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Bringing It All Back Home – OTR TMS Supports Reversion to Regional Manufacturing

Supply Chain Collaborator

Will the trend toward a return to “regional manufacturing” boost volumes in over the road transportation in North America as manufacturers move away from Asian overseas operations? As a result, a new focus on network resilience and the idea of more regional manufacturing emerged.”. This strategy is not without its risks though.

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Added Evidence of Emerging Regionalization of Global Supply Networks

Supply Chain Matters

Locations that have benefitted from this sourcing shift are noted in the report as Vietnam and Mexico , the latter being a preferred nearshoring or friendshoring alternative. As an example, the authors point to Vietnam gaining ground in electronics, apparel and textiles, while Mexico has been increasing U.S. supply chain activity.

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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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The Top 6 Use Cases for Network Optimization

Logility

Manufacturing Analysis: Optimize the total landed costs of production decisions. Determine the optimal scenario that minimizes total production, freight, inventory costs and meets service requirements. Check out the 6 top uses cases for network optimization below. Truly understand the impact of near-shore and off-shore scenarios.

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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

GLOBAL TRADE NEWS Xeneta , an ocean and air freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform provider, investigated how growing geopolitical divisions are manifesting in a shift away from manufacturing in China, and an increase in friendshoring. In percentage terms, Vietnam’s exports grew the most.

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July Transportation Market Overview 2021

Freight Plus

Volumes remain high and with import volumes remaining elevated and domestic manufacturing continuing it’s bull run, there’s no foreseeable light at the end of the tunnel in 2021. Uber Freight recognizes the importance of managed transportation. Uber Freight has aquired Transplace.

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Ho Ho No! Port Congestion and Supply Chain Delays Threaten to Disrupt Christmas

Resilinc

The extreme port congestion and container shortages that drastically reduced shipping out of Southern China last month have eased, but as freight volumes from Yantian and other Pearl River Delta ports recover, the rebound will send another wave of disruptions through the troubled global shipping network, according to American Shipper.