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What is Supply Chain Resiliency?

Logistics Viewpoints

A storm may leave roads closed, warehouses shut down, utilities lost, and employees stranded. The system wasn’t prepared for the surge, driving up pricing for transportation and sapping inventory levels. To build supply chain resiliency, leaders should consider these factors: Buffer inventory and shift away from JIT.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

With the new expansion, Amazon is rolling out same-day delivery to Prime members in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Tampa, Charlotte and Houston, bringing the total markets served to 12. In these markets, shoppers will be able to place orders online throughout the day, then have items on their doorstep in as fast as five hours.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 14-18, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Wal-Mart seeks to tether small stores to big ones ( The Detroit News ). Earlier this week, for example, I commented on the partnership between Amazon and P&G , where Amazon has set up operations inside P&G warehouses to fulfill online orders. As a result, the answers to “What is a warehouse?”

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How To Overcome Supply Chain Disruption

GlobalTranz

A storm may leave roads closed, warehouses shut down, utilities lost, and employees stranded. The system wasn’t prepared for the surge, driving up pricing for transportation and sapping inventory levels. A brief look at the GlobalTranz blog for January and February shows about a half dozen winter story advisories across the U.S.

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Evans Distribution Systems Launches New Business Intelligence Tool: evans365

3PL Insights

The tool provides warehouse customers a holistic view of their account activity based on real-time data. “As Our customers identified a need for a data insight tool that shows trends in their inventory and transactions,” Evans says. MELVINDALE, Mich., About Evans Distribution Systems.

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New Panama Canal Options: Running the Numbers with a TMS

TMC

The trade-offs are especially critical for destinations in a “battleground” region that stretches from Detroit in the north to Houston in the south. The preferred amount of inventory held on ships and trucks depends on constraints such as the value of the cargo. Is your supply chain make-to-order, make-to-stock, or both?

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Evans Partners with COTS to Help Detroit Families

3PL Insights

As a 92-year-old business based in Detroit, Mich., Recently, Evans was approached by COTS Detroit, a community organization in need of overflow warehousing near their Detroit headquarters. COTS helps Detroit families by providing low-income housing, shelters, food and supply pantries, career development training and more.

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