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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech July 14 2022

Supply Chain Matters

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. Other battery manufacturers that have elected to invest in U.S. location.

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Outbound Tender Rejections Increase for the First Time Since March Peak

Zipline Logistics

Covering loads has been easy in the Northeast, except outbound South Texas, Southern California, and Florida as capacity out of these regions is tighter with produce heating up. Outbound capacity from the Southeast and Texas into the Midwest is getting tighter as produce season shifts into high gear. Midwest Logistics.

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Flatbed rates move lower, but they're still pretty high

DAT Solutions

There is less activity in Texas, which may be related to steel tariffs that affect specialty pipe used in the oilfields. That pipe is manufactured almost entirely of imported steel. Reno to Seattle gained 34¢ to $3.06/mile. Flatbed rates are coming down from record highs, but remain elevated even after some sharp drops.

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How Did Truckers Find Loads 40 Years Ago?

DAT Solutions

Schultz grew the business to 235 trucks, 242 drivers, and back-office staff of 42, including warehouse and cross-border operations staff in Laredo, Texas. He had a customer who had regular shipments to Seattle, Spokane and Portland. At that time Schultz Transit had six trucks.

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Holiday shopping has started early amid fears over shipping delays

Ware2Go

The shortage in chips, triggered by a production lag early in the pandemic followed by surging demand, has meant manufacturers have struggled to produce enough computers, phones and tablets to fulfill orders, which soared during COVID lockdowns. Plastic makers still haven’t caught up to demand since those setbacks.

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High-Tech Nation: How Technological Innovation Shapes America’s 435 Congressional Districts

GlobalTranz

iconic places, such as the Route 128 tech corridor around Boston, Massachusetts; Research Triangle Park in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Austin, Texas; Seattle, Washington; and, of course, California’s white-hot Silicon Valley. congressional districts, 50 states, plus the District of Columbia.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

The company was started in 1907 as a small messenger service in Seattle with $100 in borrowed capital. started as a single office ocean forwarder in Seattle. billion (2019) Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, USA CEO: Jeffrey S. TNT was founded in 1946 in Australia and EGL was founded in Texas in 1984. Revenue: $8.7