No Chicken Exit Required
A few weeks ago my daughter scored us tickets to a special preview of the new TRON roller coaster at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. I’m not a huge fan of roller coasters, so I didn’t quite share her excitement. But I promised to be brave and ride alongside her. As we walked through the queue, […]
Are You Ready For Hurricane Season? Part 3
During my career working with 3PLs, many clients I have worked with are genuinely good charitable people who truly want to be helpful and solve their customers’ problems. Also, the nature of being a 3PL means they must remain extremely flexible for the type of customers or goods that they handle. This benevolence and flexibility […]
Are You Ready For Hurricane Season? Part 2
Ever been on the beach on a nice sunny day and get a text alert that there’s an incoming storm, but the sun’s out and the weather is beautiful? It always seems to happen when you’re on vacation and a storm comes out of nowhere. How do you stay informed about inbound weather? As my […]
Are You Ready For Hurricane Season? Part 1
Hello 3PL friends, June 1 marks the official start of Hurricane Season. With this date on the horizon, Camelot has teamed up with ALAN to educate and inspire our 3PL partners to take action for the betterment of our local communities and those in need. Please stay tuned for our 4-part blog series offering different […]
Un-Trivial Pursuits (What’s Been Happening During ALAN’s Partners Calls)
I am firmly a Gen-Xer – and I have photos of my hairspray-fueled high school hairstyle to prove it. So when my husband and I recently joined some friends for Trivia Night at a local pub and I learned that one of the categories was “The 1980s” I thought we had the competition in the […]
A Roadmap To Water
Disaster recovery is never a single-handed effort. From a logistical standpoint alone, there’s a complex value chain of suppliers, distributors, transporters, donors, coordinators and volunteers who need to work in sync to ensure survivors receive the care and resources they need. Luckily, ALAN exists to connect all of these moving pieces and make disaster relief […]
Try Your Luck With These Disaster-Themed Limericks
It’s St. Patrick’s Day – and in addition to wearing green, we’ve got limericks on the brain. So we decided to try our hand at writing a few in order to share some helpful disaster advice. And since computer-generated copy seems to be the next big craze, we asked ChatGPT to do the same. You’ll […]
GCCA Member United States Cold Storage Rescues 150 Pallets of Pork
Image: GCCA member United States Cold Storage receiving the first shipment of pork to store for Operation BBQ Rescue. Originally published via Global Cold Chain Alliance’s Cold Connection news series On a Friday afternoon, the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) contacted the association with a request: Could a GCCA member help store 150 pallets of frozen pork […]
Our Perfect Bracket
As I write this, the U.S. is just weeks away from falling under the spell of March Madness. Millions of people eagerly tune into this roundball marathon each year, including many who spend hours putting together what’s known as their brackets. Madness indeed! Reportedly, no one has ever succeeded in building a perfect one (read: […]
