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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up

Supply Chain Matters

Hyundai Motor America To Raise Auto Worker Wages In our prior Supply Chain Matters commentaries reflecting on the UAW labor union’s tentative collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Hyundai Motor America announced this week that the automaker will raise certain U.S. based Alabama and Georgia production facilities.

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Benefits of Cross-Docking and the Port of Mobile, AL

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

The Port of Mobile in Alabama is a well-connected port that manufacturers and industries worldwide rely on for a good reason. Seamless global trade to and from North America starts in Mobile because of the physical connections it has to rails, roads, rivers, and runways. About the Port of Mobile, AL.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

More than 70 percent of Toyota Motor Manufacturing , Alabama’s power will soon be generated by the sun. Today, Huntsville Utilities, Toyota Alabama and Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. And now on to this week’s logistics news. TAI) announced a power purchase agreement (PPA) to support a 168-acre, $49 million solar project.

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[INFOGRAPHIC, REPORT, & INTERACTIVE MAP] The US Manufacturing Workforce & Making it In America

GlobalTranz

percent, 555,300 jobs), Alabama (13.1 INFOGRAPHIC: Making it In America. Making it in America showcases the opportunities manufacturing offers millions of workers and the variety of career pathways available. The top 10 states ranked by manufacturing’s share of total state employment in 2013 are Indiana (16.8

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ScottsMiracle-Gro Improves Distribution System in Sustainability and Customer Service

Supply Chain Network

ScottsMiracle-Gro currently has warehouses connected to operations for the co-distribution of fertilizer with growing media products at 16 locations in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin. In the U.S., Phone: 212.704.4593.

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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Reversely, during this time, it can be more difficult to find carriers willing to go to Georgia or Alabama where crops are not yet ready to ship and loads less abundant. What is produce season? North Carolina.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

Ford expedites freight to alleviate supplier disruptions in China. Since at least last summer, Amazon has quietly been recruiting mom-and-pop shops in rural America to join an experimental delivery program. Amazon recruiting mom-and-pop shops for rural deliveries. Unilever to pilot mobile ice cream shops.