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A Complete Breakdown of the 26th State of Logistics Report

GlobalTranz

In 2014, the total cost of logistics rose to a staggering $1.45 percent in 2014. Motor carrier transportation cost for 2014 was approximately $702 billion, and an additional $10 billion was found to exist within costs related to shipping. In the first quarter of 2014 showed national warehouse occupancy stood at 93.3

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Bio-based Products Future is Promising, but Hurdles Exist

Supply Chain View from the Field

In fact, speakers at the December 2014 BIO conference noted that the level of VC funding was at a 4-year low! In addition, the BioPreferred database contains very few forest products or traditional textile fiber products, as these were only recently added to the biobased sector in the 2014 Farm Bill.

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Columbus Day 2020: A Holiday in Search of a Name

Enterra Insights

Some states like Oregon, Iowa, and Nebraska have never observed it. The movement lost steam again until 2014, when Minneapolis, MN, Grand Rapids, MN, and Seattle, WA, decided to adopt the change. It has also been argued that America had already been ‘discovered’ by the indigenous people when Columbus arrived.

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Peak Time or Holiday Shipping: Strategies & Tips to Stay Sane, Mitigate Extra Costs, & Keep Customers Happy

GlobalTranz

Holiday shipping prices for 2014 are pretty similar to what they were last year, only a bit higher. Another thing to keep in mind when it comes to holiday shipping for 2014 is the Christmas tree monster. If you’re shipping in Oregon, Washington, or the Carolinas then lanes are at capacity. Thursday, December 25, 2014 – Closed.

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Peak Time or Holiday Shipping: Strategies & Tips to Stay Sane, Mitigate Extra Costs, & Keep Customers Happy

GlobalTranz

Holiday shipping prices for 2014 are pretty similar to what they were last year, only a bit higher. Another thing to keep in mind when it comes to holiday shipping for 2014 is the Christmas tree monster. If you’re shipping in Oregon, Washington, or the Carolinas then lanes are at capacity. Thursday, December 25, 2014 – Closed.

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Campbell Testing Service to Deliver Soup to Customers’ Doors

Material Handling & Logistics

The soup company, which hasn't seen sales growth since 2014, wants to "challenge the conventional CPG model as to how products are developed, how brands are born and how we go to market.”. It hasn’t posted quarterly sales growth since 2014, and efforts to offer more fresh food have largely fallen flat. Seeking Growth.

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Customer Success Coach Gay Groce Shares Insights on Maximizing Your eQMS Investment

Arena Solutions

My career began over 40 years ago at a company called Tektronix based out of Portland, Oregon. I worked at Flextronics for 11 years and then Oracle for three years implementing another PLM application before transitioning to a company called Kona Medical in 2014. Gay, please tell us a bit about your background.