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MAY 12, 2023

Labor unions are celebrating a bill signed into law in Washington state that offers new protections to warehouse workers, pushing back against fulfillment productivity quotas in the very state where retail giant Amazon first set the standard for lightning-fast delivery windows.

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MARCH 19, 2021

Washington farm exports crimped by cargo-container shortage. Foreign buyers are eager for farm goods from Washington and other states but thanks to the strange effects of COVID-19 on global shipping, US farm exports are barely moving. UN plan would raise $5 billion from containership companies to stop emissions.

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JUNE 28, 2023

These states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 14, 2024

One company in Western Washington alone lost $1.4 .” The scheme organizer and his staff encouraged co-conspirators to purchase items from retailers and then impersonated the purchasers to secure refunds while allowing the original buyers to keep the merchandise for a cut of the return fees. million to this fraudulent scheme.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 6, 2022

Last week I saw a news headline from the Washington Post stating Michael Burry’s ‘Bullwhip’ Tweet Deserves Serious Attention. Michael Burry ( @michaeljburry ) is most well-known as the hedge fund manager portrayed by Christian Bale in the movie “ The Big Short.”

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2023

He is a University of Washington grad and an engineer at heart who loves solving complex scaling problems. Prior to founding Shipium, he spent 19 years at Amazon as VP of Retail Systems and VP of Forecasting & Supply Chain. While there he owned the global software and operations group that powered Prime, Subscribe & Save and Pricing.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The North American edition will follow on May 4 – 6 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. Registration is free for procurement, finance and supply chain practitioners and can be done online for both the Paris and Washington (D.C.)

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This incident might be because of oversights in documentation and procedures at Boeing’s Renton factory in Washington. On January 30, Boeing indicated that the bolts required to fasten the fuselage panel of an Alaskan Airlines aircraft were missing when the plane left Boeing’s facility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 6, 2023

These states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Pam is a George Washington University Graduate and an angel investor. In 2014, Pam launched the LATAM Founders Awards, now known as the ‘Oscars for Technology in Latin America’ an event that recognizes the most disruptive and innovative companies in the region. She and her husband, Daniel Simon, have an 4 year old son, Hayden Storm Simon.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

Pam is a George Washington University Graduate and an angel investor. In 2014, Pam launched the LATAM Founders Awards, now known as the ‘Oscars for Technology in Latin America’ an event that recognizes the most disruptive and innovative companies in the region. She and her husband, Daniel Simon, have an 4 year old son, Hayden Storm Simon.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 4, 2022

A Washington-based think tank has launched an initiative to encourage widespread adoption of standardized data-sharing in the freight sector in order to boost sustainability.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2022

Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, FlavorCloud makes international shipping and returns easy, affordable, and friction-free, enabling brands and 3PLs (Third Party Logistics Providers) to go global in any part of the world. About FlavorCloud.

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ivalua

APRIL 15, 2020

April 15, 2020 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced that its marquee annual event, Ivalua NOW 2020 , will transition from a physical event in Washington D.C. to a virtual event, taking place on May 5 and 6, 2020.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 2, 2020

Treasury to acquire 30 percent of [YRC Worldwide] in exchange for $700 million loan (Washington Post) USMCA Takes Effect but North American Trade Tensions Remain (WSJ – sub. Since tomorrow we will be observing Independence Day, here is the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: U.S. req’d) FedEx Jumps Most.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

He served tours in Washington D.C., Navy Reserves in 2016, after serving as a founding team member of DiUX, the Department of Defense’s Silicon Valley presence. He was deployed to Iraq in 2006 and 1990, and Panama in 1991. serving on the staff of U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

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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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 8, 2022

Doug has been a board member of the Washington DC Metro Police Foundation since 2016 and sits on the Advisory Board for Truckers Against Trafficking. Doug and his wife Lisa of 31 years reside in Bentonville, AR and have three adult children.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 2, 2023

And while Southwest says they are point-to-point, Atlanta (ATL), Baltimore/Washington (BWI), Chicago Midway (MDW), Denver (DEN), Houston Hobby (HOU), Nashville (BNA), Oakland (OAK), Phoenix (PHX) and St. Then the plane flies to San Diego. Then it stays there overnight, and the next day the plane might fly to Dallas.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 22, 2020

trade blacklist of entities Washington says are linked to human-rights abuses of the Uighur minority group in Xinjiang is entangling major brands and likely to further a reordering of supply chains that feed American consumers,” write Dan Strumpf and Liza Lin in the Wall Street Journal. “The addition of 11 Chinese companies to a U.S.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 11, 2024

Reinke is a Washington, DC native, and graduated from the National Cathedral School. Prior to her time at USDOT, Reinke spent 16 years at CSX Corporation in their Federal Affairs office, ultimately serving as the Vice President – Government Affairs, overseeing the Federal, State Government and Community Affairs Departments.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 18, 2023

He uses George Washington, who heroically carried out routine activities during the Revolutionary War very near where I live, as an example. Washington taught that makeshift band of soldiers to set up camp at the river and put the horses upstream for the night. Did you note that Washington “talked to his aide”?

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The North American edition will follow on May 4 – 6 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. Registration is free for procurement, finance and supply chain practitioners and can be done online for both the Paris and Washington (D.C.)

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ivalua

APRIL 19, 2022

After almost 3 years, we are thrilled and more than ready to welcome our guests back to Ivalua NOW in Washington D.C! This year, Ivalua welcomes our guests on opening night to a fabulous evening of hors-d’œuvres, cocktails, and entertainment at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. We’re BACK!

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 25, 2022

Northwest Arkansas is a metropolitan area and region in Arkansas within the Ozark Mountains that includes four of the ten largest cities in the state: Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, and Bentonville, the surrounding towns of Benton and Washington counties.

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Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The plan is the latest move in Washington to respond to supply-chain disruptions that have roiled the economy.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 22, 2022

He writes a regular JOC column, speaks regularly at industry events and has been quoted in or written for mainstream business media including the The Wall Street Journal, CNBC and The Washington Post, CBS News, NPR, The Financial Times, The New York Times and others. He has degrees from the University of Maine and Fordham University.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 25, 2014

Last week, for example, Uber launched Uber Corner Store in Washington, DC where local users can order allergy medicine, diapers, toothpaste and over 100 other items through the Uber app. That’s what we’ll be saying in the not too distant future, as the company continues to experiment and branch into new areas.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The 2022 event is in Washington. We hope to see you at the event next year. Until then, join us for our monthly networking calls, books/reports , podcasts, and blog posts. See You There? Land at Dulles Airport and take the shuttle to the Westin Hotel. Save the date for September 6th-8th. We hope to see you there.

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Kinaxis

JULY 18, 2018

On the evening of the event, STEP Ahead recognized 100 Honorees and 30 Emerging Leaders at a gala in Washington, D.C. Seema Pajula, 2018 chair of STEP Ahead, is the vice chairman and U.S. consumer and industrial products leader for Deloitte and Touche.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 31, 2023

He writes a regular JOC column, speaks regularly at industry events and has been quoted in or written for mainstream business media including the The Wall Street Journal, CNBC and The Washington Post, CBS News, NPR, The Financial Times, The New York Times and others. He has degrees from the University of Maine and Fordham University.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Joined the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington to advise on sovereign guaranteed development projects for Latin American countries. About Felipe Capella Felipe Capella Co-founder and CEO of Loadsmart , a leading digital freight technology company. Founded, developed and launched an online contest startup.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 20, 2022

Amazon Scout has already performed well in its tests in California and Washington. The company launched its first sidewalk delivery robot named Scout in January 2019, and has been ramping up its efforts to get Scout into a neighborhood near you. The company is opening a facility in Helsinki dedicated to testing and refining Scout.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The editorial board at The Washington Post points out, “This is not just Panama’s problem. Concluding Thoughts The Washington Post ‘s editorial board concludes, “It might seem callous to worry about the impact of climate change on global trade.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The shift illustrates how the rising cost of importing from China and escalating political tensions between Washington and Beijing are encouraging large U.S. To be sure, China is still Walmart’s biggest country for importing goods. companies to import more from countries including India, Thailand and Vietnam.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2019

As few as 44 percent of retailers offer free returns shipping, notes the Washington Post, but the day with the highest returns rates arrived in mid-December. million returns, reports the Washington Post. UPS processed more than 1.5 million shipments before Christmas, and on January 3, 2019, UPS processed an estimated 1.3

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 9, 2021

With eligibility requirements easing and vaccine supplies growing, Walmart is now administering vaccines in more than 3,800 stores and clubs across 48 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC. The company is also placing more emphasis on rural and vulnerable areas across the country.

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