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Five-Year Study Showcases the Benefits of US Foreign-Trade Zones

QAD

If a US company wants to manufacture onshore, they’ll likely still import many parts overseas. Once again, because an FTZ is considered outside the US for duty purposes, a company assembling or manufacturing products within an FTZ does not pay duties on the parts it imports. For many products, this can result in significant savings.

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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. The former wartime airbase handled a record 1,655 international cargo arrivals in 2021, a 73% jump from 2019, and overall tonnage rose 18%. He’s expecting this year will be “very similar to 2021,” and “we’re pretty confident that we’ll continue to grow.”. Businessweek. in the U.K.

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Overcoming Supply Chain Challenges in the Beverage Industry 

Logility

Major can manufacturers also cater to large companies, such as Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. As well as other bigger manufacturers, they predicted the shortage and made sure they would have what they needed. This means that smaller manufacturers were left out in the cold. And there’s no end in sight. . • A shortage of carbon dioxide.

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Becoming the Next Auto Hub

Elementum

assembly plant, which will produce the Toyota Corolla and future Mazda crossover vehicles by 2021 and will be capable of producing 300,000 units a year. The two car manufacturing giants have agreed to work together to: - Establish a joint venture that produces vehicles in the U.S. others at supplier or manufacturing support companies.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 29 – February 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

Record robot orders in 2021. percent in 2021. The company is launching the Student Ambassador Program on March 1 at Mississippi Valley State University, Jackson State University, Fayetteville State University, LeMoyne-Owen College, Lane College, Tennessee State University, Paul Quinn College, and Miles College. billion.

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Trends 2023: Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

It is not just US tool manufacturers that are affected. The goal is to set China’s chip manufacturing industry back by at least a decade.”[4] the Mississippi River is seeing falling water levels, which has resulted in a log-jam of over 100 vessels. Low levels in Germany’s waters are impacting economic activity.