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Ford Sees Steep Profit Drop With Tariff Tab Rising to $2B

Supply Chain Brain

Ford’s Kentucky-built Escape crossover faces a roughly $5,000 cost disadvantage to a Toyota Rav4, and as much as a $10,000 handicap between a Japan-built 4Runner SUV compared to a Ford Bronco made in Michigan, he said. a large cost advantage over Ford, when Japan’s lower labor and currency costs are factored in.

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50 expert tips on supply chain management

6 River Systems

In fact, for its Georgetown, Kentucky, factory, more than 350 suppliers are located in the United States and more than 100 inside the state of Kentucky.” Establishing protocols, metrics, organizational owners, and related processes can empower organizations to respond more effectively when faced with a crisis.”

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Switch to UPS saved US Postal Service 43% in air transport costs

Freight Waves

The company is also handling mail in its existing daytime flight operation with limited addition of aircraft and moving some volume directly between city gateways without routing everything through its global hub in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Rules and Regulations for Cargo Moving

American Global Logistics

Except as provided in an individual TRI, NRA or NSA whenever ocean freight and assessorial charges are assessed on a weight/measurement basis, same shall be assessed on the gross weight or the overall measurement of the cargo, whichever computation produces the greater revenue to the Carrier. RULE 5 Payment of Freight Charges 5.1

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This Week in Logistics News (April 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

It is expected to generate 62,000 megawatt hours annually – reducing approximately 22,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions per year. The manufacturer’s private fleet has deployed a fleet of Einride EVs to haul freight between GE Appliances’ inbound warehouses and manufacturing facilities in Kentucky, Georgia, and Tennessee.

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CSX rebounds from service problems and sluggish operations

Freight Waves

The latest performance metrics, released Wednesday, tell the story of how CSX turned its operations around over the past seven weeks: Terminal dwell has improved 20.2% And then recovery efforts were complicated by spring flooding that hit Kentucky and Tennessee. “In compared to the worst week this year.