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Mexico Transportation Risk with Mark Vickers

The Logistics of Logistics

Mark Vickers and Joe Lynch discuss Mexico transportation risk. Mark expanded MacroPoint’s visibility technology into Mexico and got MacroPoint into shipper markets which enabled its acquisition by Descartes in 2017 for $107 Million. For that reason, Mark founded Borderless Coverage. Mark earned a B.S.,

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Rail 101 with Ian Jefferies

The Logistics of Logistics

From 2009 to 2013, Jefferies served as a senior policy advisor to the Chairman of the U.S. Operating over a private, 140,000 mile network stretching across the far reaches of North America, AAR members include the major freight railroads in the United States, Canada and Mexico, as well as Amtrak.

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Global Manufacturing Activity Continues Downward Trajectory at the Close of 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The report authors indicated that the December PMI reading is the lowest since the first half of 2009, with the implication a significant loss in momentum. Among the activity of the 29 nations that make up this index, only seven had indexes of positive values in December, which included India , Mexico, the Philippines , among four others.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 9-13, 2015)

Talking Logistics

business inventories flat, inventory-to-sales ratio highest since 2009 (Reuters). A potential red flag, however, is that the inventory-to-sales ratio has reached the highest level since 2009. percent, the biggest decline since March 2009, after falling 1.0 Robinson Drives Efficiencies for Global Proppant Supply Chains.

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Five Ways to Drive a High-Performance, Cross-Border Automotive Supply Chain

TMC

and Mexico? Department of Commerce , in 2015 Mexico produced 3.4 Since 2009, U.S. auto part exports to Mexico have more than doubled and were valued at more than $30 billion in 2015. and Mexico, we need to be cautious when generalizing about related logistics issues. According to the U.S. Common pitfalls.

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Limestone Extraction from Florida Quarries!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The quarry’s location on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Mexico allows it to ship its product throughout the state and nationwide, as well as internationally. The state has been working to increase the safety of blasting operations since 2009, when a series of blasts in Polk County killed four workers and injured others.

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CSCMP Europe Conference

Supply Chain Movement

Pier Luigi Sigismondi joined Unilever and its Executive Board (UEx) in September 2009. He moved to Nestlé Mexico in 2005 as vice president of supply chain and research and development (R&D). Locatie: Park Plaza Amsterdam Airport, Amsterdam. Organisatie: CSCMP. URL: [link]. Keynote Speaker.

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