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Added Evidence of Emerging Regionalization of Global Supply Networks

Supply Chain Matters

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group, via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog calls reader attention to two recently published research papers that address evidence of ongoing shifts in global supply component and end production sourcing. The above seems to imply, from our lens, the movement toward China Plus sourcing activity.

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Warehousing News Roundup: April 8, 2019

Stord

Rail freight volumes continued to fall at the end of March alongside service outages due to flooding in the Midwest. For example, Kansas City Southern has accepted trains from other lines that it usually wouldn’t have to accommodate. Delta reported a dip in air cargo freight last month compared to March of 2018.

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COVID-19 and Ukraine Conflict Global Supply Chain News Capsule March 23 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Canadian Pacific is the sixth-largest North America freight railway, and in December 2021 completed an agreement to acquire U.S. based Kansas City Southern , pending full regulatory approvals which is expected sometime this year. Surface Transportation Board on the merger with Kansas City Southern. .

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

Talking Logistics

As I highlighted in my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2013 , tablets and smartphones are quickly becoming the preferred computing platform for business professionals, which is why technology providers are designing and optimizing their applications for these devices.

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Why We Bought Freightquote

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Most do not have the deep infrastructure to source transportation services in a multitude of lanes. It also increases our market share with small businesses and significantly expands our presence in the Kansas City market. That will strengthen our ecommerce portfolio—something we consider crucial to our strategy in the years to come.

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[INFOGRAPHIC, REPORT, & INTERACTIVE MAP] The US Manufacturing Workforce & Making it In America

GlobalTranz

percent, 136,700 jobs), and Kansas (11.9 Manufacturing provides a significant source of demand for goods and services in other sectors of the economy, and these sales to other industries are not captured in measures of manufacturing sector GDP but are counted in the broader measure of its gross output. percent, 458,400 jobs), Iowa (14.0

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Investing in regional supply chains

Resilinc

The investment reflects Parkdale’s assessment that brands and retailers want to redesign their sourcing strategies to mitigate the supply chain disruptions that became so formidable during the pandemic. In similar fashion, the U.S. and Canadian firms in Mexican supply chains and logistics. Transitioning Asian-dependent U.S.