Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2025

auto parts are sourced from Mexico, making the tariff impact immediate and severe. Key border crossings, including Laredo, Texas, and Detroit, Michigan, are experiencing delays of up to 24 hours, as U.S. Exploring alternative shipping routes via Gulf Coast ports to bypass land border congestion. Approximately 40% of U.S.

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3PL Insights

JUNE 16, 2025

However, recent years have tested the industry with persistent global disruptions, including pandemic-related slowdowns, raw material shortages, labor constraints, and international shipping delays. 3PLs in Detroit are uniquely positioned to serve regional assembly plants, Tier 1 suppliers, and aftermarket parts distributors alike.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks. There won’t be a new normal, just new sources of disruption, from weather to government policies to industry conditions. Price fluctuations and sourcing issues.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 8, 2022

For example, if a shipper needs to ship goods from Chicago to Detroit, the TMS will have a record that on this lane, the transportation planner should contact Carrier A first. Shippers can utilize their own network of carriers that is kept in their transportation management system.

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Benchmarking Freight Analytics Software Supply Chain Design Software 301

BlueYonder

MAY 1, 2025

For example, aluminum raw material is cast into a piston in Canada, then shipped to Detroit for machining incurring a 25% tariff based on the piston’s value. A multi-sourcing and multi-shoring approach, guided by needs, cost, service, and risk scenario trade-offs, will strengthen supply chain resilience against disruptions.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The protests—especially the blockade of the Detroit-Windsor border crossing—have caused delays and bottlenecks in production across the automotive industry in the U.S. While the Detroit-Windsor crossing was opened Monday morning (February 14), blockades continued to disrupt crossings in Manitoba and Alberta. and Canada.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The recent decision by Japan’s three largest container companies to merge their shipping operations is yet another symptom of the volatility that is roiling the freight business. K” Line, MOL, and NYK are the three Japanese ship lines that are consolidating. Deciding whether to ship cargo via the U.S. Labor unrest in U.S.

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