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[INFOGRAPHIC] The Evolution and History of Supply Chain Management

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Both industrial engineering and operations research have their roots in logistics. Operations Research began when scientists demonstrated the value of analytics in the study of military logistics problems in the 1940s as a result of the complex requirements of World War II. History of Supply Chain Management: Logistics Comes of Age.

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31 Motivations for Reshoring Manufacturing & Updated Reshoring Stats

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Transportation and freight costs are reduced. Since 2005, U.S. Reverse logistics (returns, warranties) are more manageable closer to market. Premium freight capacity improves. Natural gas and oil expenses contribute to extreme cost disparities in shipping from Asia to the U.S., Competing against knock-offs is reduced.

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

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” We have many manufacturing shipper customers, and we love to create content of value for them on such subjects as best practices in logistics or trends around the supply chain. The only time it was higher was in December 2005, when it had briefly crossed $15. Fall in the price of natural gas.

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Freight Driver Shortage Update: Will 2017 Come to a Head & Cause Issues for Shippers?

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But, the capacity crunch may have a major impact on the freight driver shortage and vice versa. The Freight Driver Shortage IS BAD and Getting Worse. The Freight Driver Shortage IS BAD and Getting Worse. This contributes to a growing bleakness among the trucking industry, causing turmoil among shippers and logistics providers.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The End of Made In China Manufacturing

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shale gas began in 2005. In some nations with low direct-manufacturing costs, BCG found that competitiveness could be undermined by other factors, such as a difficult business environment or poor logistical infrastructure. You can download the entire study and the eBook now for FREE on your kindle at Amazon here.

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7 Distribution Operations Issues Highlighted in Industrial Distribution’s 68th Annual Survey

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In 2005, 73% of distributors were family owned. Author information Adam Robinson Adam Robinson oversees the overall marketing strategy for Cerasis including website development, social media and content marketing, trade show marketing, email campaigns, and webinar marketing.

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The Top 10 Manufacturing Blog Posts from 2014

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Today, we kick off our annual year end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 7 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , 3PL , Business , Transportation , Freight. As each year comes to a close, we all look back on the year that was in reflection. These will only contain posts written in 2014.