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  • Container terminal stacked with shipping containers and gantry cranes at a port under a golden sunset
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    Supply Chain Snapshots - News & Trends You Should Read This Week

    Looking for a quick summary of the top supply chain and logistics news and trends from this week? Read our weekly "Supply Chain Snapshots" for relevant summaries on the news you need to know.

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  • Stacked red, blue and orange shipping containers with an airplane flying overhead in a blue sky.
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    Supply Chain Snapshots - News & Trends You Should Read This Week

    Looking for a quick one-stop-shop for relevant supply chain and logistics news and trends? Read "Supply Chain Snapshots" each week for the latest, with helpful summaries and commentary.

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  • Aerial top-down view of two rows of colorful stacked shipping containers split by a central lane.
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    Supply Chain Snapshots - News & Trends You Should Read This Week

    Looking for a quick one-stop-shop for top supply chain and logistics news and trends making waves this week? Read "Supply Chain Snapshots" for the top stories, with helpful summaries and commentary.

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  • Collage of supply chain scenes: mobile payment, cargo ship, warehouse, bikes, worker in apparel factory
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    Turning the Tides: How to Sail Smoothly Through an Unpredictable Market

    In an unpredictable global market, it's important that companies create a fully visible supply chain to avoid stockouts, surplus, and everything in between to improve agility and stability.

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  • Collage of a designer sketching, a shopper browsing leather bags, gears, a coder, and a US seal in green
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    Savings Mode - Strategies for Lowering Total Landed Costs

    Using robust logistics technology for better insights and real-time data can help businesses streamline operations and reduce landed costs while opening up new opportunities.

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  • Two workers in hard hats, masks and hi-vis jackets walk along railway tracks past stacked shipping containers
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    Rail’s Getting in the Way - Inland U.S. Congestion Issues

    U.S. rail networks have entered a new period of congestion even as carloads carried have fallen and the freight demand outlook darkens. Employment in rail has not recovered after the pandemic and has lagged the development of volumes over the past 18 months.

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  • Child in red coat and gray pompom hat presses a hand to a festive holiday shop window
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    Preparing for the Many Peak Seasons of Supply Chains

    When is the peak shipping season for the retail industry? What does that require in terms of inventory and logistics timing? Will 2022 be different from previous years? The U.S. consumer retail sales season peaked in November and December in the 2010-2019 period. That required…

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  • Aerial view of rows of cargo trucks with colorful shipping containers parked in a yard
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    Unpacking California’s AB5 and Its Impact on Trucking and Supply Chains

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to California’s worker classification law (known as AB5), rendering the future of many independent truck drivers in the state uncertain. Learn more.

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