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The Best States to Buy a Car In!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Surprisingly, one of the best states to buy a new car would be Florida. The initial cost to purchase a new vehicle in Florida is 10 percent lower than the national average. One contributing factor to the low price is the prominent community of older folks in Florida. Initial Cost For Your Used Vehicle.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Robinson Introduces Navisphere App for Customers.

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Roundtable Series: Scaling in a Compromised Supply Chain

Unleashed

Minor Figures is likewise localising its supply chain as it expands: “One of the strategies we have been using to be able to keep pace is to localise supply chains,” Ben says, “So we’ve now got manufacturing in Australia, we’ve now got manufacturing in North America, and we’ll expand that across to another site in Europe as well.”

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

The retail giant plans to take out 50 million metric tons (MMT) by 2030, which is equivalent to the emissions associated with the average annual electricity consumption of 40 million Chinese households. Content Summary: Trucks Platoon Across North Carolina Turnpike. Media Image. transactionID. 4c81f2b2-cc31-43f9-9b83-b4d9691886a9.

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When Variability Is Our Only Constant

Supply Chain Shaman

The Normalcy Index calculated weekly by the Economist projects that North America is 67% of the way back to normalcy from COVID, but globally, it is lower at 50% with many flare-ups. Most of the West, Plains, and Texas remain in drought, with abnormally dry conditions across Florida and in portions of the Carolinas.

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Planning for Uncertainty in the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

The Normalcy Index calculated weekly by the Economist projects that North America is 67% of the way back to normalcy from COVID, but globally, it is lower at 50% with many flare-ups. Most of the West, Plains, and Texas remain in drought, with abnormally dry conditions across Florida and in portions of the Carolinas. ”[4].

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The Supply Chain Detective™ and the Case of the Broken Global Processes!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Each facility leader reported into a Regional Vice President of Operations, one for each of Asia, Europe and North America. And a cursory look at benchmark comparisons to competitors showed the company lagging behind in virtually every metric. In Florida I met a team that was very high functioning.