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Cold Chain Basics with Andy Bahr

The Logistics of Logistics

Andy completed his undergrad at Miami of Ohio, and his masters at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL in 2012. Food transported in bulk, where the food touches the walls of the vehicle (Example: juices). Packaged foods not fully enclosed by a container (Example: fresh produce). Types of food subject to FSMA.

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Schneider Electric’s Supply Chain Design Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2012 and 2013, they began using external consultants to model their Asian supply chain. For example, at one point, they modeled Brazil and factored tariffs and tax considerations into the total landed costs analysis. We don’t want to be as reliant on long supply chains that can easily be broken.”

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Shipping Heavy Freight:  Four Functions You Should Ask a Fulfillment Center To Help With

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

For example, according to a survey conducted by AlixPartners in 2016, 88% of consumers are willing to purchase an appliance online – a vast increase over the comparatively lower 62% that were open to it in 2012. Today, such heavy freight orders are commonplace.

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Why Great Prospects Don’t Become Customers with Zach Ramirez

The Logistics of Logistics

Founded in 2012 by Dan Manshaem and Jeff Chidester , Ally has seen continual growth throughout the years. Example: Saying “We service the hell out of our freight” then falling flat after 3 months and leaving the shipper hanging. RadioShack Example: RadioShack: You’ve Got Questions.We’ve Got Answers.

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How Many Warehouses Does the US Have? Nobody Knows

Logistics Viewpoints

The previous survey had been in 2012, and the compound annual growth rate in the number of warehouses over that time was 4.0%. So, for example, if the back of a store is picking and packing ecommerce orders, that backroom is a warehouse. Their last survey was in 2018. Then there is JLL. You would want the total number of warehouses.

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Ensuring Safe Cargo: Steve Banasiak on East Coast Warehouse’s CES Operations

ECW

For example, agriculture exams are highly seasonal. Before 2012, we relied on customs inspectors to inform us about containers needing inspection. Do you have any specific examples of success stories where your CES operations benefited clients? One notable example is our work with imported fruits.

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Supply Chain Management:Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 1

Infosys Supply Chain Management

« Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 0 | Main | Leveraging Social Media for Improving Forecast Reliability » Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 1. Roadmap for 2012 is to release significant enhancements on Maximo Scheduler, Fix packs for various Industry Solutions (SP, Utilities, Nuclear etc). December 2012.