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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

The bridge is part of the heavily traveled Interstate 695 linking Baltimore to Washington, D.C. These plants produce various food products, and these new projects’ technologies can be replicated across a wide range of food and beverage manufacturers. An estimated 11.5 The Arkansas Department of Transportation expects 1.5

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Manufacturing Labor Productivity: A Vital Metric to Spur for American Manufacturing to Compete

GlobalTranz

Two weeks ago the Bureau of Labor Statistics handed down some pretty dismal news for American manufacturing—news that was largely overshadowed by the façade of job growth numbers. Yes, American manufacturing is adding jobs. And that’s very dangerous, especially because that decline extends to the manufacturing sector.

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How Shippers Use Carbon Emissions Shipment Data to Reduce Total Carbon Footprint

Intelligent Audit

Annually, container ships contribute approximately one billion metric tons of carbon dioxide. Examples include vehicles, which are mobile emissions, and manufacturing, which fall under process emissions. EPA’s Ozone Transport NOx SIP Call: A group that included the EPA, 37 Eastern states, Washington, D.C., You must report these.

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

Talking Logistics

Transplace delivered more than 50 customer solutions in 2012 using the CombineNet sourcing technology, in industries including consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing, and retail. These topics are already being debated in Washington, and a couple of news items this week will certainly add fuel to the debate.

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How to Optimize Freight Contracts

Intelligent Audit

Of all the details shippers and businesses have to manage and track, transportation costs and freight audits can be the most overlooked and impactful. Optimizing freight transport and hauling services with freight contracts can be done by taking the following steps to ensure accuracy in auditing and management. ?Unify

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Digitized Trucking: Turning The Logistics Value Chain Upside Down

GlobalTranz

Imagine that you own a truck and you receive an order from a soft drink manufacturer in Missouri to transport around 5000 kilograms of freight. Just as the arrival of Hybrid electric cars has been a complete game changer for automobile manufacturing industry, digital trucking is ready to change the way freight is transported forever.

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50 expert tips on supply chain management

6 River Systems

The next-gen supply chain model is a networked ecosystem – suppliers, partners, manufacturers, distributors and retailers will all have access to relevant cloud-based data to make the best decisions based on real-time signals.” China trade war has already put regionalization of manufacturing back on the table.