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

Arena Solutions

Transitioning to enterprise quality management system (eQMS) software may seem overwhelming for medical device companies at first, especially if they are coming from a paper-based system. My career began over 40 years ago at a company called Tektronix based out of Portland, Oregon. There I was first introduced to PLM software.

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Have Spot Market Rates Bottomed Out?

DAT Solutions

The cities with tight capacity include Memphis, Rock Island, IL, and Portland, OR. Then again, while the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) was down to 50.1 Following the narrative of 2014 and tight capacity, many shippers adjusted their contract pricing to ensure capacity. I did a survey of hot markets in the U.S.,