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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. That was back when demand for trucks skyrocketed because extreme winter weather caused massive disruption to supply chains. Cleveland to Chicago also paid 15¢ better at $1.75/mile.

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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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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. Now is the time to invest in technology to help improve supply chain efficiency and transportation cost-efficacy. Headline: Truck Stocks Plunge in 2015.

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Examples of How Supplier Quality Management System Implementations Pay Off

GlobalTranz

As the world is more distributed and players within the supply chain in transportation, manufacturing, and distribution are varied, applying a supplier quality management system in your business may allow you to stay more strategic and collaborative. Left unchecked, Chinese suppliers-like domestic suppliers-may ignore quality. “The

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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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Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking: US CBP suspends GTX.

Global Trade Management

Ahern discussed the progress CBP has made in implementing its various supply chain security programs, but he pointed out that these efforts are focused on the ocean environment and that there are other areas that need to be addressed as well. 1 comment: Jim Cleveland. read more here. read more here. Stefan Reidy. 8:51:00 am.

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