Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Teradyne , a supplier of semiconductor testing equipment, pulled manufacturing worth about $1 billion out of China last year, a Teradyne spokesperson said on Monday, after U.S. A factory in Suzhou was the company’s main manufacturing site for its semiconductor test equipment, which it subcontracted to Flextronics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2024

KRONOS Worldwide, headquartered in Dallas, is a leading global producer and marketer of titanium dioxide pigments used in a wide range of applications. Over the years, individual locations—the company has several manufacturing locations in Europe and North America—have behaved increasingly autonomously.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

As part of its partnership with drone company Wing, the retail giant intends to bring drone deliveries to Houston, Tampa, Orlando, Atlanta and Charlotte by June of 2026, and will expand existing services in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. This is real drone delivery at scale,” said Wing CEO Adam Woodworth.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

Walgreens to offer Wing drone delivery in suburban Dallas. The first commercial drone delivery service in a major US metropolitan area launched this week in suburban Dallas, where Google-owned Wing began delivering items from Walgreens and a few other partners. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 24, 2024

On my flight to Dallas, I finally got a chance to watch a movie I had been excited to see since it was announced – The Iron Claw. The indexes will feature in future Empire State Manufacturing and Business Leaders surveys, the bank said. My write-up gets into all of the great things I saw while at the show. That’s all for this week.

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E2open

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

National distributor of food and fine ingredients, Batory, deploys modern real-time visibility solution to enable efficient product delivery, precise updates for customers DALLAS – Feb. 20, 2025 – E2open Parent Holdings, Inc.

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E2open

JANUARY 31, 2025

Latest report highlights ripple effects of ongoing turmoil at key ports as primary cause of extended transit times and booking delays DALLAS – Jan. 31, 2025 – E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. Our SaaS platform anticipates disruptions and opportunities to help companies improve efficiency, reduce waste, and operate sustainably.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The company said it will spend $40 million on the construction of a manufacturing facility and test track for its fleet of self-driving robot vehicles. Once the company’s manufacturing facility is up and running, Nuro will need a closed course to test and validate its vehicles safely. Both facilities will be located in Southern Nevada.

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E2open

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Latest report indicates year-over-year increase of up to 10 days for average global ocean shipment durations DALLAS – Nov. 7, 2024 – E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. About e2open E2open is the connected supply chain software platform that enables the world’s largest companies to transform the way they make, move, and sell goods and services.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 26, 2021

Walmart has now removed rules requiring sellers on its marketplace website to be registered in the US in an attempt to close the e-commerce gap with Amazon and tap into China’s vast network of manufacturers. This is the first time the tests have been brought to the mainland United Kingdom.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2021

Previously, some Prime members could get Amazon Fresh orders and Whole Foods deliveries dropped off in their garage, but only if they lived in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle. Apple’s Advanced Manufacturing Fund is financing the project. And these retailers could certainly use some help.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2022

Well, according to Czinger, a Los Angeles-based boutique hypercar manufacturer, that is about to be a possibility. National construction activity is up 48 percent from one year ago, which should help ease conditions going forward with current pipelines as high as 73 million square feet in Dallas-Fort Worth,” Savills said in its report.

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E2open

MARCH 26, 2025

New AI capabilities and enhancements to proven global trade software help streamline classifications, global trade content, due diligence, and unstructured document processing DALLAS – March 26, 2025 – E2open Parent Holdings, Inc.

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E2open

MARCH 27, 2025

Recognized for completeness of vision and ability to execute DALLAS – March 27, 2025 – E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. About e2open E2open is the connected supply chain software platform that enables the world’s largest companies to transform the way they make, move, and sell goods and services.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 26, 2024

Unique Partnership Delivers an End-to-End Network Optimization Solution to Seamlessly Integrate Supply Chain Design, Manufacturing Footprint and Probabilistic Planning and Execution for Leading Building Materials Manufacturer. Two of Cornerstone Building Brands’ business units — Aperture Solutions – U.S., Book a meeting.

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Bristlecone

MAY 8, 2025

But large-scale moves like reshoring manufacturing, shifting suppliers, or making meaningful investments in agility are mostly on pause. But after a recent Bristlecone leadership offsite, a trip to Dallas for our board meeting, and now this Gartner event, Im reminded how powerful in-person interactions can be.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2013

Con-way Manufacturing, SmartTruck Systems and Kevin Rutherford Unveil State-of-the-Art Trailer. Innovation in logistics also occurs outside the realm of bits and bytes, as Con-way Manufacturing’s announcement this week demonstrates. Kewill Announces Intention To Acquire Four Soft. Freight Shipments Fell 0.2% in June from May.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 29, 2022

Starting this week, customers across the US will begin to see custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian delivering their Amazon packages , with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

Target has been testing high-capacity van routes at Dallas and Minneapolis sortation centers. California’s regulation allows credit transfers and requires manufacturers to make a growing number of zero-emission vehicles available from 2025 onward, reaching 75% of new Class 4–8 trucks for the 2035 model year.

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SCM Research

JUNE 29, 2019

But there are even more SCM journals with an impact factor around 2: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2.667; +0.9), Operations Research (2.604; +0.3), International Journal of Logistics Management (2.226; +0.5), Production and Operations Management (2.171; +0.4) and Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management (3.089; ?0.6).

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 8, 2023

About ToolsGroup ToolsGroup’s innovative AI-powered solutions enable retailers, distributors, and manufacturers to navigate through supply chain uncertainty. The partnership offers an end-to-end optimization solution that seamlessly integrates supply chain design, production planning, and probabilistic planning and execution.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 29, 2019

Here are some more details from the article: Nodal Exchange, a unit of German exchange giant Deutsche Börse AG, plans to debut 11 new futures contracts linked to trucking costs […] Seven of Nodal’s new contracts will track the cost of booking a truck over popular routes, such as Los Angeles to Dallas and Philadelphia to Chicago.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2017

However, the stories of success are largely project improvements or improvements in vertical supply chain efficiency in manufacturing or transportation. In each case, note that the greatest improvement is happening in industries like contract manufacturing where innovation is a necessity due low margins.

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o9 Solutions

JUNE 12, 2025

That kind of engagement is hard to manufacture. You can read the top takeaways of the Retail & Manufacturing sessions here. You can read the top takeaways of the Manufacturing sessions here. In September, we’re taking everything we learned and bringing it to Dallas for aim10x Americas. Sessions That Stuck With Me 1.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 17, 2015

Then it is off to Dallas to speak on Supply Chain Metrics That Matter at the Dallas CSCMP roundtable and complete some more client work. In short, this major manufacturer and a well-respected supply chain leader, lamented the lack of good decision support tools and the singular focus of his IT team to focus on ERP implementation.

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E2open

MAY 25, 2025

per share in cash, a 68% premium value to unaffected share price DALLAS – May 25, 2025 – E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. Stockholders to receive $3.30 About e2open E2open is the connected supply chain software platform that enables the world’s largest companies to transform the way they make, move, and sell goods and services.

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o9 Solutions

JUNE 12, 2025

That kind of engagement is hard to manufacture. You can read the top takeaways of the Manufacturing sessions here. This September, we’re bringing everything we learned—and then some—to Dallas for aim10x Americas. It felt like a university, a helpful community, a Michelin-star restaurant, and an amazing house party all at once.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 4, 2015

I am off today to Transplace’s Shipper Symposium in Dallas, where tomorrow I will lead a panel discussion on 3-D Printing, Drones & Driverless Trucks – Creating a Futuristic Supply Chain. Joining me on the panel will be Dan McCarthy , VP of Operations at Solidscape, and Brent Hankins , Advanced Concepts Engineer at Peterbilt Motors.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 20, 2016

With Black Friday on the horizon, consumer goods of all kinds are making their way from manufacturers to distribution centers and retail locations across the country. Be especially mindful in traditionally active cargo theft areas like Southern California, the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Miami, and Atlanta.

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o9 Solutions

AUGUST 10, 2020

The partnership enables customers to develop plans for different time horizons across complex supply chains in the o9’s integrated planning platform while benefiting from the operaize’s best-in-class solvers to improve capacity utilizations and OEE, delivering concrete results in operating margin of manufacturing companies.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The volatility the market witnesses today has led supply chain stakeholders like shippers, carriers, and manufacturers to obsessively look at driving efficiencies into their workflow, while cutting costs. Turvo is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in Dallas, Texas, and Hyderabad, India. About Banyan Technology.

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Turvo

MARCH 1, 2022

Because of widespread global supply chains and e-commerce’s need of moving goods across continents, there is constant pressure on merchants and manufacturers to compress planning cycles, reduce production lead times, and speed up deliveries. But global logistics is still a reactive industry.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2017

On one hand, it would be great to have brand new manufacturing equipment. Besides the expense, meaning you or your management are unwilling to make an upfront investment when the manufacturing equipment has not failed entirely, there are other roadblocks thrown up against upgrading: The fear of change. The Big Picture. Performance.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 26, 2015

The 3PL Summit is North America’s largest and most high-level gathering of logistics executives and their manufacturer and retailer supply chain counterparts. 13th Annual American Supply Chain and Logistics Summit Dallas, Texas; September 29-October 1.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 11, 2014

This event brought teams of two to four students together to form Littlefield Technologies, a fictitious manufacturer of digital satellite system receivers. This year, I am especially pleased about a new event called the “ JDA 2014 Supply Chain Challenge.” The winning team consisted of: Matt Mulholland. Tushar Solanki. Aaron Barnard.

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Turvo

MARCH 15, 2022

Supply chain and logistics professionals have conquered adversity during the past few years, but new challenges will hinder manufacturing and shipping operations globally. Turvo is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in Dallas, Texas, and Hyderabad, India. Supply chain instability will not diminish this year.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Most of the problems surrounding the disconnect today relate to a mistrust between suppliers and manufacturers, reports Gerand Chick and Robert Handfield of Supply Chain Quarterly. What About Suppliers? Aren’t They in It For Themselves? This led to subpar purchasing practices and a limited supply chain value.

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