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2 Signs That the Freight Recession Really Is Over

DAT Solutions

Last week, the national load-to-truck ratio for vans was the highest it's been since March 2014. Cleveland to Chicago also paid 15¢ better at $1.75/mile. Grand Rapids to Cleveland also rose 24¢ to $3.35/mile. Last week was also the second week in a row when rates rose in more than 70 of the top 100 van lanes.

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9 Headlines Striking Fear into Shippers Lacking a Strong TMS

Supply Chain Collaborator

Headline: Daimler Trucks to Cut its Workforce at Cleveland, NC Factory by 30%. Headline: Class 8 Orders Slump in December, Down 36% From Same Period in 2014. Headline: US Manufacturing Contracts at Fastest Pace in Six Years. Headline: Truck Stocks Plunge in 2015. Headline: Prices of Used Class 8s Dip in November; Mileage Declines.

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Why Companies Need a Supplier Relationship Management Strategy

GlobalTranz

In May, 2014 Raytheon gathered a group of its largest suppliers in Boston, MA to discuss the launch of the company’s Supplier Advisory Council. The company also realized a 10% increase in stock price since the summer of 2014, in a highly competitive and regulated market. Connect your supply chain.

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Flatbed Rates and Ratios at Record Highs

DAT Solutions

The oil industry saw a huge downturn late in 2014 when oil prices dropped from over $100 per barrel (West Texas Intermediate crude, or WTI) to below $30 per barrel by February 2016. Cleveland is a major producer of steel and auto parts, and two lanes out of Cleveland show up in our top flatbed lanes: #9 Cleveland market to Detroit market. #16

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Examples of How Supplier Quality Management System Implementations Pay Off

GlobalTranz

To mitigate risk and improve quality from its Chinese suppliers, Cequent used IQS’ (Cleveland) global infrastructure to implement a domestic quality and compliance program in China on Unchecked Suppliers. Left unchecked, Chinese suppliers-like domestic suppliers-may ignore quality.

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Philips fails to solve quality-contol problems

Supply Chain Movement

Its manufacturing plant for medical equipment in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, had been plagued by complaints and came under close scrutiny by the U.S. Van Houten described the 2014 performance as a setback but said that Philips would overcome the problems in Cleveland, price erosion in lighting and slower-than-expected global growth.

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Why Chattanooga is the Silicon Valley of Trucking with Craig Fuller

The Logistics of Logistics

I think the next generation of venture capital will be in places like Detroit, Des Moines, Houston, Cleveland, etc. They founded Access America, and it grew to about $600 million in revenue in 2014. Money goes a lot further in places like Chattanooga rather than Silicon Valley. It helps us attract and retain talent.