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Supply Chain Risk Management: Could You Face a Category 4 Supply Chain Disaster?

Kinaxis

Going up the coast in Jacksonville, FL, there is a huge port that receives the second-most automobiles in the US along with all types of cargo. This powerful feature lets a supplier or manufacturer see what would happen if the ports all closed, or the delivery mechanisms could not embark.

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The Top 5 Reasons You Need a Transportation Sourcing Solution

Talking Logistics

A missed pick up or delayed shipment can have expensive and negative consequences, ranging from a manufacturing line sitting idle or a lost sale. A graduate of the University of West Georgia, she is a resident of Jacksonville, FL. That is why relationships matter.

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Google Glass 2.0 Highlights Accelerating Move to Augmented Reality in the Supply Chain

RFgen

When Alphabet shut the project down, it was still quietly working on Google Glass Enterprise Edition, a more focused variant of the technology that is proving valuable for manufacturers and similar organizations. “We knew the value of wearable technology when we first put it on the floor,” Gulick told the news source.

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Google Glass 2.0 Highlights Accelerating Move to Augmented Reality in the Supply Chain

RFgen

When Alphabet shut the project down, it was still quietly working on Google Glass Enterprise Edition, a more focused variant of the technology that is proving valuable for manufacturers and similar organizations. “We knew the value of wearable technology when we first put it on the floor,” Gulick told the news source.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 8-12, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Here are some details from the press release: The newly acquired intermodal operations, with locations in Jacksonville, FL, Cincinnati, OH, Memphis, TN, Chicago, IL and Dallas, TX, will operate as part of Transplace’s intermodal division – Celtic Intermodal, which is led by President Doug Punzel.

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Flatbed rates move lower, but they're still pretty high

DAT Solutions

That pipe is manufactured almost entirely of imported steel. Outbound markets with double-digit price increases included Jacksonville, FL, Roanoke, VA and Las Vegas. Jacksonville to Miami increased 43¢ to $3.16/mile. Flatbed rates are coming down from record highs, but remain elevated even after some sharp drops.

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Who said supply chains are boring?: Disney 'Imagineers' a Supply.

Supply Chains Rock

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts recently announced it will be importing almost all of its merchandise through Jaxport , the state-of-the-art logistics hub in Jacksonville, Florida, instead of through the previous port in Savannah, Georgia. Manufacturing Central. EDITORS NOTE: If Disney cant make supply chains interesting, who can?