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Big, Bulky & Rural with Grafton Elliot

The Logistics of Logistics

Grafton Elliott and Joe Lynch discuss big, bulky, and rural shipping. Grafton is the Founder and CEO of Onward, a big and bulky shipping network that helps retailers offer local like delivery service, to their customers located in suburban and rural zip codes.

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6 Key Takeaways from Blue Yonder Automotive Connect

BlueYonder

Blue Yonder and Microsoft co-hosted the annual Blue Yonder Automotive Connect event in Detroit, Michigan, bringing together 67 supply chain practitioners from 15 companies in the Automotive OEM, Tier 1, and Aftermarket sectors.

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What is Supply Chain Resiliency?

Logistics Viewpoints

A virus in China disrupts auto manufacturing in Detroit , or a flood in Thailand takes out a cluster of research and production facilities. Build relationships with your 3PL for capacity and alternative shipping solutions. The pandemic highlighted the interdependent nature of today’s supply chains.

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Cliff Morris | The State of Manufacturing

4WL Consulting

What we do is we ship that liquid, that conductive material in the liquid state, we ship that to Korea, where it’s coated, almost like a printing press coats a material, this coats it in an atmosphere–versus the vacuum that I had described as our competing material. So I’m from Detroit, you may not have known that.

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Cliff Morris | The State of Manufacturing

4WL Consulting

What we do is we ship that liquid, that conductive material in the liquid state, we ship that to Korea, where it’s coated, almost like a printing press coats a material, this coats it in an atmosphere–versus the vacuum that I had described as our competing material. So I’m from Detroit, you may not have known that.

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Then to Now: 90 Years of Logistics History

3PL Insights

The history of an industry is shaped by the businesses that innovate. That is a long history of innovation and adapting to the exponential growth of the industry. The company started off as Central Detroit Warehouse Company (CDW) and opened its first warehouse in the heart of downtown Detroit. and Canada.

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Overcoming Automotive Logistics Challenges – Part II

BlueYonder

Is it because some of the biggest parts are being shipped from another manufacturing location? Yiakoumi: Our conference in Detroit in September had a very positive feel and there was a lot about the continuing growth in North America and what it means for the supply chain.