article thumbnail

Top 10 Cities for eCommerce Fulfillment

FLEXE

It takes half the time to set up (three weeks vs. three months) and costs a fraction of the price of traditional solutions because there are no long-term commitments or service fees. Indianapolis, Indiana. With scalable, on-demand capacity, it’s easier to procure space when volumes peak and there’s a strain on your infrastructure.

article thumbnail

Guest Post from Tim Barnes: Navigating Trump’s 35% import tax, and how US companies can utilize “Parallel Manufacturing” to grow globally

NC State SCRC

The CEO of United Technologies, Greg Hayes told Jim Cramer on CNBC December 5 th , in regards to the Indianapolis factory “we are going to make a $16m investment in that factory… to automate to drive the costs down to be more competitive” he then concluded “what that will ultimately mean is that there will be fewer jobs”. Foreign Customers.