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Mexico Transportation Risk with Mark Vickers

The Logistics of Logistics

Mark Vickers and Joe Lynch discuss Mexico transportation risk. Mark is the Executive Vice President and Head of International Logistics at Reliance Partners , one of the nation’s fastest-growing commercial insurance agencies. While at TQL, Mark developed a passion to optimize cross border transportation. Mark earned a B.S.,

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The Right Fit for Drivers with Beth Potratz

The Logistics of Logistics

Beth earned a Master of Labor Relations and Human Resources from Cleveland State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Communication from Loyola University of Chicago. Beth resides in Cleveland, Ohio and enjoys spending time with family.

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Three Key Takeaways from MODEX 2024

BlueYonder

I have been going to MODEX since 2004 when it was called NAMH (held in Cleveland) and have made an incredible number of connections, some of which have become lifelong clients and friends. Material handling and supply chain industry professionals converge at a few marquee shows across the world. Read more in this article.

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How to 10X Your Sales Pipeline with Nadine Nocero-Tye

The Logistics of Logistics

Nadine is a partner and Vice President of Sales and Marketing at SyncShow Transportation Marketing, a company that helps transportation and logistics companies unleash their online lead generation and pipeline potential. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, she and her family currently reside in Chicago, Illinois. About SyncShow.

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What’s the outlook for inflation and supply chain relief in 2022? (Jason Miller Blog #3)

NC State SCRC

This is based on some recent collaborative work with Professor Jason Miller from Michigan State University, who developed a new supply chain pressures index, which was based on a post from the Cleveland Fed [1] , going back to Q1 2004. The index consists of a checklist of reasons for not operating at full capacity.

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Freight Market Update and Q2 Trucking Outlook

Zipline Logistics

“The markets with the largest gains this week in OTVI.USA were Laredo, Texas (12.07%) Memphis, Tennessee (5.37%) and Cleveland (5.08%). If we stopped bringing in cargo right now, we’d have a month’s worth of work ahead of us,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka told Transport Topics.

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Retailers receiving inventories any which way they can

Cathy Roberson

But, every mode of transportation is stretched in terms of capacity, and rates and spot rates have ballooned for each mode. Joann’s is spending on average $8 million on transloading because of congestion on the Chicago and Cleveland rail systems. Delays are more the norm than on-time deliveries.