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Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction – A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Although this does not help to avoid tariffs for the components of your product, companies may benefit from decreasing transportation costs as they move final transportation closer to their customers. The Green Corridor: Saving Whales in California – A Case Study in Regional Collaboration. The “first-sale” rule.

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Solar panel logistics: tariffs waived for 24 months

Kanban Logistics

In recent months, the US Commerce Department has been investigating whether “imports of solar panels from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are circumventing tariffs on goods made in China.” Transportation services. 3PL transportation services can also move your product from the warehouse directly to the job site.

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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

Logistics Viewpoints

A couple of Swisslog’s recent, publicly-stated client projects include a US facility for The Giant Company (Ahold Delhaize) and a facility in Malaysia for IKEA. **. Murata Machinery provides a range of warehouse automation systems including traditional AS/RS, shuttle systems, conveyors and sortation, warehouse transporters (AGVs) and more.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 17-21, 2014)

Talking Logistics

The solutions help customers across a number of industry verticals, including third-party logistics (3PL), food and beverage, retail and healthcare, improve transportation efficiency and reduce the cost of delivering goods. Here are some interesting details from the article: At a 1.2-million-square-foot

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The Importance of Transparency in Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Notable examples include the Rana Plaza factory collapse in the fast fashion industry, slave labor in the Thai seafood industry, and deforestation in Malaysia and Indonesia. Add in countless labor laws and regulations, and the product’s multifaceted route to market becomes a complicated process — far beyond a simple transportation issue.”

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“Too Big to Fail”: 10 Things you Need to Know About El Niño

Elementum

It will probably alleviate California’s drought. El Niño is set to bring copious amounts of precipitation to California and the Southern United States. will see a wet winter while California is preparing for storms that will bring floods and mudslides. Image courtesy NASA. The Southern U.S.

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Ocean Freight Performance in March 2021

Freight Plus

March 2021 - Transportation Market Report. Additionally, if you have spent time in Southern California and you look at the port, there is nothing left in terms of the infrastructure and the available land. Explore sea-air options through Dubai or Malaysia. Infrastructure and Vessel Size, lessons learned from Suez Canal .