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The Future of Commercial Real Estate 2020

3PL Insights

strategically placed to meet the demand of same-day shipping for online retailers. Trade disputes between the United States and China further supports this idea with many businesses relocating manufacturing and distribution operations back to North America. Louis and Tampa. Secondary Markets Will Gain Popularity.

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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

The shipping industry, which accounts for 80% of world merchandise trade, had a record year in 2021 , with volume totaling 179.1 Share of Global Shipping Vessels Arriving on Time. The boom was great for shipping lines’ profits, but port congestion sent on-time reliability to all-time lows. from 2020 and a 5.4% in the U.K.

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The Ways Getting Creative With Your Supply Chain Will Save You Time and Money

Quantified Freight

Are you shipping regionally, nationally, or globally? Are you a display manufacturer and need to ship out a big roll-out from St. Louis, MO up into several Northeast states? It’s too large to ship parcel, too small for FTL and too fragile for LTL. It’s more complex than deciding parcel, LTL, or truckload.

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Rocky Mount logistics boosted by direct rail access from the Port of Wilmington

Kanban Logistics

The burgeoning manufacturing and logistics hub of Rocky Mount, NC has received another rail-related boost. The rail terminal offers direct connections to major Midwest hubs like Chicago and St. Many top manufacturers call the region home, including Cummins, Sherwin-Williams, Corning and Bridgestone.

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Demystifying Transportation Sourcing – A Practitioner’s View

EC Sourcing Group

If you are a small or mid-size company in manufacturing, agribusiness, retail or distribution, your transportation spend can be substantial. Shipping cost or ability to deliver. Know the characteristics of your shipping needs such as lanes, quantity, and service levels, and align them with the right carriers.

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Demystifying Transportation Sourcing – A Practitioner’s View

EC Sourcing Group

If you are a small or mid-size company in manufacturing, agribusiness, retail or distribution, your transportation spend can be substantial. Shipping cost or ability to deliver. Know the characteristics of your shipping needs such as lanes, quantity, and service levels, and align them with the right carriers.

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Reshoring Optimism, But Not Much Else

GlobalTranz

Although, long term, reshoring makes sense for some, at the end of the day, what reshoring does is remind executives at manufacturing companies to look at the long term, then decide what is best for the company. But this respite does not mean that manufacturing jobs are reappearing. labor force was 35 percent smaller than it is today).