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Supply chain industries have a massive impact on the North Carolina economy

NC State SCRC

This recent study on the state of the supply chain industry and its impact on the North Carolina economy was completed by a team of who students recently presented both in front of the North Carolina Legislature (Subcommittee on State Logistics) and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals in their Charlotte Roundtable.

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30 Supply Chain Leaders Under 30—Class of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Every year, the 30 Under 30 program designates one "megawatt star," and for this year that honor goes to Charlotte de Brabandt, a 30-year old category associate with Johnson & Johnson, based in Zurich, Switzerland. You'll find Charlotte de Brabandt, and 29 of her peers, in the following sildeshow. Mitchell Agee, The Boeing Company.

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California Reefer Freight Starts to Heat Up

DAT Solutions

Load availability was up 30% compared to May, and 84% compared to June 2015. Central Florida got a late-season boost, with rates from Lakeland to Charlotte up 47¢ to $2.29 Reefer rates rose 10¢ per mile in June, compared to May, landing at $2.12, the highest monthly average in almost two years. and Ontario.

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Spot Market Kept Growing in October

DAT Solutions

In the Hot Market Maps above , you can see that demand for trucks was a lot stronger last month than it was in October of 2015. Van rates barely moved on a majority of the 100 highest-volume lanes last week, but pricing stabilized in Charlotte after some up-and-down weeks following Hurricane Matthew. Atlanta, and Chicago.

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Load Volume and Rates Move in Opposite Directions

DAT Solutions

5% more van loads were posted last week , and the load-to-truck ratio heated up in the Northeast and parts of the Midwest, as shown in this Hot States Map for the week of August 2 - 8, 2015. On the upside, rates rose last week in individual freight markets, including Philadelphia, Buffalo, Chicago and Charlotte.