QAD
MARCH 26, 2019
Twisting and turning, changing directions quickly, the Mississippi River winds down the center of the U.S. The focus of this year’s Explore will revolve around the speed of business – for reducing uncertainty and improving the lead time to respond to industry-wide change. through New Orleans and out into the Gulf of Mexico.
QAD
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Looking back to plan ahead In a time when most furniture is made overseas, there remains a small but vibrant community of furniture manufacturers in a part of Mississippi better known for the birthplace of Elvis Presley than domestic manufacturing. When the recession of 2008 hit, many would not have guessed the industry would survive.
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QAD
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
One of the most compelling instances of the FTZ program safeguarding US jobs is the upholstered furniture industry. However, when this industry, predominantly located in Northeast Mississippi, learned of the FTZ program, the duty savings were significant enough to keep the industry alive on US soil.
Kinaxis
AUGUST 11, 2017
Besides Texas—Toyota’s new North American headquarters—other states on the companies’ shortlist are Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina, WSJ reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the potential investment. as a prime location, a USA Today article reports.
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 14, 2022
But major players in the world’s chocolate industry have joined forces to stop deforestation in major cocoa producing countries, namely Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. A logjam of more than 100 vessels in the falling Mississippi River is threatening to grind trade of grains, fertilizer, metals and petroleum to a halt.
Operations and Supply Chain Management
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. s industrial heartland is dotted with examples of how some links in the supply chain have been adapted to keep the wheels of commerce turning while others seized up. Businessweek. Planes, Cranes, and Barges: How America Is Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos. Photographer: Ryan Dickinson/U.S.
Kinaxis
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
by Dr. Madhav Durbha CSX, one of the only two railroad operators in the USA that handles nearly all the shipments that move by train east of the Mississippi River has been experiencing serious challenges since the month of May. The reasons behind this were well chronicled in a recent Wall Street Journal article.
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