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Can Australian Manufacturing be Brought Back Home from China?

Logistics Bureau

The short answer is that it is indeed possible to re-shore manufacturing but it will take a change in government policies as well as sizeable state incentives to private enterprise to turn the ship around. Government incentives. Government policy. Can a Re-shoring Drive Reverse the Outsourcing Trend?

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

In North America, average truckload rate per mile charged to customers increased about two percent while truckload transportation costs increased about four percent, excluding the estimated impacts of the change in fuel. Truckload net revenues, however, decreased 1.3 percent in the quarter compared to Q3 2012. I wonder if the U.S.

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Ship Smarter: How to Avoid Bottlenecks in Your Global Operations

ThroughPut

Maybe you wouldn’t need to consider upheaving your operations and relocating your warehouse as a result of shifting trade patterns, like 48% of supply chain and transportation executives are doing now. Look at national government incentives for doing business in other countries. The only problem: Most U.S. Secure backup buyers.

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China Flexes Its Global Logistics Muscle

Material Handling & Logistics

China-Pakistan. The routes they build within their country, he notes, are greatly needed to transport goods domestically. That plan focused on giving control back to stable governments. government is trying to make sure that U.S. The plan consists of six economic corridors: • China-Mongolia-Russia. Eurasian Land Bridge.

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Malaysia a Key Link in Asia’s Disaster Resilience Plan

MIT Supply Chain

When the local or national capacity is overwhelmed the government may request regional or international support. Each center is also engaged in practical training, such as a program this fall at MISI for UN logistics staff members from Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, and Pakistan.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

Gravity and Spire are collaborating to offer an enhanced level of information gathering for companies, governments, and organizations with the ability to plug in real-time data about upstream supply-chain realities. This enhanced visibility of vessels for those awaiting their arrival enables managers to make better, data-driven decisions.

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Supply Chain Leadership Series III: Andrew Olah – Changing the Denim Industry One Brand at a Time

NC State SCRC

That is where most of the business goes today – Bangladesh and Pakistan. For example, China, India, the US, and Pakistan (in that order) are the biggest suppliers of cotton, a critical component in jeans. Both countries have invested enormously in skills and machinery. The company was doing well – but not growing at the speed desired.