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Borderlands Mexico: US trade with Mexico over $69 billion in April

Freight Waves

Hengli Hydraulics opens $325 million plant near Monterrey, Mexico Beijing-based Hengli Hydraulics recently opened its first manufacturing facility in Santa Catarina, Mexico. Hengli Hydraulics operates in over 20 countries, with 11 manufacturing plants and more than 8,000 employees worldwide. Santa Catarina is located near Monterrey.

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XX and XY: A Different World in Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

There was no line in the bathroom at the Kansas City CLM conference in 2001, but there will be at the CSCMP conference in San Antonio in 2013. In preparation, we are finishing up research on supply chain planning excellence, big data and supply chain, supply chain talent, and digital manufacturing.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

Founded in 2018 in San Antonio, Skipcart is a delivery platform providing same day and on-demand delivery for a variety of industries including e-commerce, pharmaceutical, retail, food and beverage and more, including convenience-store merchandise, with an average delivery time of 30 minutes, the company says on its website.

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Autonomous Truck Company Torc Robotics Aims to Scale

Logistics Viewpoints

Daimler Truck will provide the intellectual capital to do high-volume manufacturing and has a dealer network in place. Further, this lane includes San Antonio and Austin as potential destinations. This will be a step-by-step process. In short, there is a landing and departure infrastructure in place for autonomous trucks.

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Category Management as a Competitive Advantage

BlueYonder

In a recent post , I discussed the new age of category management and how manufacturers can leverage consumer insight and data to build more targeted assortment strategies and a localized shelf execution plan to drive sales growth and profitability. How do manufacturers collaborate more effectively with retail partners? 28 at 9:30 a.m.

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Insights from the C-Suite: Supply Chain People Are Making a Difference in the World

Material Handling & Logistics

MH&L sat down with Eshkenazi at the recent APICS 2017 conference in San Antonio, TX. . Whether you’re talking about the technology—AI, augmented reality, bitcoin, blockchain—or workforce development, or the changing nature of manufacturing, it used to be a fairly stable environment.

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20 warehouse professionals and business leaders reveal the single most important first step when designing a warehouse layout

6 River Systems

Elizabeth Brady Elizabeth Brady currently teaches the Supply Chain and ERP course at Mira Costa College for the Bachelor of Science in BioTech Manufacturing candidates. His completed projects include industrial and office master plans, spec and corporate office buildings and distribution, and assembly and manufacturing facilities.