address Emerging Waves of Disruption and Enable Business Growth”, co-organized by Descartes Systems Group and leading global trade association, Women in International Trade Northern California.

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APRIL 5, 2021

Founded in Berkeley, California in 1966, Peet’s Coffee touts itself as the original craft coffee. All their coffee is produced in small batches and roasted at their own LEED Gold certified roasting plant in Almeda California. The company has a sourcing team that vets the beans.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Modesto, California-based Save Mart announced that Save Mart banner stores in Lathrop and Ceres, California now offer two-hour grocery delivery via Amazon. Plans call for Save Mart to soon launch Amazon delivery at more stores in California’s Central Valley. Logistics industry growth slowed in October. The Save Mart Cos.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Burak earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and a Master of Business Administration at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. About Autotech Ventures.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 28, 2022

California, Mexico sign historic toll- sharing pact for Otay Mesa East Port. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar, California Lt. Amazon in the news: Amazon, Hawaiian Airlines gear up for 2023 launch of Airbus freighters. Amazon to double Europe EV fleet by 2025. Apple calls on global supply chain to decarbonize by 2030.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 20, 2025

According to Robert Emmons , a professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis, “Gratitude is the high-octane fuel without which wed be in relational ruin. Happier employees can make our companies more competitive and more successful.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 9, 2024

Alex received her MBA from the University of Miami and her postgraduate degree in Data Science from the University of California, Irvine. Before this experience, Alex spent several years at Subway where she was responsible for managing demand planning for promotional, limited time offers, and R&D test products.

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APRIL 25, 2024

The recently proposed regulatory mandate, rule 2305 in Southern California, focuses on driving down emissions associated with warehousing activity — including a provision for reducing dwell time on-site. All of those trucks idling in all of those yards spew a lot of C02 — 22.46 pounds per gallon of diesel burned, according to the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 15, 2021

FDA inks mutual reliance agreements with California, Florida, Utah, Wisconsin. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has entered into domestic mutual reliance agreements with California, Florida, Utah and Wisconsin. Bigger turkeys are back as Sam’s Club bets on larger holiday gatherings. Lead times for chips have surged.

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JULY 13, 2022

Political issues including fuel costs and California driver impact from AB5. . Covid issues like inventory imbalances, and supply & demand signals hard to predict, shutdowns, transportation issues, etc. . Global order changes especially in China, Ukraine, and Russia .

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2021

California topped the list of states with the most reported cargo thefts, followed by Texas and Florida. That compares with almost $68 million for all of 2020 when thieves targeted toilet paper and personal protective equipment. But with port backlogs, and the holiday season in full swing, the amount of theft for 2021 is likely to rise.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Reporting regulations in Europe such as CSRD and the US (California) are now in place, so companies will have to hurry to catchup and be ready to report accurate figures in the very near future. Lack of budgets, standards and knowledge at the supplier side are stated as the main barriers to moving further into decarbonisation initiatives.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

ProMat is the first public exhibition of this product, although it is currently live at a customer site in California for the unloading containers filled with dry goods. Performance expectations are for a 40 foot container to be unloaded in under 2.5

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MARCH 13, 2024

There are large variations by state with Wyoming, West Virginia, and Kentucky power dominated by coal, but South Dakota takes the crown for renewable power from wind, while Washington, New York, Vermont, and California are the leaders with carbon free power mostly due to hydro and/or nuclear.

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JUNE 21, 2023

The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, but also has offices in London and Bangalore. The company’s flagship product is called RaftBot, which can be customized to meet the specific needs of different industries and businesses.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

A company may assume that a supplier’s component built in Wuhan China moves through the port of Shenzhen and takes 22 days on average to reach the port of Long Beach in California. But in reality, it may be that often the components often flow through a port in Xiamen and take 25 days to reach California.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

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AUGUST 17, 2021

Port congestion was a top challenge for international shippers for 2021, especially when it came to ports in California. In June, shipments were up by 32% and 33% for Asia and North America, respectively, compared to January 2021. Global ramifications of port congestion.

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