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3 Ways Robotics Are Crucial to Aerospace Manufacturing & Design

GlobalTranz

The United States aerospace manufacturing industry is a highly competitive one. These factors make aerospace manufacturing companies highly valued partners, even internationally. Although the aerospace industry employs countless hundreds of thousands of workers, robots are still necessary to complete many tasks.

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Breakbulk Americas with Jeff Tucker

The Logistics of Logistics

Jeff Tucker and Joe Lynch discuss the Breakbulk Americas conference. Jeff is the CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide , the oldest privately-held freight brokerage in North America, specializing in notoriously complicated freight, like temperature-controlled, oversized, and high-value, high-security shipments. About Jeff Tucker.

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The Journey to End-to-End (E2E) Supply Chain Visibility Is Ongoing

Logistics Viewpoints

Aerospace manufacturers have an average of 200 tier-one suppliers and 12,000 across all tiers. In North America, we’ve made huge progress tracking over-the-road shipments, in part due to driver mandates and the widespread deployment of electronic logging devices (ELDs) in trucks.

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o9 Solutions Collaborates With Novelis on Supply Chain Planning for Its North American and European Operations

o9 Solutions

Novelis operates an integrated global network of technically advanced rolling and recycling facilities to deliver innovative, low-carbon products to some of the largest and best-known automotive, beverage can, aerospace, architecture, and consumer electronics brands in the world.

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7 Advantages of a North Carolina Logistics Hub

Kanban Logistics

With over 3,200 miles of track, North Carolina boasts the largest consolidated rail system in the country. From this network, you can ship directly to 22 different states – with connections to the rest of North America. No matter where you want to go in the world, you can get there from North Carolina. Room to Expand.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Update September 18 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Inflation Reduction Act , which fosters consumer incentives to purchase EV vehicles if 50 percent of major battery components are produced in North America. Reports had indicated that that the government of Canada agreed to subsidies of upwards of C$13 billion over a ten year period in order to land this investment.

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Optis Consulting

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OPTIS Consulting is a premium consulting firm focused on Source-to-Pay Transformation Services in North America. We’re experienced across the public and private sector and across a wide range of industries, including: Energy and utilities, Manufacturing, Transportation, Government, Aerospace, Retail, Finance and banking, Healthcare.