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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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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

From January 28 to February 4, a Chinese-operated high-altitude balloon was seen in North American airspace, including Alaska, western Canada, and the contiguous United States. A big story earlier this month was the reported Chinese spy balloon. On February 4, the U.S. Air Force shot down the balloon over U.S.

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The Global Trade Compliance Market is Crazy!

Logistics Viewpoints

Jerry Peck, the vice president of product strategy for global trade and transportation execution at QAD, made the point that better systems at customs agencies are leading to increases in cycle times for companies that are not on top of the complex documentation requirements associated with trade. This adversely affects a company’s cash flow.

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7 Advantages of a North Carolina Logistics Hub

Kanban Logistics

That extends to logistics as NC has lower costs for industrial space, lower labor costs, and lower transportation costs. For North Carolina logistics operations in the Eastern part of the state, the Port of Virginia at Norfolk/Hampton Roads, VA is just two hours away. A Hub for Aerospace. in terms of favorable business costs.

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The Move to Mexico: The Trends and Challenges of Nearshoring

NFI Industries

In recent years there has been a trend of United States and Canadian companies turning to Mexico to manufacture goods, especially in the, auto, plastic, and aerospace. Transportation. Supply Chain, Global , Transportation, Cross-Border. 05/05/2015. Supply Chain.

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Blog: SAP NS2 and Bristlecone Come Together for Integrated Business Planning, a Cloud-Based ITAR-Compliant Supply Chain Solution

Bristlecone

SAP NS2 and Bristlecone have partnered to provide supply chain process optimization for customers in aerospace, defense and similarly regulated industries. Complete end-to-end visibility of the internal and external supply chain, including inventories, production, transportation and risk elements.

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Warehousing News Roundup: March 4, 2019

Stord

Anticipating possible regulatory hold ups or added expenses to its supply chain after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, the aerospace giant is moving spare parts to final destinations earlier than normal.