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Benefits of Using a Detroit Warehouse

3PL Insights

Having the capability to ship freight via truck, rail, and even ship makes Detroit an adaptable location for any of your transportation needs. Lawrence Waterway is a river that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes surrounding Michigan. This makes the potential market access from Detroit very desirable to manufacturers.

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31 Motivations for Reshoring Manufacturing & Updated Reshoring Stats

GlobalTranz

Many off-shore manufacturers have returned to the U.S., Those changes, along with high costs of transporting materials and finished goods to and from overseas locations, make the value of reshoring likely to become a compelling financial reality for many manufacturers. Transportation and freight costs are reduced.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

Abbott , the largest infant formula manufacturer in the US, reached an agreement with the Food and Drug Administration on Monday to reopen the company’s manufacturing plant in Michigan to help ease a nationwide shortage of baby formula, after the facility was closed due to bacterial contamination.

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Guest blog: With the Truck Driver Shortage, How Many More Drivers will be Enough?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

To help offer perspective, we took this question to Jason Miller, associate professor of supply chain management at Michigan State University. Our relationships with research firms and universities like Michigan State, combined with C.H. for Q2 2021, relative to Q2 2018.

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Freight Volume Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Zipline Logistics

As we move into the back half of May, the freight market is starting to show signs of an expedited rebound. . Th ese conditions have caused a more favorable freight environment. That is e specially the case for outbound freight in southern states and California where produce season is in full swing. . Logistics? ? .

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National Logistics Day™ 2022

Enterra Insights

For example, supply chain academics at Michigan State University write, “The terms logistics and supply chain management are sometimes used interchangeably. In fact, trucking, rail and ocean freight have been tracked by satellite through telematics for decades. ” Michigan State University, 30 October 2020. [3]

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Evans Distribution Systems Welcomes New Director of International Solutions

3PL Insights

Dawn’s career began in the international transportation business working for Maersk and UPS Freight Solutions. Evans Distribution Systems, headquartered in southeast Michigan, was founded in 1929 as the Central Detroit Warehouse Company. Most recently, Dawn was the Director of Operations at Art Van and Loves Furniture.