3PL Insights

JUNE 30, 2020

On July 1, 2020 the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will replace North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). What does this mean for trade and manufacturing in North America? What does this mean for trade and manufacturing in North America? The North American Auto Industry.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 2, 2022

Current supply chain snarls, often associated with overseas factories and logjammed ports, have made manufacturing reshoring a hot topic. Building a fab (manufacturing site) takes two-to-four years and requires the availability of water and trained labor.'”[2] manufacturing capability, and increasing their inventory positions.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2013

Con-way Freight Raises the Bar on Mexico Service, Adds Door-to-Door Tracking, 24-Hour Customer Resource Center, Enhanced Web Tools. XPO Logistics to Acquire 3PD, the Largest Provider of Heavy Goods, Last-Mile Logistics in North America. In this week’s news, new products and services and a couple of acquisitions top the list.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2021

HarbisonWalker International Manufactures and Distributes Refractory Products. But refractories are used in a wide variety of industries, particularly manufacturing industries with high temperature or corrosive production processes. It also includes information taken from HWI’s web site. Monolithics are unshaped refractory products.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 31, 2014

Manufacturing teams used to manage the supply chain group. Today, in most organizations, the supply chain team manages manufacturing. The irony is that fewer and fewer people within the supply chain team understand manufacturing. Instead, many of these teams just accept manufacturing strategy as a constant.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 9, 2015

After China, other regions that have growth potential, according to 3PL and supply chain executives, are North America, Asia (not including China and India) and Western Europe, in that order. Other emerging markets include South America (not including Mexico), India, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Mexico.

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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. Mexico trade. Robinson Introduces Navisphere App for Customers.

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Synovos

JULY 9, 2019

Teesdale, who joined the company in 2018, formerly served as a general manager for a leading North America engineering and technology services company. Synovos provides services globally with locations in Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Singapore and Europe. Based in the U.S.,

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Synovos

JULY 9, 2019

Teesdale, who joined the company in 2018, formerly served as a general manager for a leading North America engineering and technology services company. Synovos provides services globally with locations in Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Singapore and Europe. Based in the U.S.,

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

JUNE 16, 2022

The Port of Mobile in Alabama is a well-connected port that manufacturers and industries worldwide rely on for a good reason. Seamless global trade to and from North America starts in Mobile because of the physical connections it has to rails, roads, rivers, and runways. About the Port of Mobile, AL.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 17, 2021

Christoper Matthews points out that a number of critical areas were impacted… “The power outages brought the world’s largest petrochemical complex to a standstill, forcing more plants in the Gulf of Mexico region to shut down than during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. as supplies tighten.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2023

Supply Chain Matters continues to highlight announcements being made by global auto manufacturers regarding supply network moves to support domestic and regional EV production and supply network needs. Global automotive maker Volkswagen announced this week its decision to construct a battery production plant in Canada. All rights reserved.

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BlueYonder

JULY 9, 2013

Of course the good news is that Latin America has much more going for it than its location relative to North America. My recent Real Results article, A Fresh Look at Latin America , highlights some of the opportunities and challenges on the horizon for Latin American businesses. As always, let us know what you think.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 3, 2023

assembly plants as well as sales operations in North America and Europe , in addition to China.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The automotive provisions in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) can help illustrate this point. These include increasing the required North American content from 60%-62.5% The automaker would make sure that no matter what version of the Mustang is made, at least 75% of the content is from North America.

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

It is worth noting that North America has a much higher emission intensity than sub-Saharan Africa, despite Africa being significantly larger and housing more countries. Hurricane Ida struck the Gulf of Mexico in August 2021, destroying industrial installations for pharmaceuticals and plastics. parts per million.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 27, 2013

Last week I had the opportunity to travel first to New York and then Monterrey, Mexico, and speak with a number of people to explore perspectives on the current economic situation we find ourselves in.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

To date, most of our content has covered topics related either to logistics or manufacturing outsourcing. Meanwhile, countries in Southeast Asia, such as Vietnam and Cambodia, are enjoying growth as offshore manufacturing centres.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The Texas freeze and the power outages brought the world’s largest petrochemical complex to a standstill, forcing more plants in the Gulf of Mexico region to shut down than during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Hurricane Ida struck the Gulf coast, and knocked out more than 60% of America’s PVC production offline. However, worse was to come.

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Freightera

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Deglobalization will accelerate, and reshoring and localization of manufacturing will continue 2023 has seen a severe freight recession, especially in North America, with significant overcapacity and declining rates for ocean shipping as well. Circular economies will increasingly be sustainable, and local economies as well.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2020

They suggest looking at Mexico, Poland, Turkey, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Michael McGarry, chairman and CEO of PPG, reports, “Data from the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) reveals that underinvestment in U.S. ”[4].

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 24, 2023

Shippers Worry as COVID-19 Places Pressure on Chinese Manufacturing In late 2022, Chinese officials decided to pull a U-turn on their “zero-COVID” strategy. For shippers dependent on China’s busy manufacturing center, these rising case numbers are causing significant anxiety. “ 19 and Dec.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 9, 2015

The phrase “Made in China” embodies cheap labor, the outsourcing of American manufacturing jobs, and China’s transformation into one of the world’s economic superpowers. However, it seems the end of the Made in China manufacturing era may be in sight. 3D Printing Aiding in the End of Made in China Manufacturing.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 9, 2018

AD occurs when a foreign manufacturer sells goods in the U.S. tax breaks to manufacturers that export goods to the U.S.), enabling the manufacturers to sell the goods cheaper than domestic manufacturers. tax breaks to manufacturers that export goods to the U.S.), North America Free Trade Agreement.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Is it because some of the biggest parts are being shipped from another manufacturing location? Yiakoumi: Our conference in Detroit in September had a very positive feel and there was a lot about the continuing growth in North America and what it means for the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. Flexibility, in particular in manufacturing, is an important skill that when implemented well can produce long term efficiencies and robustness to the supply chain.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

It is not only nearshoring locations like Mexico, Central and Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia who benefit from this change, but also on-shoring locations in major markets like Germany, the UK, France and the US themselves are getting more and more new production plants.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

I spend the bulk of my time these days reviewing young technology companies primarily in North America, Europe, and Latin America,” said Dan. “I I think I have personally looked at no less than 50 digital freight companies. How many have we invested in so far?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2023

According to GEP, the April numbers show that while global demand for raw materials, commodities, and components remains subdued, it is much improved from the trough in December 2022, indicating some stability in the face of consistently high interest rates and a global manufacturing sector under intense pressure. That said, U.S.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 16, 2017

This was meant to incentivize companies to manufacture locally, and indeed many did, either by outsourcing or creating micro-factories in most of India’s 29 states, despite volumes that might have more naturally led to larger economies of scale in consolidated production facilities. A refreshing change indeed.

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Synovos

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Prior to joining Synovos, he served as the North America sales engineer for a global pharmaceutical equipment manufacturer. Synovos provides services globally with locations in Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Singapore and Europe. He also has experience in electrical components, seals, and general industrial products.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 28, 2022

California, Mexico sign historic toll- sharing pact for Otay Mesa East Port. In North America, it delivered over half a million packages with EVs, although that number should grow as the company ramps up its use of Rivian EVs in the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar, California Lt. over the next seven years.

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BlueYonder

JULY 26, 2017

This week we feature a Customer Executive from our North America Manufacturing sales team. She grew up in cities around the world until her father retired and her family settled in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she graduated high school and went on to earn an Accounting degree from the University of New Mexico.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

After Celestica I went to work for Psion Teklogix before starting my own Solar panel manufacturing company. Over my career I have established supply chains for global leaders like EMC, Cisco, HP and others in China, Europe, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Mexico and across North America.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

They don’t see it as an enabler of global manufacturing and sourcing, or as a way of increasing customer loyalty through great service. There’s a trend at the moment toward near-shoring, re-shoring, or bringing manufacturing back locally, but globalization is not going to go away. In North America it’s linking with Canada and Mexico.

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Synovos

DECEMBER 3, 2019

3, 2019 – Thomas Cummins, former Global Head of Manufacturing Goods and Services Procurement for Teva Pharmaceuticals, has been named Senior Direct of Global Procurement for Synovos, the leading independent integrated supply chain management company in North America. RADNOR, Pa. – Based in the U.S.,

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BlueYonder

JULY 26, 2017

This week we feature a Customer Executive from our North America Manufacturing sales team. She grew up in cities around the world until her father retired and her family settled in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she graduated high school and went on to earn an Accounting degree from the University of New Mexico.

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