Cargo Chicago Manufacturing Procurement 
Cathy Roberson
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
For the past few years, the air cargo market has greatly benefited from international e-commerce. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), 80% of e-commerce is transported by air and makes up upwards of 30% of total air cargo volume. Rethinking supply chains is a reader-supported publication.
EFT
JUNE 23, 2025
German car manufacturers incurred costs of half a billion euros in April due to tariffs, says VDA German car manufacturers are likely to have incurred costs of around half a billion euros in April due to import tariffs imposed by U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities overnight.
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Supply Chain Digest
JULY 8, 2025
See More Bad News on US Cargo Theft.) Click here to send us your comments In response, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) has just released a framework it says can help shippers, carriers and brokers fight back against the growing and increasingly sophisticated threat of digitally enabled cargo theft.
Supply Chain Digest
JUNE 25, 2025
Studying economics at Yale, Smith’s 1965 term paper pitched the idea of creating a logistics company that would carry only cargo, and do so for a package’s end-to-end journet, such that a package could be delivered almost anywhere in the US overnight. lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring.
Supply Chain Digest
JULY 23, 2025
There is one easy answer: a large number of cargo ships continues to avoid sailing in the Red Sea in and out of the Suez Canal, to avoid attacks from so-called Houthi rebels in South Yemen. lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. The manufacturing sector is soon going to follow. What is going on?
Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 23, 2025
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Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 17, 2025
The coveted raw materials are widely used in manufacturing of cars, iPhones and other products, and China has used its dominance to exert leverage in negotiations. The company briefly shut down a factory in Chicago for a week last month due to a shortage of the materials. trade negotiations with China. trade negotiations with China.
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