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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

If you have not yet tackled the question of ethics in procurement, now is a great time to start. It does not matter whether you are a procurement professional, internal customer, external customer, senior executive, or supplier. Procurement is what sets entire supply chains and their organisations in motion.

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Two Important Questions About the Future of Freight Moves

Talking Logistics

Here are a couple of charts from the press release: By 2045, total freight on all modes – air, vessel, pipeline, rail, and trucks – is projected to reach 25 billion tons (up from 18 billion tons in 2015) while the value is expected to grow to $37 trillion (up from $19.2 trillion in 2015). The article goes on: Last March, the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 28 – August 1, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Reports 2014 Second-quarter Results. New Breed’s growth is being driven by its focus on attractive customer verticals, namely technology, telecom, e-commerce, aerospace and defense, medical equipment and manufacturing. . billion bill last night to keep the Highway Trust Fund afloat through May 2015. Con-way Inc.

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NPI: Building a Path to Faster Production and Greater Profitability

E2open

Friday 25 September 2015. We recently partnered with Supply Chain Management Review to create a special report devoted to the topic of NPI. He pointed to discrete manufacturing industries such as aerospace and automotive, and chemicals and process industries, as having less advanced NPI processes. What’s weighing them down?

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The State of the Health of The US Manufacturing Sector & Manufacturing Technology Orders

GlobalTranz

At Wenzel we watch the PMI ( Purchasing Managers Index ) and the USMTO (United States Manufacturing Technology Orders) numbers and compare them with our own performance. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) is an indicator of the economic health of the manufacturing sector. USMTO order for May 2016 were 18.2%

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XPO Logistics (XPO) to Acquire Con-way (CNW)

Supply Chain Network

– September 9, 2015 – XPO Logistics, Inc. (“XPO Logistics” or “XPO”) (NYSE: XPO) and Con-way Inc. (“Con-way”) (NYSE: CNW) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for XPO Logistics to acquire Con-way. times Con-way’s 2015 consensus EBITDA of $528 million.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 3-7, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Things that make you go “hmm”… In more relevant news… Descartes Reports Fiscal 2014 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results. Proposed DOT FY 2015 budget draws mixed reactions from industry stakeholders ( Logistics Management ). Facebook Looking Into Buying Drone Maker Titan Aerospace.