Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 25, 2024
October 21st – 24th Supply Chain & Logistics News Round Up This past week, I returned to the Tampa Bay Area to visit family and see the lasting effects of back-to-back hurricanes. According to the Tampa Bay Times, there are over 1 million cubic yards of debris still awaiting collection—enough to fill more than 60,000 dump trucks.
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Additionally, much of my attention this week has been focused on my hometown, Tampa, FL. Fortunately, the expected storm surge never materialized, and landfall narrowly missed the densely populated Tampa Bay area. If you find yourself in London soon, I highly recommend visiting this exhibit!
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Exiger Perspectives
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Hurricane Milton Threatens Supply of Key Industry Inputs Client Alert Hurricane Milton’s expected wake of destruction in the Tampa Bay area will likely lead to constraints in commodities and goods that are key inputs into sectors like agriculture, food, medical & surgical devices, and defense & aerospace.
Resilinc
OCTOBER 4, 2022
A similar story could be told for manufacturing industries whose supply chains extend into Florida. Florida is a major hub and home to a variety of industries including: aerospace, high tech, healthcare, electronics, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, agriculture, manufacturing, security, and more.
Talking Logistics
JULY 24, 2018
Let’s say a manufacturer based in Milwaukee needs to ship freight to Tampa. The manufacturer could ship the half-empty truck down south or wait until it does have a truckload, or it could utilize continuous pool optimization and plan its shipments to a consolidation point.
3PL Insights
JULY 20, 2020
Trade disputes between the United States and China further supports this idea with many businesses relocating manufacturing and distribution operations back to North America. Louis and Tampa. Due to these processes we can expect outsourcing to 3PLs to increase over the next few years.
Talking Logistics
FEBRUARY 5, 2015
But for manufacturers who ship using both rail and truckload, a key issue lies in whether they are able to achieve the same benefits by using a TMS built for truckload modes in their rail operations. For example, shipping goods from Atlanta to Tampa may cover 400 truck miles, but using rail the trip could be closer to 800 miles.
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