Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

Canadian Pacific is the sixth-largest North America freight railway, and in December 2021 completed an agreement to acquire U.S. Upwards of 3,000 rail workers reportedly returned to work yesterday to resume rail operations across North America after a breakdown in labor settlement talks occurred last Saturday.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. EU Energy Chief Sees Hurdles to Carbon Overhaul ( Wall Street Journal ).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

We’ve interviewed executives in Retail , Public Sector , Procurement and other industries and disciplines to get a sense of how the industry is reacting, not only to navigate the immediate challenges, but to future proof themselves from future disruption. The latest major disruption that has the entire supply chain world buzzing?

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 15, 2022

In a reported effort to cut additional costs and increase needed cash flows, the provider announced intentions to cut upwards of 800 jobs within its North America support teams and eliminate its company operated warehouses. Also last week, The Wall Street Journal reported ( Paid subscription or metered view ) that some U.S.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

As reported in the Wall Street Journal earlier this month, “ freight truck orders plummeted 48% in January ,” according to data from ACT Research. We’ve produced several Talking Logistics episodes related to transportation procurement (see links below), with each guest providing great insights and advice on the topic.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 17, 2021

Today’s Wall Street Journal article on the impact of the Texas winter storm on the petrochemical industry highlights many of the challenges that exist with this supply chain, that has been overlooked for perhaps too long. One of the big bottlenecks is nitrogen and refrigerants.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

Background Perspectives In a prior Supply Chain Matters transportation and logistics industry perspectives, we have updated readers on changing developments concerning global and North America transportation and logistics industries.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2023

Last week our news feed included an exclusive published report from The Wall Street Journal , Rivian Moves More Engineers Near Illinois EV Factory to Speed Up Output (Paid subscription required). assembly plants and sales operations in North America and Europe.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

According to data from Bloomberg Intelligence , container trade for the Asia to North America segment fell 26 percent during Q1 of this year. The April report commentary took note that European and U.S. Imports among the U.S. largest ports have been reportedly falling at double-digit rates for several months.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 2, 2022

percent in North America. CEO Cook has now indicated to The Wall Street Journal and other business media that the company is observing some pockets of market softness: “ But in the aggregate, we expect revenue to accelerate in the September quarter as compared to the June year over year performance.”. .

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 8, 2022

The Wall Street Journal reported that Tesla spent upwards of $11 billion in Q1 on factory start-up costs to include materials, manufacturing equipment and labor recruitment. There are added considerations for expanding this same supply network vertical integration model to North America. Rivian Automotive.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Wall Street Journal ). 81% of semiconductor contract manufacturing was based in Taiwan or South Korea in 2020 ( Deloitte Global ), but The United States passed a $52 billion dollar Chips for America Act in an effort to bring the manufacturing of microchips back to the United States. Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ).

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 24, 2023

Background In a published Supply Chain Matters posting in March, we informed our readers that global automotive manufacturer Volkswagen announced that it was investing in a battery production site in Canada to support North America electric vehicle assembly needs. Thomas , Ontario , upwards of a two hour drive from Detroit.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 23, 2023

This agreement has been characterized by The Wall Street Journal as being the largest collective bargaining agreement involving a private employer in North America. The Wall Street Journal indicated in May the existence of an atmosphere of rising tensions between companies and workers.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 12, 2023

The combined company is to be headquartered in North America and be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal , “ Mr. Graves said bringing together Alkem and Livent would create a company with greater scale, a larger product range and wider geographic footprint to meet the growth in lithium demand.”

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2018

As reported by the Wall Street Journal : On-demand rentable trailers could cut the time carriers spend at a shipping site by 25%, said Ties Soeters, Anheuser-Busch’s vice president of logistics procurement in North America. Anheuser-Busch is one of Uber’s first customers.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 26, 2023

Both Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal have noted that the EV producer has lowered prices for existing vehicles between 14 percent and 25 percent. The Wall Street Journal reported that Tesla vehicles sold at an average of $46,000 in Q1, down from an average of $52,000 in the year-earlier quarter.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 27, 2015

Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Penske Logistics Reaches Agreement to Acquire Transfreight North America. This week it was Penske Logistics announcing that it is acquiring Transfreight North America from Mitsui & Co., Infor Delivers Dynamic Cloud Solution for Supply Chain Execution.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Last month, Lennox Residential was runner-up in the 2015 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Supply Chain Innovation competition, arguably the top supply chain award in North America. Wall Street Journal, October 8, 2015): “Business strategy and technology strategy are tightly connected.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 16, 2023

In this update, we note the approval of a significant merger involving North America rail service and an additional development involving Amazon and Rivian Automotive related to an ongoing EV parcel van delivery contract. Surface Transportation Board (STB) granted its approval to the $31 billion acquisition of the KCS.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 28, 2018

The situation is especially serious in the Transpacific (Asia-North America) lane because of the sheer volumes that are moving. As The Journal of Commerce (JOC) pointed out recently, carriers are holding the line on weekly minimum quantity commitments (MQC).

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Resilinc

APRIL 20, 2021

After almost 40 years in procurement, Tom Linton is still excited about the business of supply chains. When you want to explain to senior managers what your challenges are, you can just show them a few recent Wall Street Journal articles.”. There is now no road that connects North America with South America,” he said.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 31, 2023

Last week The Wall Street Journal reported ( Paid subscription ) that Stefan Paul, the CEO of the globe’s largest freight forwarder, Kuehne + Nagel , indicated that “ There’s no peak season to be expected in 2023. ” Transportation and logistics services firms are now increasingly acknowledging the reality of this trend.

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FLEXE

MAY 25, 2017

Retailers have started popping-up fulfillment centers across North America. With scalable, on-demand capacity, it’s easier to procure space when volumes peak and there’s a strain on your infrastructure. Here are the top 10 most popular cities for fulfillment centers in the United States.

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