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Mexico Transportation Risk with Mark Vickers

The Logistics of Logistics

Mark expanded MacroPoint’s visibility technology into Mexico and got MacroPoint into shipper markets which enabled its acquisition by Descartes in 2017 for $107 Million. In 2017, Mark recognized a need for logistics service providers to have better access to cost effective All-Risk Shipper’s Interest Cargo Insurance with focus on Mexico.

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Did the Pandemic Derail the Smart Cities Movement?

Enterra Insights

The staff at the Cleveland Clinic explains, “Your spinal cord is a cylindrical structure that runs through the center of your spine, from your brainstem to your low back. ” Smart Cities Dive, 12 September 2017. [2] 2] Staff, “ Spinal Cord ,” Cleveland Clinic. [3] ” Footnotes. [1]

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Week of Aug. 31, 2017

Supply Chain Digest

Houston Chemical Factory Set to Explode after Flooding, New Drone and RFID Inventory System from MIT,Things Looking Up for Container Carriers for a Change, New Amazon FC from Ruins of Huge Cleveland Mall

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Achieving Healthcare Transformation, Powered by Supply Chain

ivalua

According to OECD and National Health Expenditure data, US healthcare spending per person was approx $10,224 in 2017. Our other customers like Cleveland Clinic and Select Medical have also made significant strides forward in supply chain led transformations. Most other developed countries are around 40-50% less than this.

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What’s the outlook for inflation and supply chain relief in 2022? (Jason Miller Blog #3)

NC State SCRC

This is based on some recent collaborative work with Professor Jason Miller from Michigan State University, who developed a new supply chain pressures index, which was based on a post from the Cleveland Fed [1] , going back to Q1 2004. It also shows drops in 2016 (when output was weak) as well as in 2019 (which was soft relative to 2018).

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Labor Day 2022

Enterra Insights

Above the scripted signatures of President Grover Cleveland, the speaker of the House and the vice president, the 83-word law declared that the first Monday of September be ‘the day celebrated and known as Labor’s Holiday.’ ” The Washington Post, 4 September 2017. [3] ”[2]. ”[4]. .”

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Flatbed Rates and Ratios at Record Highs

DAT Solutions

May 2017: $2.10 Auto sales have dipped after hitting their peak in the fall of 2017, but they're still a major source of flatbed demand to transport raw materials and parts, as well as finished goods. 16 Cleveland market to Chicago market. Flatbed rates have experienced a steady climb over the past two years. May 2018: $2.71