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This Week in Logistics News (July 14-18, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Kansas has allocated some of its gas-tax revenue to pay for Medicaid and schools. The post This Week in Logistics News (July 14-18, 2014) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Nationwide, making interest payments on debt used to fund existing infrastructure projects is one of the biggest state expenditures.

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Multi-Sector Integrated Business Planning/S&OP Summit: Going?

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Pizza Hut – the well known fast food outlet started by Dan & Frank Carney that has grown from having one store in Wichita, Kansas to being the world’s largest restaurant company. 2014 image courtesy of Stuart Miles at freedigitalphotos.net freedigitalphotos.net. What slice of planning excellence will you choose to take away?

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Pull Your Own Upset

Tompkins Blog

The April 2014 edition of Men’s Health magazine featured an interesting column called “Pull Your Own Upset.” In 2011 Virginia Commonwealth shocked Kansas. In 2010 Butler overthrew Kansas State and Syracuse. By Jim Tompkins. CEO, Tompkins International. Lesson learned: intimidation works. Lesson learned: do something surprising.

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Billion Dollar Port Plan Brings Mega-Retailer To Mexico

Elementum

The route is part of the the Kansas City Southern (KCS) network and is one of a few new options carriers like Maersk (the company Walmart contracts) have started to provide as an alternative to the West Coast port congestion. Before the mega-retailer started shipping goods through Lazaro Cardenas, the KCS had fallen on hard times.

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

GlobalTranz

percent, 136,700 jobs), and Kansas (11.9 million manufacturing jobs would have been created through the third quarter of 2014. The top 10 states ranked by manufacturing’s share of total state employment in 2013 are Indiana (16.8 percent, 491,900 jobs), Wisconsin (16.3 percent, 458,400 jobs), Iowa (14.0 percent, 152,400 jobs), Ohio (12.6

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Which States are Making the Grade in Logistics?

Material Handling & Logistics

Content Summary: From 2010-2014, the state and its local counterparts invested more than $132 million in the state's railroad infrastructure. Port of Kansas. The state invested $52 million in its waterway infrastructure from 2010 to 2015. ?The The state received a B. Printer-friendly version. Media Type. Media Credit. Privacy Settings.

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Trends 2019: Food

Enterra Insights

Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center (FAPC) predict, “From tried-and-true barbecue sauces and flavorful potato recipes with a twist, food developers are becoming inspired by Kansas City barbecue, Southern Appalachian pimento cheese, Made in Oklahoma salsas and other areas from sea to shining sea. ” Diversified protein.

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