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31 Motivations for Reshoring Manufacturing & Updated Reshoring Stats

GlobalTranz

Natural gas and oil expenses contribute to extreme cost disparities in shipping from Asia to the U.S., for example, compared to shipping state-to-state. Errors in interpretation of product specifications, shipping documents, and other critical instructions, due to language barriers are reduced. energy costs have dropped.

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Dayton Freight Lines Announced as 2014 Cerasis Carrier Partner of the Year

GlobalTranz

with the 2014 Cerasis Carrier Partner of the Year Award. The Carrier Relations team then took the department reviews, the points for each criteria and came to a mutual agreement on the carrier partner to receive the award for the previous year, which in this case was 2014. (Eagan, MN) – Cerasis, Inc., About Dayton Freight Lines, Inc.:

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This Week in Logistics News (April 20-24, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Lots of supply chain and logistics news this week, so let’s go straight to the items that caught my attention: Amazon now ships to your Audi’s trunk ( USA Today ). billion in 2014 and sales are expected to reach $6.23 Amazon Reveals Just How Huge the Cloud Is for Its Business ( Wired ). billion by the end of this year.

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Which States are Making the Grade in Logistics?

Material Handling & Logistics

With three maritime ports that together rank 7th in waterborne shipping, Indiana provides the only statewide port system with direct waterway access to two U.S. billion of total economic value annually for Northeast Ohio. More than 175 million pounds of cargo are shipped through ths state's airports annually. Media Type.

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Hollywood’s Top 10 Supply Chain Disaster Movies

Resilinc

Historical events like Pompeii (2014) are omitted, assuming supply chains were relatively less connected way back then. In the actual Krakatoa eruption, ash fell in a 300,000 square-mile radius , halting ships for two and a half days. The second rule avoids true stories and classic disaster movies.

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

6 River Systems

The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S. When customers order items not stocked at one of Belk’s fulfillment centers, those items are shipped directly from the vendor. Belk @belk With more than 300 department stores in 16 states throughout the Southern U.S.,

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Do Freight Shipping Prices Vary by State?

Freight Center

Several factors can impact the cost of freight shipping, including your shipment’s weight, dimensions and any special handling requirements, such as temperature or shape. Additionally, you may notice that the cost of your shipment changes depending on which state you are shipping to or from.