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Mubadala to acquire logistics provider Canada Cartage

Logistics Middle East

The deal aims to expand Mubadala Capital's foothold in the supply chain landscape, by leveraging Canada Cartage's logistics capabilities and extensive network of 33 facilities across Canada. Logistics Business Supply Chain Canada Canada Cartage logistics Mubadala NEWS

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Kibo Laura Canada Case Study

Supply Chain Brain

By leaning on Kibo Commerce's Order Management technology, retailer Laura Canada was able to increase sales and deliver a seamless end-to-end experience to customers

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Volkswagen Selects Canada for North America Battery Production

Supply Chain Matters

Global automotive maker Volkswagen announced this week its decision to construct a battery production plant in Canada. A further consideration was proximity to key raw materials including minerals , lithium , nickel and cobalt which Canada ’s mining sectors can provide.

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Canada’s Shrinking St. Lawrence Latest Threat to Shipping Routes

Supply Chain Brain

Canada and the U.S. are monitoring the conditions and considering boosting the flow of water from Lake Ontario to make conditions safer for commercial ships

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Canada Bridge Reopens After Five-Day Protest

Supply Chain Brain

The Ambassador Bridge that links Canada with the U.S. has reopened, clearing the largest trade artery between the two countries after a five-day protest shut it down

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Canada is Lifting All COVID-19 Border and Travel Restrictions

Supply Chain Brain

Since earlier this year, Canada has been gradually lifting its COVID-related restrictions to fully reopen its economy, with travel measures being the last set of rules to remain in place

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U.S. Clashes With Mexico, Canada on Auto Parts Trade Rules

Supply Chain Brain

Mexico-Canada agreement that took effect last year The dispute focuses on how to calculate the percentage of a vehicle that comes collectively from the three countries under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada

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Truckers Defy Trudeau's Crackdown as Canada Freezes Assets

Supply Chain Brain

Truckers who have paralyzed Canada's capital in their outcry against vaccine mandates are ready to risk their trucks being impounded and bank accounts frozen in defiance of Prime Minister Trudeau's effort to clear protests with an emergency law

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Truckers Protesting Vaccine Rule Stay Put in Canada’s Capital

Supply Chain Brain

Raucous protests in Canada’s capital continued Sunday over trucker vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 health restrictions, but the crowd thinned from its height a day earlier after drawing military and political rebukes for poor behavior

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Is Canada’s recreational cannabis supply chain ready to meet demand?

Kinaxis

by Ilyas Kucukcay Canada is a pioneering country when it comes to the use of cannabis for medical purposes , where it’s been available through a doctor’s prescription since 2001. So one might think Canada’s recreational cannabis supply chain would already be in place. Despite these initial challenges, Canada’s future in the supply of recreational cannabis is bright. million in Canada (compared to Uruguay at 3.4

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Proud to be Recognized as One of Canada’s Top Small & Medium Employers for 2016

Kinaxis

by Melissa Clow As a leading supply chain management cloud provider, we are proud to be named one of Canada’s Top Small & Medium Employers. First created in 2014 by the editorial team at Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Kinaxis has won the national honor every year since its inception. Given our recent rapid growth, we’re thrilled to again be recognized as one of Canada’s Top Small & Medium Employers,” says Megan Paterson, Vice President of Human Resources at Kinaxis. “We

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Vaccine Protest Snarls Canada-U.S. Border Crossing for Fifth Day

Supply Chain Brain

Two lanes of traffic have reopened at one of Canada’s busiest border crossings five days after a group of vehicles blocked the highway to protest vaccine mandates for truckers

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Trucker Protest Strands Beef Shipments at U.S.-Canada Border

Supply Chain Brain

Protesters who are rallying against vaccine mandates are holding up shipments of Canadian beef to the U.S.

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Bell Canada

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Target Canada’s difficult birth, tough life and brutal death

ToolsGroup

The in-depth reporting is titled, “The Last Days of Target: The untold tale of Target Canada’s difficult birth, tough life and brutal death.” In 2011 Target made a major expansion into Canada, leasing a preexisting chain’s stores with plans to open more than 100 branded locations within two years. During the rollout, the article states, Target Canada could not generate “meaningful” sales forecasts, and therefore had to rely on projections developed at U.S.

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Canada Charges Electric Vehicle Battery Researcher With Espionage for China

Supply Chain Brain

The arrest comes as Canada grapples with a barrage of accusations of Chinese interference, including allegations of meddling in its federal elections

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Freightera Launches The Nearshoring Canada Directory, in Partnership With Supply Chain Canada – the first of its kind in Canada Freightera and Supply Chain Canada

Freightera

Freightera and Supply Chain Canada launch The Nearshoring Directory, a potential sourcing solution that could revolutionize the way supply chain works. See below the official press release from Supply Chain Canada. ABOUT SUPPLY CHAIN CANADA. Supply Chain Canada.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Danny Wang, VP at Canada Goose!

Supply Chain Game Changer

This interview is with Danny Wang, Vice President of Sourcing and Procurement at Canada Goose. Danny Wang, Vice President at Canada Goose. The work that Canada Goose is doing to supply Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during the Coronavirus pandemic is truly inspirational.

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Laura Canada Embraces the Omnichannel With New Order Management System

Supply Chain Brain

The Canadian women’s fashion retailer realizes a 25% increase in sales after implementing new technology for managing orders across channels

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Looking for Growth in Lean Times? Look North to Canada!

Supply Chain Network

For those in the United States still struggling to find growth in the aftermath of the real estate and banking meltdown I have one word which may be the answer and that is … CANADA! Canada you say? On whichever metric one compares, Unemployment, GDP, Inflation or Currency, Canada has fared better during this downturn. in Canada. In Canada there are 34.5 On the e-commerce front the story in Canada is even more engaging.

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Does Canada Need a Chief Logistics Officer?

Supply Chain Network

A few years back the Government of Canada introduced the role of Chief Technology Officer or CTO, which ultimately resulted in the formation of Shared Services Canada. IT services, applications and servers are of course a very significant cost to the government and ultimately the people of Canada. So in this case only one question remains to be answered, is it time for Canada to appoint a Chief Logistics Officer?

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E-Commerce Success in Canada Depends on Power of Two

Supply Chain Network

In fact not a week goes by now without my speaking with retailers and etailers that since the dawn of e-commerce have successfully serviced Canada from one fulfillment operation for the country and are currently rethinking this model. However, it definitely appears the days are numbered for a single e-commerce fulfillment operation being a viable customer delivery experience solution for all of Canada.

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Flexible Online Fulfillment and the ‘Power of Two’ in Canada

Supply Chain Network

In Canada, customer demands for more rapid and cost-effective e-commerce delivery are increasing on a daily basis. Online sellers, since the dawn of e-commerce, have successfully serviced Canada from one fulfillment operation. However, the days are now numbered for one e-commerce fulfillment operation being a viable customer delivery experience solution for Canada. still servicing Canada from U.S.

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Streamline the U.S./Canada Clearance Process

Supply Chain 24/7

Canada Border Clearance process more efficient Here are 5 Customs & Regulatory Compliance tips that will make the U.S./Canada

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Uber Freight Expands Self-Service Shipper Platform to Canada

Supply Chain Brain

Uber Freight, a digital freight brokerage service, has announced the launch of the Canadian iteration of its Self-Service Shipper platform

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Schneider Bulk Express Intermodal Service Expands to Canada

Supply Chain Brain

Schneider, a provider of trucking, intermodal and logistics services, is expanding its Bulk Express Intermodal service into Canada. Eight years after it helped pioneer the service in the United States, Schneider is now bringing its benefits to bulk shippers across North America

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Walmart Canada: Fixing a ‘Broken’ Freight Audit and Payment Process With Blockchain

Supply Chain Brain

The giant retailer undertakes an ambitious initiative to make sense of its painfully complex freight payment and reconciliation process, involving its own fleet as well as those of outside carriers, and moving more than half a million shipments a year

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Global Free Trade: Europe and Canada Implement CETA

NFI Industries

In February, the European Union (EU) voted to implement the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, known as CETA, with trade partner Canada. The act aims to increase trade between the countries by lowering tariffs, thus making goods easier to export between the two markets. Once fully implemented, CETA will eliminate tariffs on 99 percent of. Read More. Global Supply Chain Export Freight Forwarding Import

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Canada’s Federated Co-operatives Ltd. (FCL) goes live with Ivalua’s Source-to-Contract (S2C) solution with seamless integration to TealBook’s AI-powered supplier data foundation

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Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), based in Saskatoon, is focused on providing more than 160 local Co-ops across Western Canada with strategy and leadership, wholesaling, manufacturing, logistics, operational support, business-enabling services and marketing support.

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Cobalt- Congo 21st century’s Blood Diamond

All Things Supply Chain

With the recent technological advancements of the 21st century, cobalt has become a key ingredient of the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries.

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Out with NAFTA In With the “US-Mexico-Canada Agreement”

Supply Chain 24/7

Just before the midnight deadline last Sunday, September 30, 2018, the US and Canada struck a deal on trade and announced the framework for a new, revised NAFTA - now known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA

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5 Tips for Improving U.S./Canada Border Clearance Efficiency

Supply Chain 24/7

When Canada’s Office of the Auditor General released its 2017 audit focused on “customs duties,” a key finding included the fact “that importers misclassified about 20 percent of goods coming into Canada and may have ended up paying a lesser amount of duty as a result

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Instacart Is Expanding to Canada in Amazon Battle

Supply Chain Network

Instacart is close to a deal to partner with Canada’s largest grocer, Loblaw Cos., Grocery-delivery startup Instacart Inc. has refrained from rushing expansion beyond the U.S., unlike many other startups valued at more than $1 billion. But Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -0.60% ’s surprising acquisition of Whole Foods has changed those plans.

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Purolator International Expands Next-Day Air Delivery Service Into Canada

Supply Chain Brain

Purolator International, a provider of North American logistics services, has expanded its next-day air delivery into Canada, making the service available to more U.S.-based based shippers

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Expanding and Shipping to Canada

3PL Insights

Expanding and Shipping to Canada By Matt Magpantay, Evans Distribution Systems Some call it the U.S.’ little brother” and others call it “that neighbor up north,” but ever since the North American Free... The post Expanding and Shipping to Canada appeared first on 3PL Insights - Warehousing, Transportation, and Logistics.

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Understanding U.S. to Canada Bulk Shipping

Bulk Connection

and Canada, shipments between the two countries has been largely unaffected. to Canada bulk shipping and tell you what you need to know to get your products across the border. While the COVID-19 outbreak has temporarily halted non-essential travel between the U.S.

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Blockchain Gives a Big Boost to Food and Beverage Supply Chains

All Things Supply Chain

The food and beverage industry has long dealt… General Supply Chain Management blockchain blockchain technology canada food and drink supply chain food industry logistics optimization Nestlé optimization Walmart