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Today’s Freight Transportation Market: Answers to 9 Common Questions

CH Robinson Transportfolio

webinar, C.H. Robinson experts provided in-depth analysis of current supply and demand trends, our updated forecast, and the impact of global import volumes on North American freight transportation. Is the shortfall in drivers going to advance the push to self-driving, long-haul freight operations? How long does C.H.

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31 Motivations for Reshoring Manufacturing & Updated Reshoring Stats

GlobalTranz

Transportation and freight costs are reduced. Premium freight capacity improves. Ford, second only to Walmart in reshoring over the past five years, brought 3,250 jobs from Mexico to Michigan and Ohio to build F-650 and F-750 trucks, Fusion cars, and engines. General Motors also reshored 1,800 jobs from Mexico to U.S.

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The Dispatch Report | Q3 2020, Issue No. 15

Shipchain

We put out the second video in our series focusing on the mobile app, released a new industry white paper, recorded and released our fourth webinar, won first place in the Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards, and last but certainly not least, launched Mainnet! Europe, Mexico, and Africa. –CEO John Monarch.

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State of Logistics Outsourcing: Plenty of Room for Growth as Shipper Dissatisfaction & Technology Expectations Increase

GlobalTranz

Other emerging markets include South America (not including Mexico), India, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Mexico. After China, other regions that have growth potential, according to 3PL and supply chain executives, are North America, Asia (not including China and India) and Western Europe, in that order.

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How Automotive Companies Are Transforming Their Supply Chains, Part 2

BlueYonder

The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Salim Shaikh , who leads Blue Yonder’s Automotive Industry Strategy, during a recent Blue Yonder Live and webinars that we prepared for jointly. They really needed that end-to-end visibility to minimize those disruptions in the short-term. Terence: What about in the medium-term?

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Report Points to Increase of Shippers Outsourcing Transportation Management Due to These 4 Core Benefits

GlobalTranz

Mexico, in particular, is becoming a preferred locale for manufacturing services, due to its close proximity to the United States. Let Cerasis guide you with a freight invoice analysis or a transportation management assessment and consultation. Warehouse management demand is also strong, accounting for 19 percent of all demand.

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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

Already, the US is looking as attractive as Mexico to manufacturers and is likely to match China in attractiveness in the near future, according to the MAPI Foundation , which produces in-depth economic reports widely read by the press, government official and the business community.