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Is Mexico the World's Next Manufacturing Hub?

Elementum

The country also lacks an established supply base that leads to higher logistics costs, although some companies look at long-term advantages rather than short-term ones. s recovering economy and sync between industry verticals. Challenges or not, manufacturers of another key industry, plastics, are betting on Mexico.

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This Week in Logistics: Borderlands: Truck Capacity Tight Near Mexican Border

Freight Plus

This week in logistics we are taking a look at an article published in. The United States - Mexico Cross border trucking and trade is a huge industry in which freight volumes are on the rise. . DHL opened a location at El Paso International Airport in west Texas to expand its foreign trade. Freight Waves.

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This Week in Logistics: Borderlands: Truck Capacity Tight Near Mexican Border

Freight Plus

This week in logistics we are taking a look at an article published in. The United States - Mexico Cross border trucking and trade is a huge industry in which freight volumes are on the rise. . DHL opened a location at El Paso International Airport in west Texas to expand its foreign trade. Freight Waves.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

At the beginning of the year, the global chip shortage had become so dire that large industrial companies were taking scarce chips out of washing machines to plug them into industrial modules. And now on to this week’s logistics news: McDonald’s is testing a new drive-thru concept. The largest U.S.

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Driver Shortage in Trucking: Time for Plan B

Talking Logistics

Maki said, is that June’s hiring was broad-based, as industries as varied as health care, manufacturing, financial services and retailing all added workers. But despite the overall good news for the job market, there’s one industry that’s still struggling to fill job vacancies: trucking. What is the Future of Truckload Transportation?

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This Week in Logistics News (February 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The program could roll out as early as next week, with pilot programs in Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, and El Paso, TX. The post This Week in Logistics News (February 6 – 12) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. That’s all for this week.