Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 23, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. billion to one-up rival’s bid for Kansas City Southern railway. A bidding war is heating up for Kansas City Southern’s north-south rail network through the North American industrial corridor, with Canadian National Inc. (CN) Retail import surge expected through the summer.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

She considered where she could get more, factoring in that it was Saturday night at 10:00 pm, she lived alone in Kansas City, and she’d be driving by herself. a stockpile of chips), but if disruption persists safety stock can run out and is still vulnerable to other chokepoints, like logistics and labor shortages.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

If so, I invite you to attend two of the sessions that I am participating in, both related to transportation management: TMS 4 SMB: A Case Study with Carhartt. Speakers: Sharon Perry, Vice President of Logistics, Carhartt; Gregg Lanyard, Director, Product Management, Manhattan Associates; Adrian Gonzalez, President, Adelante SCM.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 7, 2025

Products Before Talks Photo: iStock/Rat0007 June 7, 2025 Bloomberg RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Global Trade & Economics Regulation & Compliance Apparel High-Tech/Electronics Related Articles CP Rail Agrees to Buy Kansas City Southern for $25 Billion Sartorius to Buy French Biotech Polyplus for $2.6

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AIMMS

JULY 10, 2018

In the summer months, they also run around 500 flights to transport children to summer camps like Camp Kindle (a camp for kids affected by HIV/AIDS), Champ Camp (a camp for burn survivors) and The Painted Turtle (a camp for children with serious medical conditions), among others. I picked her up for transport to the Bay Area.

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Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Cross-Border Logistics Cross-border logistics has evolved as infrastructure along the Mexico and the US border improved – Most notable rail and road. In 1882, the Mexican Central Railroad reached El Paso, Texas from Mexico City, becoming the first train to cross the border on August 2, 1882, and connecting with two US rail lines.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 15, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights an ongoing threat of a rail service disruption occurring across Canada and North America transport routes. In the meantime, industry transportation and logistics team will be addressing contingency plans to move goods by truck, depending on market capacity availability.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2024

Supply Chain Matters updates readers and multi-industry supply chain teams on the implications of today’s development of a nationwide Canadian rail freight transport disruption. East and Gulf Coast Port Disruption As noted in our prior Supply Chain Matters logistics industry commentary, concerns related a potential labor strike involving U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

based Kansas City Southern , pending full regulatory approvals which is expected sometime this year. lawmakers had expressed concerns that with supply chains already highly constrained, the CP Rail stoppage would create an added transportation crisis for import as well as export flows. Canadian and U.S. Further, U.S.

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AUGUST 23, 2024

The order calls for the Canada Industrial Relations Board , a termed independent body, to impose binding arbitration on both Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference. Both railways were ordered to resume operations while the arbitration process initiates.

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Vinculum

OCTOBER 24, 2019

LSCR warehouses are actually one of the most renowned warehouse spaces in all of Kansas City, providing all the basic needs of a warehouse for renters. In fact, one of the most effective, and, not to mention, one of the most adopted methods in warehouses is the utilization of logistics service providers.

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Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

The country’s underdeveloped intermodal freight transportation system is consistently outperformed by its faster and better integrated U.S. counterpart, while doubts about the security of goods being transported give carriers pause. Despite these drawbacks, Walmart is continuing to bank on Mexico’s supply chain.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 12, 2015

Our recent acquisition of Freightquote brings us a talented team of logistics professionals who understand truckload, less than truckload, and intermodal services. Most do not have the deep infrastructure to source transportation services in a multitude of lanes. Ecommerce is going to be a bigger part of future supply chain services.

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MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 3, 2021

As companies look to restructure their global supply chains in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and other disruptive forces, the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has an opportunity to become the next manufacturing and logistics hub. The region could capitalize on the nearshoring trend given its nearness to US markets.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Looming Great Allocation In conjunction with the Jackson Hole Symposium held last week and organized by The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City , a research paper titled: Global Supply Chains: The Looming “Great Reallocation ” was released.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2020

He currently leads the property/casualty practice for Lockton Michigan and works with transportation, construction/real estate, and manufacturing companies for risk management and insurance. Originally from Kansas City, Quinn is a graduate of the University of Missouri where he studied finance. Learn More. Quinn Damon.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 21, 2015

Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland and Chicago have already moved to raise their wages and there are proposals for minimum wage increases across the country including in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Kansas City, MO. . XB Logistics’ is a U.S.-based How will this Impact my Business and 3PL Costs?

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2023

Joe Oliaro is the Vice President of Sales and Chief Real Estate Officer at Wagner Logistics , a leading provider of supply chain solutions. About Joe Oliaro Joe Oliaro is the Vice President of Sales and Chief Real Estate Officer at Wagner Logistics. Joe is a force to be reckoned with in the world of logistics and supply chain strategy.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Mexico’s rail capabilities have evolved significantly over the past decade, as Carlos Godinez, Intermodal Director, Mexico at Transplace , discussed in a recent episode of Talking Logistics. The post Intermodal on the Rise in Mexico appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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AIMMS

JULY 10, 2018

In the summer months, they also run around 500 flights to transport children to summer camps like Camp Kindle (a camp for kids affected by HIV/AIDS), Champ Camp (a camp for burn survivors) and The Painted Turtle (a camp for children with serious medical conditions), among others. I picked her up for transport to the Bay Area.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 20, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Emissions are the other big selling point here, with the electric systems offering more efficiency than traditional ground transportation. This shortfall is impeding efforts to transport goods and, in doing so, further hobbling an already-delicate supply chain. That’s all for this week.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 3, 2015

Mark Bogucki, our general manager in Kansas City, recently announced he would retire at the end of 2015. Robinson in September 1979, he has seen tremendous change in the transportation industry. These fleets were owned by companies to transport their products to the end user. Since joining C.H. Contract carriers.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 16, 2023

Rail Regulator Approves Canadian Pacific Acquisition of Kansas City Southern Line Background In 2021, a bidding war regarding the proposed acquisition of Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) involving both Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) and Canadian National Railroad (CN) dominated surface transportation headlines.

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Resilinc

JULY 20, 2021

To create more secure, resilient, and cost-efficient supply chains for the future, firms and government agencies should invest to expand manufacturing and logistics infrastructure in Latin America. “We Shifts in consumer buying habits are changing distribution and logistics make the business case for shorter supply chains even stronger.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

and Canadian firms in Mexican supply chains and logistics. For example, the merger between Kansas City Southern and Canadian National railways—which if finalized will create a single freight rail network from southern Mexico through the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 3, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Over the last 20-plus months, retailers have continued to pay more to access logistics properties that serve as final stops for packages bound for customers doorsteps. billion of Kansas City Southern’s debt. That is certainly a lot of shopping. Amazon poised to pass UPS and FedEx.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Instead, he will lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers into battle against the Kansas City Chiefs in the 55 th modern Super Bowl. But for now, let’s move on to this week’s logistics news. The post This Week in Logistics News (January 30 – February 5) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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