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The Mexican Recession Impact on CaliBaja!

Supply Chain Game Changer

What is Big Data? CaliBaja is a North American manufacturing powerhouse. Located in Mexico but close to the California border, it serves as a vast hub of industrial jobs, making significant contributions to the production of products that ship all over the world. Big data can also help anticipate supply chain threats.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

But in terms of transportation, the impacts won’t just be on fuel prices. FourKites , a provider of real-time transportation visibility solutions, has a big data set around transportation. They apply their own human expertise plus machine learning to this Big Data to predict estimated times of arrivals and pricing.

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Experts Reveal Top Transportation Trends to Watch

Supply Chain Opz

In this article, leading experts from various sectors in transportation industry will discuss transportation trends you should take a closer look. Related to shipping, international port infrastructure has been expanding - perhaps too rapidly - and it will be interesting to see whether these investments pay off. In the U.S.,

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Source E2open Shipping Index). Instead, most companies manage based on functional metrics—lowest manufacturing, procurement, or transportation costs. A Zealous Focus on Cost.

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[Infographic] 21st Third Party Logistics Study Shows Increased Use of 3PLs & Shippers

GlobalTranz

In other words, M&As among 3PLs globally will give smaller, regional shippers access to more resources, including technology and modes of transportation, which is essential to meeting growing demand as traditional sales channels move toward an omnichannel approach. Global Growth and Use of 3PLs Outpaces Partnerships in North America.

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23 logistics professionals share the #1 way to reduce logistics costs

6 River Systems

trillion on logistics and transportation services in the United States in 2018, an increase of 11.4% billion, while transportation costs increased by 10.4% billion, while transportation costs increased by 10.4% billion, while transportation costs increased by 10.4% transportation network and other logistics challenges.

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There Are Not Enough Women Supply Chain Leaders!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Logistics Managers, Manufacturing Directors and other Supply Chain leaders often rose from the shop floor, from front-line warehousing and transportation positions. Other industries that don’t ship physical goods (for example Financial Services or Insurance) have adopted sophisticated Strategic Sourcing methodology for their Procurement.

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