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This Week in Logistics News (June 17 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

The Teamsters represent about 340,000 UPS employees, more than half of the company’s workforce in the largest private-sector contract in North America. The fulfillment space of these sites is designed to expand access to the retailer’s next- or two-day shipping. But a yes vote does not mean a strike is imminent.

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Top Supply Chain and Logistics Automation Trends to Watch for in 2019

GlobalTranz

The Move to LTL Digital Shipping. How New LTL Technologies & Processes are Changing the Shipping Game. In the age of Amazon, the slightest change in logistics costs or shipping information could result in consumers abandoning their purchases in favor of Amazon or even Walmart. Download WhitePaper.

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More Challenges for the Transportation Network: Day 2 of the SCRC Meeting

Supply Chain View from the Field

For example, the widening of the Panama Canal will change the conditions here in North Carolina, as enormous container ships will be circumnavigating the globe. And in Panama a huge transshipment area will grow where they will will do break bulk, put cargo onto smaller ships and send to North America.

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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.

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Sustainable Manufacturing is the New Key to Profitability

IQMS

Our customer, Somaschini North America LLC, understands ISO 14001 requirements first-hand as a manufacturer of high-precision, high-volume steel timing gears for some of the world’s leading commercial automotive brands, including Detroit Diesel and Daimler Germany.

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A One-Sided Deal: The Economics of the Gordie Howe Bridge

3PL Insights

A second international Detroit bridge, the Gordie Howe International Bridge, is in talks and expected to begin construction in the fall of 2018. This contract is consolidated through a group of infrastructure companies known as Bridging North America. Check out some of our other blog posts: Expanding and Shipping to Canada.

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The History of the Semi Truck

Freight Plus

Aside from electricity, it could be argued the no greater 19th century invention shaped shipping in the United States of America more than the semi truck. So, where did the semi truck come from and how has it kept up with technology to evolve into the dominate force in shipping that it is today? A Detroit Diesel DD15 14.8-liter