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Webinar Initiate Transport Cost Savings by Comparing Rates with Peers

Supply Chain Movement

Webinar Initiate Transport Cost Savings by Comparing Rates with Peers. Date: 7 November 2013. Webinar 7 November 2013: Initiate Transport Cost Savings by Comparing Rates with Peers. Do you know if your freight rates are too high? Get insights in the qualitative elements of sourcing. Location: Anywhere.

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EDI Integration For Shippers: 6 Myths Busted with the Real Truths

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So, for a direct response marketer, it’s actually more expensive to not have EDI integration, because without it you’re closed off from potential sources of business. Looking at 2013 research, 46% of the companies surveyed use EDI “heavily” with an additional 31% reporting “some: EDI usage.

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A Conversation with Stuart Whiting, Schneider Electric

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

I joined Schneider Electric Schneider Electric in Singapore with Global responsibility for Logistics and Network Design in 2013. Based in the USA and later North Asia, I specialized in “Supply Chain Solutions” for North American / European Corporations with Asia Pacific manufacturing/sourcing operations”. “My Green Skies?

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Reshoring in America: The Future Outlook, Current Hindrances & Issues, and Ways to Stimulate Reshoring

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Yesterday we spoke about the top motivations and reasons why reshoring in America from offshored facilities has several benefits and what are the statistics of reshoring since 2013. More Regulation Hindrances to Reshoring In America: Sourcing New Minerals and Metals Mines. For example, Apple cannot launch iPhone production in the U.S.

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Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

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restaurant industry made in 2013. About 81% of Walmart merchandise passed through those centers in 2013, the website said. Sources: “Annual Financials for Wal-Mart Stores Inc.” The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2013.” May 22, 2013. Walmart has held a place among Gartner’s top 20 supply chains since 2010.

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

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The US manufacturing sector employed 12 million workers in 2013, or about 8.8 percent more than similar workers in the rest of the economy in 2012–2013. million workers in 2013, 8.8 The top 10 states ranked by manufacturing’s share of total state employment in 2013 are Indiana (16.8 gross domestic product) in 2013.

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The FAST Act: America’s Infrastructure Promoting the Transportation Industry

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Since 2013, politicians and Former Speaker John Boehner touched on the need to “preventing infrastructure failures,” reports Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.”. Rather than pouring funding into the Highway Trust Fund blindly, the FAST Act is operating similar to education funding sources. Highway Trust Fund?