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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

They include Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state. California’s regulation allows credit transfers and requires manufacturers to make a growing number of zero-emission vehicles available from 2025 onward, reaching 75% of new Class 4–8 trucks for the 2035 model year.

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Peak Time or Holiday Shipping: Strategies & Tips to Stay Sane, Mitigate Extra Costs, & Keep Customers Happy

GlobalTranz

If you’re shipping in Oregon, Washington, or the Carolinas then lanes are at capacity. If we deploy a cross dock network and replace the network where the individual manufacturing plants all ship directly to the customer base at the required frequencies plant orders would be shipped to plant assigned cross-dock facilities.

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Are Digital Watermarks the Future of Supply Chain Optimization?

AFFLINK

But a new partnership between Oregon-based Digimarc and GS1, the company that first developed UPC codes, is pioneering a new solution that promises to enhance everything from supply chain optimization to retail efficiency: digital watermarks. UPC codes have been the gold standard of product tracking and POS transactions for decades.

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Returnable Transport Items – Where is the Next Big Win?

Supply Chain Network

On a recent trip to the Oregon coast I took a photo that I’ve been quite anxious to share. There, along the beautiful, pristine beach, where sea lions gather and people search for seashells, I found this: A beautiful wooden pallet. Lost track of. Serving no purpose. Cluttering the landscape. Wasting some company’s money.

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3 Reasons Why You Need End-to-End Traceability for Vertically Integrated Manufacturers in the Supply Chain

RFgen

Vertically integrated manufacturersmanufacturers that own or control their suppliers, distributors, etc. When you mine raw materials, manufacture goods and ship finished products around the world, it can be hard to retain total transparency over your operations. Finally, it ships these products around the world.

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3 Reasons Why You Need End-to-End Traceability for Vertically Integrated Manufacturers in the Supply Chain

RFgen

Vertically integrated manufacturersmanufacturers that own or control their suppliers, distributors, etc. When you mine raw materials, manufacture goods and ship finished products around the world, it can be hard to retain total transparency over your operations. Finally, it ships these products around the world.

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A Complete Breakdown of the 26th State of Logistics Report

GlobalTranz

Manufacturers and logistics providers have the ability to build more warehouses to meet the growing demand for additional storage space. Unfortunately, others have seen container traffic come to a dead halt, as was the case in Portland, Oregon. However, the capacity of US warehouses is not a finite concept.