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Is Your Supply Chain Ready for the Congestion Crisis?

Harvard Business Review

For instance, the average transit times to move containers from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to Chicago grew from 84 hours at the end of 2004 to 120 hours by early 2015. Longer supply chains also increase inventory levels and carrying costs related to financing and warehousing. In the end, the above four are just tactics.