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Starbucks Appoints New Supply Chain Chief

RFgen

Plant in Columbia, South Carolina in 2009. Gibbons’ goal was to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Through extensive data collection, his team was able to effectively discover what was driving up prices, and led to the opening of a fourth U.S.

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Starbucks Appoints New Supply Chain Chief

RFgen

Plant in Columbia, South Carolina in 2009. Gibbons’ goal was to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Through extensive data collection, his team was able to effectively discover what was driving up prices, and led to the opening of a fourth U.S.

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ScottsMiracle-Gro Improves Distribution System in Sustainability and Customer Service

Supply Chain Network

Since 2009, when ScottsMiracle-Gro began implementing its new distribution model, the Company has reduced the number of miles traveled to ship products to home center customers by approximately one-third. “We The warehouse is part of ScottsMiracle-Gro’s high-service distribution model that the Company began implementing across the U.S.

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LTL Carrier Profile: YRC Freight

The Logistics of Logistics

Holland is a regional LTL carrier that provides service to the following states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin. Yellow Transportation and Roadway formally merged to create YRC Worldwide in 2009. To be determined.

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[INFOGRAPHIC, REPORT, & INTERACTIVE MAP] The US Manufacturing Workforce & Making it In America

GlobalTranz

The principal causes of manufacturing job losses were growing trade deficits, especially with China, Mexico, and other low-wage nations, and the weak recovery from the Great Recession since 2009. US Manufacturing Interactive Footprint Map. The Great Recession was unusual because of the length and depth of the manufacturing employment decline.

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

6 River Systems

Belk experienced substantial growth in its e-commerce business in 2011 and 2012, leading to the expansion of its original North Carolina fulfillment center plus the opening of an additional 515,000 square foot fulfillment center in South Carolina.