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How New Balance Has Weathered Years of Supply Chain Disruptions

Supply Chain Brain

The attacks on Red Sea shipping have forced carriers to reroute their vessels around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, resulting in increased cost. But that hasn’t fazed New Balance.

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Five Essentials Manufacturers Need to Weather the Freight Cycle

Supply Chain Brain

As shippers and dedicated truckload truck operators head into the contract bid season, here are five essential tactics manufacturers can use to reduce transportation spend.

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Shadow-Fleet Oil Tanker That Crashed Had Void Western Insurance

Supply Chain Brain

The Danish Maritime Authority said that the ship provided insurance documentation from Gard AS, but Gard said it wasn’t the insurer at the time of the collision.

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Watch: Concurrency: The New Supply Chain Requirement for Tearing Down Silos

Supply Chain Brain

What Kinaxis calls "concurrency" tears down silos from end to end in the supply chain, guaranteeing success, says Tom Rhoads, the company’s global vice president of sales and supply chain execution.

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Rethinking warehouse work culture: Can automation create better workplaces?

Heico Sandee, CEO of Smart Robotics, explores how automation redefines warehouse culture. By shifting repetitive tasks to skill-based roles, automation improves safety, fosters collaboration, and makes warehousing more appealing to today’s workforce.

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Baltimore’s Trapped Ships Start Leaving as New Channel Opens

Supply Chain Brain

Officials in Baltimore established a temporary channel so essential ships can traverse the harbor for the first time since the Singapore-flagged ship Dali collided with the bridge on March 26.

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