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Port of Oakland Boasts Strong Finish to 2024

Data released by the port on December 26 shows that full imports increased by more than 13% year-over-year in November 2024.

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Boxing Day Retail Returns Jump 15% in 2024

The largest increase in returns came from cosmetics and personal care items, which saw a 36% year-over-year jump.

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Revolutionizing Supply Chain Resilience with Multi-Tier Criticality Management (MTCM)

Conventional metrics, like cost and annual spend, have historically guided supplier performance evaluations, but they miss the true operational risks posed by potential disruptions.

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AI’s Role in Supplier Collaboration and Information Management

Artificial intelligence continues to revolutionize buyer-supplier collaboration and information management, offering transformative opportunities to optimize supply chains.

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Highway Congestion Creates $109B in Added Costs for Trucking Industry

The ATRI also found that congestion caused the industry to waste 6.4 billion gallons of diesel fuel, creating more than $32 billion in additional fuel costs.

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Strikes Underway at Nine Amazon Facilities

The Teamsters say that they represent more than 10,000 Amazon workers combined across 10 U.S. warehouses and delivery stations.

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NMFTA Turns Attention to Digitizing FTL Freight Sector

The newly-formed Digital FTL Council includes representatives from companies such as Nordstrom, Uber Freight, J.B. Hunt and C.H. Robinson among others.

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Retailers Expect Flood of 'Super Saturday' Shoppers Before Christmas

The National Retail Federation is predicting the second busiest "Super Saturday" since 2016, as consumers get in their last-minute holiday shopping.

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Busiest U.S. Container Ports Set to Close 2024 with Record Volumes

The Port of Los Angeles will likely surpass 900,000 TEUs in December, and is on track to handle 10 million TEUs for the year for only the second time,

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Mars Carves Path Toward Responsibly Sourced Cocoa

Mars is planning to have cocoa it purchases physically separated from products that come from other unverified sources at every stage in its supply chain.

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Senate Probe Claims Amazon Ignored Warehouse Safety Warnings

An analysis of company data showed that Amazon warehouses recorded over 30% more injuries than the industry average in 2023.

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BOM Rationalization: The Key to Reducing Excess Inventory and Procurement Costs

Across industries, be it FMCG, medical, or automotive, companies with a vast, diverse product portfolio need to manage bills of materials for each product and variant.

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