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How Will You Compete with Amazon with Charley Dehoney

The Logistics of Logistics

FitzMark is a leading Indianapolis-based transportation and logistics provider. Fitzmark has warehousing locations in Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, and Indianapolis. Leverage the proper capital sources to scale your companies growth: Angel investors/Venture capital for start-ups. About Fitzmark.

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Addressing Labor Shortages in Warehouse and DC Operations

NC State SCRC

The shortage of workers is causing companies to look at non-traditional sources, including individual with a criminal record. facility at an Indianapolis, Ind., This is good news for worker, especially those on the low end of the education spectrum, and the growth of new jobs will require in most cases a high-school diploma.

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Summer freight: Calm before the storm?

DAT Solutions

Steel tariffs have also made new projects more expensive, since it’s not easy to source domestically. Memphis rates also fell sharply, with the lane to Indianapolis down 21¢ to $2.59/mile. Pipelines are filled to capacity the West Texas oilfields, leading to a slowdown in drilling. Dallas to Denver lost 25¢ at $2.59/mile.

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The Supply Chain Can?t Stop: A story from the front lines at Ken?s Foods

Elementum

Today, they produce and package over 1,000 varieties of dressings and sauces — including category leader, Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue sauce — across 4 plants near Boston, Indianapolis, Atlanta, and Las Vegas. With no plants overseas, Ken’s Foods was spared the early supply chain ripple effect related to COVID-19 in Asia and Europe.

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Guest Post from Tim Barnes: Navigating Trump’s 35% import tax, and how US companies can utilize “Parallel Manufacturing” to grow globally

NC State SCRC

The foundation for this assumption is based on commentary from Trump advisors, and the fact that most raw materials used in US manufacturing now, are sourced internationally, and assembled in the US. Moving manufacturing jobs back to the US would hence occur based on two key factors, the first is the falling costs of automation.