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Rail 101 with Ian Jefferies

The Logistics of Logistics

freight rail industry. Jefferies advocates for and works with member railroads to ensure the continued viability of America’s railroad industry. Jefferies began his career in government serving as a Senior Advisor to the Mayor of Lexington, Kentucky, before transitioning to the federal government. freight rail industry.

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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

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The company has 11 production facilities across North America and China. A plant in Ohio delivering a shipment to a customer in Minnesota may well find that the profitability of that order is less than an order for the same product delivered to a customer in Kentucky. GEON, headquartered in Westlake Ohio, has about 1000 employees.

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Doing Business in Spain

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state of Kentucky. Spain has 99 airports with paved runways, most of which can handle freight planes. billion mt-km of air freight in 2015. In addition, the country has 10 heliports, making air travel and freight delivery a relatively simple matter. Spain is about five times the size of the U.S.

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31 Motivations for Reshoring Manufacturing & Updated Reshoring Stats

GlobalTranz

Transportation and freight costs are reduced. Premium freight capacity improves. Of those, General Electric brought 1,900 jobs to New York, Ohio, and Kentucky to produce industrial batteries, lightbulbs, and appliances. Natural gas and oil expenses contribute to extreme cost disparities in shipping from Asia to the U.S.,

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This Week in Logistics News (April 8 – 14)

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Today, Huntsville Utilities, Toyota Alabama and Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. The manufacturer’s private fleet has deployed a fleet of Einride EVs to haul freight between GE Appliances’ inbound warehouses and manufacturing facilities in Kentucky, Georgia, and Tennessee. The Einride Pods are monitored remotely.

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

GlobalTranz

percent, 662,100 jobs), Kentucky (12.4 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.