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How the UAW Strike is Shaking Up the Automotive Supply Chain

Resilinc

Two Detroit auto suppliers that manufacture shifts, pinions, gears, and other parts for the Big Three have filed notices of potential layoffs with the state of Michigan. Since 2017, the auto industry has consistently ranked in the top five most disrupted industries (of the industries that Resilinc tracks.)

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Supply Chain Management in a VUCA World

Enterra Insights

To make that point, Mortson lists ten different definitions for the term from various sources. Evaluate inventory policy, sourcing modifications, and commercial terms. Consider where and when multiple sourcing options make sense. ” Coining a term and defining the term are two different things. Calculate key considerations.

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REPOST: Why Chattanooga is the Silicon Valley of Trucking with Craig Fuller

The Logistics of Logistics

SaaS product, SONAR, is the leading freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector. The business started in 2016, but we didn’t get our first venture funding until 2017. FreightWaves’?

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Why Chattanooga is the Silicon Valley of Trucking with Craig Fuller

The Logistics of Logistics

The business started in 2016, but we didn’t get our first venture funding until 2017. I think the next generation of venture capital will be in places like Detroit, Des Moines, Houston, Cleveland, etc. 38:44] In Michigan, we used to look down on The South because so many people moved away from it to work in Detroit.

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Rebirth of the Motor City

3PL Insights

‘Make America Great Again’ was Donald Trump’s election slogan, and nowhere in the United States did that phrase ring truer than in the city of Detroit. Slowly, but surely, Detroit, the city whose population had fallen to 1910 levels due to the lack of opportunities, is starting to fight back. Detroit, a Food Mecca.

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Five Reasons SMBs Suddenly Make Sense For Forwarders

Freightos

Alibaba’s Jack Ma recently urged 3,000 US small businesses to do just that at a conference in Detroit, and he is making good on his vision to take down trade barriers that are holding smaller businesses back from buying and selling globally. Speaking in Detroit in June 2017, Jack Ma encouraged US sellers to increase their sales abroad.

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Flatbed Rates and Ratios at Record Highs

DAT Solutions

May 2017: $2.10 Source: DAT RateView. 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. Source: Macrotrends. Flatbed rates have experienced a steady climb over the past two years.