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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

This is the first post in a two part series on the “Changing Face of Manufacturing.” ” We have many manufacturing shipper customers, and we love to create content of value for them on such subjects as best practices in logistics or trends around the supply chain. Drop in the price of crude oil.

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Doing Business in Turkey

QAD

Manufacturing in Turkey. Primary manufacturing industries include textiles, food, automobiles, electronics, mining, steel, petroleum, construction, lumber and paper. Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. Twenty heliports can help with the speedy delivery of air freight when necessary. of its GDP.

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How the Bakken Oil Boom Impacts U.S. Supply Chains

CH Robinson Transportfolio

The oil and gas industry impacts freight transportation in four significant areas: Diesel Prices. A neighbor of mine’s relative was recruited to the Bakken to help develop manufactured home communities. My brother-in-law lives within a half a mile of the main freight rail track in the Twin Cities. Rail Capacity.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Terrorism : The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, coupled with the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq and the spread of ISIS, have raised the risk for terrorism-related supply chain disruptions in 2016. The Rebirth of Transportation Marketplaces (UberCARGO, Cargomatic, and Freight Friend).