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Canadian Pacific’s Merger With Kansas City Southern Is Approved

Supply Chain Brain

The new network could draw traffic away from U.S. West Coast ports to gateways in Canada and Mexico, and tens of thousands of shipments away from trucks, an environmental selling point for the combination

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (March 17, 2023)

Talking Logistics

News This Week in News BJ's Canadian Pacific drones FourKites Gatik green freight inventory management Kansas City Southern Korber Kroger robots robots-as-a-service Sherwin-Williams supplier relationship management sustainability trucking Verity Zipline24 years ago today, I started a new job.

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CP Rail Agrees to Buy Kansas City Southern for $25 Billion

Supply Chain Brain

Canadian Pacific Railway is aiming to create a 20,000-mile rail network linking the U.S., Mexico and Canada in the first year of those nations’ new trade alliance

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Less than Truckload Freight Rates: Kansas City, MO

Freightera

LTL Freight Rates: from Major Cities in the USA and Canada to Kansas City, Missouri. From Kansas City MO to Austin TX : $234.16 From Poughkeepsie NY to Kansas City MO: $300.49 From Kansas City MO to Libertyville IL : $204.65 From Richmond BC to Kansas City MO: $402.97

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-up: Regulator Approves Canadian Pacific Merger with KCS and Added Rivian Development

Supply Chain Matters

Automotive Supply Chain Procurement and Sourcing Transportation and Logistics Kansas City Southern Railway Rivian Automotive supply chain Supply chain Matters blogSupply Chain Matters provides a news capsule follow-up to previous commentaries and developments that we have provided to readers.

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Supply Chain News on Three Federal Maritime Commissioners ask STB to Stop Kansas City Southern Takeover

Supply Chain Digest

Allege Canadian Pacific Railway will Divert Containers from US to Canadian Ports

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Supply Chain Cartoon Caption Winner for October 6, 2021 Contest

Supply Chain Digest

Kate Luby of Kansas City Takes Home the Prize with a Great Caption

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Team Flares Chemical Gas From Derailed Train Cars in Ohio to Prevent Explosion

Supply Chain Brain

Norfolk Southern says shipments are being delayed across an area from Chicago to New York and Kansas City as workers try to clear the scene.

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K.C. Southern Morphs From Rail Dark Horse to $30 Billion Prize

Supply Chain Brain

In less than a year, Kansas City Southern has transformed from an industry wallflower to the belle of the ball, getting courted by Canada’s two biggest railroads

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Canadian Pacific Wins Buyout War for K.C. Southern, Defeating CN

Supply Chain Brain

sealed a $27 billion deal to acquire Kansas City Southern, claiming a prize that will create the first railroad spanning the U.S., After months of twists and turns, Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

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Century-Old Rail Rivalry Flares Up Over a $30 Billion Prize

Supply Chain Brain

s bid to wrest Kansas City Southern away from Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. Canadian National Railway Co.’s is rekindling a century-old rivalry and pitting former colleagues against each other

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Aug. 12, 2021

Supply Chain Digest

Who will Win Kansas City Southern Bid, as CP Ups PriceAmid Rising Labor Costs, Walmart DC Workers can Get Big Bonuses. Massive Amazon Air Hub Opens. Judge Rule Swift did not Poach CRST Driver.

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Supply Chain News on Canadian Pacific Finally gets Its US Merger

Supply Chain Digest

CP to Acquire Kansas City Southern for 25 Billion Dollars, Create Extensive North American Nework

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The Smart Warehousing Story with Carl Wasinger

The Logistics of Logistics

Carl graduated from Kansas State University with a business degree and a focus on Information Systems, as well as from Georgia Tech Supply Chain and Logistics Institute with a warehouse operations focus. Carl Wasinger and Joe Lynch discuss the Smart Warehousing story.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for April 22, 2021

Supply Chain Digest

Big Rival Bid for Kansas City Southern. Suez Canal Holding Beached Cargo Until Ship Owner Pays Up. Prices for New and Used Shipping Containers Surging. Dollar General Bets on Brick and Mortar Sales

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Supply Chain News Makers Video Series on American Trucking Associations CEO Bill Graves on Key Issues for 2016

Supply Chain Digest

Former Kansas Governor Sits Down for Interview with Our Dan Gilmore

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What if the United States broke in half? Is Your Company Ready in the Event of a Catastrophe?

The Network Effect

The New Madrid Fault Zone stretches across Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and Tennessee. The post What if the United States broke in half? Is Your Company Ready in the Event of a Catastrophe? appeared first on The Network Effect. Logistics Multiparty Network Risk Supply Chain Management The Network Effect disaster logistics networks resilience risk supply chain

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Supply Chain News on Mixed Q4 for Rail Carriers after Impact of Tax Cuts

Supply Chain Digest

Volumes Up Big for Kansas City Southern and Norfolk Southern, Flat or Down at CSX and Union Pacific

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech July 14 2022

Supply Chain Matters

a Panasonic Group company, and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly jointly announced yesterday that the state of Kansas will be a new location for a proposed US-based lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility, pending approval by Panasonic Holdings Corporation Board of Directors.

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week on Carrier Operating Performance by Mode for Q2 2016

Supply Chain Digest

Kansas City Southern has Great Quarter, while Old Dominion Slows but Still ar Outperforms RivalsRail Carriers Continue to be Far More Profitable than Truckload or LTL Sectors.

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Building a Company and a Network with Nicole Glenn

The Logistics of Logistics

Today Candor is recognized as a leading certified women-owned business headquartered in Texas – with offices in Illinois and Kansas. Nicole Glenn and Joe Lynch discuss building a company a network.

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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

Logistics Viewpoints

Let’s say visibility allows you to locate some bolts on a truck in Kansas and learn they will be late because of a raw materials shortage delaying your supplier, because one of their suppliers went bankrupt.

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Supply Chain News on Rail Carriers See Soft Q2 Again in Terms of Volumes, but Stay Very Profitable

Supply Chain Digest

Kansas City Southern Only Carrier to See Profits Up in QuarterRates are Up Marginally on Lower Volumes.

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Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices

Logistics Viewpoints

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.

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Breaking Supply Chain News- Panasonic Plans an Additional EV Battery Production Facility in the U.S.

Supply Chain Matters

Today’s report indicates that the proposed Oklahoma production facility, if consummated, would serve as a twin to a previously announced Kansas facility.

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Boot Barn Implements Intelligent Warehouse Automation and Control System

Logistics Viewpoints

The company also operates store support and distribution centers in California and Kansas. The Wichita, Kansas facility supports the company’s expanding e-commerce business. Boot Barn is a retail chain devoted to western and work-related footwear, apparel, and accessories.

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CommunityAmerica Credit Union delivers custom-tailored financial services with Axway

Axway

billion in assets and more than 30 branches in the Kansas City and St. By maintaining a laser focus on knowing its members and meeting their needs, CommunityAmerica Credit Union has grown into a major regional financial institution with $4.6

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This Week in Logistics News (May 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

Kansas City Southern agrees to US$30B CN Rail deal. Kansas City Southern agreed to a $30 billion merger with Canadian National Railway Co., Under the deal, Canadian National will pay $200 and 1.129 shares of its stock for each share of Kansas City Southern, the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

Starting this week, customers across the US will begin to see custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian delivering their Amazon packages , with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 21 – 27)

Logistics Viewpoints

The automaker on Thursday confirmed its Oakville Assembly Plant in Canada and Kansas City Assembly Plant in Missouri will be down the week of Aug. Kansas City assembles the F-150. On this date, August 27, in 1883, Krakatoa erupted.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 25 – 31)

Logistics Viewpoints

On Sunday night in Miami, FL, the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers will battle it out for football’s ultimate prize. The long wait is over, and we are almost ready for kick-off in the Redemption Bowl. I mean Super Bowl. This Super Bowl is a chance at redemption for the coaches, as both of them lost their lone Super Bowl appearance to the Patriots. Andy Reid has consistently been one of the […].

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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

Over the last six years, Class I freight railroads — which include BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Kansas City Southern Railway, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific — have hemorrhaged a combined 45,000 workers, according to the Surface Transportation Board.

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PepsiCo’s Massive, Complex, and Difficult Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Logistics Viewpoints

The long-term agreement will initially enroll corn, soy and wheat farmers across Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Nebraska, with the opportunity for future expansion. Jim Andrew, Chief Sustainability Officer at PepsiCo.

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Investing in regional supply chains

Resilinc

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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Multi-Sector Integrated Business Planning/S&OP Summit: Going?

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Pizza Hut – the well known fast food outlet started by Dan & Frank Carney that has grown from having one store in Wichita, Kansas to being the world’s largest restaurant company. How many times do you find this happening? Someone asks you if you saw that blockbuster film last week or if you saw the new comedy series starring Rowan Atkinson or even if you saw the football match last night where Manchester United finally played like Champions and won a game?

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Hurricane Harvey - Effects, Forecasts, and Operational Best Practices

Elementum

Rail freight networks operated by Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific in Texas, USA were heavily disrupted due to Hurricane Harvey, according to reports on Friday, August 25th. Kansas City Southern suspended train operations between Kendleton and Laredo, while Union Pacific reduced the movement of trains along the areas to be hit by the storm.

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COVID-19 and Ukraine Conflict Global Supply Chain News Capsule March 23 2022

Supply Chain Matters

based Kansas City Southern , pending full regulatory approvals which is expected sometime this year. Surface Transportation Board on the merger with Kansas City Southern. .