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How Detroit Fuels Ecommerce Growth

3PL Insights

In this environment, Detroit has emerged as a compelling hub for ecommerce companies, and it’s not just because of the city’s manufacturing legacy or growing startup ecosystem. The Rise of Detroit’s Startup and Ecommerce Ecosystem Detroit is no longer just the Motor City, it’s becoming a hub for innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship.

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Global Supply Chains in Flux as U.S. Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China Take Effect

Logistics Viewpoints

Businesses are responding with production shifts, supply chain diversification, inventory stockpiling, and trade route adjustments in efforts to lessen the financial burden and avoid long-term instability. Key border crossings, including Laredo, Texas, and Detroit, Michigan, are experiencing delays of up to 24 hours, as U.S.

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How 3PLs Support the Auto Parts Industry Amid Global Disruption

3PL Insights

3PLs help mitigate these risks by offering flexible warehousing and multi-modal transportation options. With warehousing facilities strategically located near Detroit, Michigan-based 3PLs can act as buffer zones holding inventory closer to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) and assembly plants to avoid costly delays.

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How To Overcome Supply Chain Disruption

GlobalTranz

A storm may leave roads closed, warehouses shut down, utilities lost, and employees stranded. The system wasn’t prepared for the surge, driving up pricing for transportation and sapping inventory levels. A brief look at the GlobalTranz blog for January and February shows about a half dozen winter story advisories across the U.S.

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What is Supply Chain Resiliency?

Logistics Viewpoints

A storm may leave roads closed, warehouses shut down, utilities lost, and employees stranded. The system wasn’t prepared for the surge, driving up pricing for transportation and sapping inventory levels. To build supply chain resiliency, leaders should consider these factors: Buffer inventory and shift away from JIT.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 14-18, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Wal-Mart seeks to tether small stores to big ones ( The Detroit News ). Earlier this week, for example, I commented on the partnership between Amazon and P&G , where Amazon has set up operations inside P&G warehouses to fulfill online orders. As a result, the answers to “What is a warehouse?”

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Evans Distribution Systems Launches New Business Intelligence Tool: evans365

3PL Insights

The tool provides warehouse customers a holistic view of their account activity based on real-time data. “As Our customers identified a need for a data insight tool that shows trends in their inventory and transactions,” Evans says. MELVINDALE, Mich., About Evans Distribution Systems.