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                                                                                                                                       Volume 5  Issue 10,  October 2015
Nourishing a Healthy Supply Chain 

Rapid growth drove sports nutrition company Nutrabolt to set new logistics goals, and enlist the services of a "personal trainer"-Scranton, Pa.-based third-party logistics (3PL) company Kane is Able (KANE).

Founded in 2002, Nutrabolt offers sports nutrition, weight loss, and general health and wellness supplements through brands such as Cellucor, Neon Sport, Royal Sport LTD, and Cavalier. In addition to serving distributors and major retailers, the Bryan, Texas-based company sells its products to individual consumers ordering online from distributors, retail websites, or directly from Nutrabolt.

Use Supply Chain Modeling to Mitigate Port Shutdowns and Other Risks

Recent massive strikes among dockworkers on the California coast brought the reality of supply chain continuity planning to the forefront once again for global businesses.

The Los Angeles and Long Beach ports handle nearly half of the nation's cargo, and are the main gateway for imports from Asia, including automobiles, furniture, clothing, electronic products, and crude oil. Worker shortage and shipping delays throughout the country caused billions in lost or delayed revenue and massive backlogs and protracted lead times.

Trained and Ready Logistics Forces

The intent of senior Army leaders is clear. They will not forsake the hard-earned experience and readiness of our forces as operations shift and budgets shrink. Logistics warriors, such as those assigned to the brigade support battalion (BSB) in a brigade combat team (BCT), have a duty and obligation to maintain their combat edge in order to ensure the Army remains the most capable land force in the world.
 "Warrior logisticians" is the best description of our combat-tested logistics Soldiers, but it has not always been so. The idea of the warrior logistician was part of the Army's vernacular well before the recent decade of conflict, but the logisticians' war-fighting skills were not honed until it became necessary.

 

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It's time for logistics to 'Uberize', says industry experts

 

When it comes to the business of moving goods from one point to another, there's one firm that insiders say is shaking up the logistics industry - and it's not even in logistics.

 

"It's all about Uber," Brett Parker, co-founder and president of Cargomatic, told attendees Monday at the 2015 Intermodal EXPO hosted by the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA). Parker isn't the only one that's been inspired by the way the Silicon Valley firm behind the popular ridesharing mobile app not only matches drivers and riders around the world, but also collects the data derived from that single action, stores it, analyzes and applies it in future business.

 

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SPOTLIGHT

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"All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them."
- Walt Disney
UPCOMING EVENTS

Mississippi Valley Trade and Transport Council - New Orleans, LA - February 3-5, 2016

 

Modex 2016 - Atlanta, GA - April 4-7, 2016

 

Design-Build In Transportation - Charlotte, NC - April 18-20, 2016 



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Away
 

 10/24 at Charlotte - 11:00 a.m.

 11/14 at Rice - 2:30 p.m.

CONTACT US
Dr. Tulio Sulbaran, Director
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Fax: 601.266.5717
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