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This Week in Logistics News (July 13-17, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Cass Freight Index June 2015 Report. It’s crazy to think that freight going all the way from Asia to Eastern and Gulf ports is the best option for some importers, but China is actually the main instigator behind the supply chain shift. And here’s a chart they included in the post: Source: [link]. consumers for a lift (Reuters).

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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

The only time it was higher was in December 2005, when it had briefly crossed $15. Unless the source of natural gas dries up, which is not likely for many years to come, the price of gas is likely to remain low for the foreseeable future. in the third quarter of 2014 and is expected to grow by 3.5% in 2015, 3.9%

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A chat with Scott Phillips

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Global Supply Chain & Sourcing Director for ECCO Global Shoe Production & Sourcing. Starting out as a Marketing Intern in Adelaide, Australia for a Fielders Steel Roofing, my international studies lead to an opportunity to work in Singapore in 2005. What are the priorities you are working on right now? .

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Amazon, FedEx and Adjacent Innovation

Techgistics

online sales growth, and sales by 3rd party merchants on Amazon continue to grow, illustrating the success of Amazon Marketplace and Fulfillment by Amazon: Source: Statista. Source: Statista. Amazon launched Prime Now in 2014 to combat “brick and mortar” retailers’ only remaining advantage - proximity to customers.

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Using Big Data to Drive Manufacturing Sales: 3 Big Takeaways from the USMTO Reports

GlobalTranz

you look at the data even more closely, you can see pretty big spikes in September 2012 and September 2014 – Those were the months of the IMTS show in Chicago. According to our USMTO data the 2003 recession really started in 2001 and didn’t really end until 2005 or even 2006. It was, however, slower in and slower out.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Bed Bath & Beyond @BedBathBeyond Bed Bath & Beyond has discovered a way to save millions of dollars on freight over the next few years, thanks to a new 755,000 square-foot distribution facility slated to open in the fall of 2019. manufacturing facility in 2014.