Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 26, 2022

Today’s report indicates that the proposed Oklahoma production facility, if consummated, would serve as a twin to a previously announced Kansas facility. Reportedly, the State of Kansas is providing upwards of $700 million in rebates and tax incentives as an incentive for selection of the Kansas facility.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Labor and management work out deal at Port of LA/Long Beach ( Logistics Management ). Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 30, 2023

Spirit announced it will begin restoring operations at its Wichita , Kansas facility today, Friday, June 30, and begin to fully resume production on Wednesday, July 5., According to published reports, this action represents the first new labor contract that workers at Spirit have had in over a 13 year period.

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Resilinc

JULY 26, 2022

While reduced demand caused most of the decline, supply chain issues also figured prominently, with supply chain disruptions continuing to shift from “component shortages to logistics disruptions,” according to Gartner. While reporting 76% YOY growth in profit and 43.5% And tech firms are getting into the automotive industry.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In terms of next day delivery, it is difficult to supply a consumer in Florida a food product tomorrow produced in the middle of Kansas if that is their only facility. Manufacturers need to have distribution facilities now spread out throughout the country either on their own or through third party logistics providers.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

based Kansas City Southern , pending full regulatory approvals which is expected sometime this year. Surface Transportation Board on the merger with Kansas City Southern. . population, hence avoiding elongated and more costly trans-continental transport and logistics movements. East Coast Ports the Likely Next Test.

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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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