Freight Waves

JULY 16, 2025

The biggest thing that stood out was the increase in insider participation in thefts in the United States,” Pelli told FreightWaves in an interview. Criminals are using phishing emails and other cybersecurity vulnerabilities to conduct strategic theft incidents, the BSI Consulting report said.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Reshoring, the practice of bringing manufacturing operations back to the United States, has gained renewed momentum in recent years, largely driven by a combination of political priorities, economic strategies, and global supply chain disruptions.

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QAD

JULY 1, 2025

Every year of the 2020s has unleashed events that have rocked multiple industries, causing manufacturers around the world to spend long days and sleepless nights wondering how to make it through. While manufacturers have used different strategies to survive, the most successful ones share one trait: adaptability.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 21, 2025

Northwest aircraft assembly facilities was described by CNN as the costliest strike in the United States in more than 25 years. Regarding this latter, the automotive, semiconductor, and manufacturing industries are particularly cited as at risk due to proposed tariffs by the new U.S. economy and for industry supply chains.

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IQMS

JANUARY 27, 2023

The past couple of years’ supply chain delays and uncertainty have led many manufacturers to rethink their long-term supply chain strategies. For decades, the comparatively low wages of skilled labor across many Asia-Pacific countries provided a cost-benefit even when raw materials or components had to be shipped from the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 28, 2024

That stated, in certain regions such as across Europe and China , the year continues to present economic and manufacturing challenges. That was because global wide ocean container shipping lines had so many new ships entering service this year, that this added capacity was able to buffer more immediate impacts.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 11, 2025

Reported April 24 Over 60% of our business is from products that are manufactured, bagged, assembled or grown in the United States and only 12% of our business is direct imports. We manufacture a significant amount of outdoor hand tools, storage, and engineered fasteners in America. billion to $1.6 Christopher J.

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QAD

APRIL 9, 2025

Proactive communication and agile manufacturing further enhance resilience. Tariffs varying by country, export controls, and evolving compliance rules and restricted zones create additional hurdles for manufacturers. This is compounded by the fact that many raw materials are sourced from a limited number of suppliers and regions.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 25, 2025

Today, more than 50% of our purchases are sourced in the United States. During that period, the vast majority of our supplier partners developed diversified sourcing strategies across several countries, including the United States. That was because we do manufacture in China, but mostly for goods sold within China.

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QAD

MAY 22, 2025

This is often the largest procurement cost for manufacturers. Understanding and Minimizing Total Landed Cost Procurement professionals often focus on the unit price This can be misleading. The total landed cost includes all expenses until the goods arrive at your manufacturing facility or distribution center.

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Exiger Perspectives

JANUARY 17, 2025

Companies that heavily depend on these materials, such as those in renewable energy and textile manufacturing, face heightened risks of supply chain disruptions and rising costs. Shipping Overview Exiger identified 13.1 Thirty-six percent of the shipments were shipped by entitles based in Vietnam.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2025

General Motors announced 3 assembly plants to be located in the United States with a combined $4 billion in investment. The agreement includes a reduction of tariffs on UK cars shipped to the US from 25% to 10%, and a similar system is being considered for steel and aluminum.

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EFT

JULY 15, 2025

seaport operators are asking for extra time to implement pending tariffs on towering ship-to-shore cranes as they expect President Donald Trump's administration to follow through on a promise to essentially ban that vital cargo-handling equipment. US port operators seek to mitigate hefty expected tariffs on China-built port cranes U.S.

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EFT

JUNE 23, 2025

German car manufacturers incurred costs of half a billion euros in April due to tariffs, says VDA German car manufacturers are likely to have incurred costs of around half a billion euros in April due to import tariffs imposed by U.S. Texas Instruments plans $60 billion US investment under Trump push Texas Instruments (TXN.O)

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EFT

JULY 1, 2025

EU to accept Trump's universal tariff but seeks key exemptions, Bloomberg News reports The European Union is open to a trade agreement with the United States that would apply a universal 10% tariff on many of its exports, but the EU is seeking U.S. Target explores factory-direct shipping model, Bloomberg News reports Target (TGT.N)

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EFT

JUNE 16, 2025

China's factories slow, consumers unexpectedly perk up China's factory output growth hit a six-month low in May, while retail sales picked up steam, offering temporary relief for the world's second-largest economy amid a fragile truce in its trade war with the United States. tariffs imposed on China.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

From electronics manufacturers to retail giants, companies are grappling with a complex landscape of rising duties and other supply chain challenges. The stated aim of those measures is to bolster domestic manufacturing and reduce reliance on foreign supply chains. In the U.S., In the U.S., Agriculture U.S. A 2025 U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2025

Announced Trade Agreement with Vietnam Just before the July 4 th holiday, President Trump announced that the United States and Vietnam had agreed to a trade deal. In turn, Vietnam has reportedly agreed to curtail any tariffs related to goods imported from the United States. In turn, goods shipped to the U.S.

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EFT

JULY 7, 2025

Trump says US nears trade deals as tariff deadline delayed The United States is close to finalizing several trade pacts in coming days and will notify other countries of higher tariff rates by July 9, President Donald Trump said on Sunday, with the higher rates set to take effect on August 1. But a new front may be emerging: talent.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2018

Trade flowing across the United States-Mexico border has grown exponentially since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was enacted in 1994. Assuming current trends hold, and NAFTA remains largely intact, here are five things to consider when managing cross-border logistics between the United States and Mexico: 1.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Interest Rates : The Federal Reserve in the United States is expected to raise interest rates this week , the first increase since cutting the rate to near zero following the Great Recession in 2008. percent in Q3 2015 compared to Q3 2014 in the United States). According to this year’s UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. Pandemic demand for goods, and the shifts from a service economy, increased volume in southern California ports where 40% of ocean carriers unload for entry into the United States. meters, to accommodate ships with 20 rows of containers) and 15.2

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. These high fuel costs impact the shipping lines too and those costs will get passed on to you. Implementing a manufacturing process change, Resolving a significant quality issue?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Global Manufacturing PMI Global Trade as a Barometer Clearly domestic business activity is much larger than international trade. But cross-border trade is an important part of the global economy and much of this trade is in physical goods that must be stored, shipped, transported, and eventually consumed. Source: J.P.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 17, 2024

Founded in 1992 in Baltimore, ICAT Logistics has expanded across the United States and Europe, specializing in handling unusual, high-value, and oversized freight that often falls outside the scope of standard containerized shipping. Their team always finds a way to get the job done. Packaging bulky loads.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Chad is the Co-founder and Chief Digital Officer of BoxC , a logistics startup out of 500 Startups Batch 6 that simplifies the complexity of international parcel shipping by bringing together logistics and compliance resources from around the world into a single platform. It’s frictionless. It’s flexible.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2024

The international inbound transportation service is only available to Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) sellers that source or manufacture goods in China, and all cargo must be shipped from Yantian, Shanghai, or Ningbo ports. And with that, I bid you adieu, and let’s move on to this week’s logistics news. Cargo imported into the U.S.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 31, 2023

About FRAYT FRAYT is a last-mile on-demand delivery and logistics technology company that offers businesses professional, reliable on-demand shipping through an intuitive web platform, API, and mobile app. FRAYT has over 13,000 drivers in over 50 markets across the United States and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

As consumer spending fell, the days of escalating ocean freight and extreme shipping variability eased this year. United States Inflation Rates and GDP Inflation is the highest in forty years. The average brand owner outsources 28-35% of manufacturing, but most coordinate using only spreadsheets and email.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Tomorrow, 4 October, is National Manufacturing Day (MFG Day) — which is celebrated annually on the first Friday in October. The day is set aside to honor those who manufacture goods in the United States. manufacturing innovation, the growth potential of these jobs is high — more than 1.3

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2014

First, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report last month focused on the need for better port cybersecurity. The botnet then sends the scanner a second piece of malware that targets the victim’s corporate financial, customer, shipping, and manifest information. trillion in cargo annually.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. 49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. As of 2020, only 12% of semiconductor chips were made in the United States. (

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The cost of importing a 40’ container from China to the United States West Coast grew 1,000% from $1,800 in 2019 to over $20,000 in September 2021 according to our Freightos Baltic Index (FBX). We refined our data, limiting it to actual pricing used by logistics service providers to ship containers, to ensure validity.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Advanced planning evolved with a focus on modeling manufacturing constraints. With the contraction of air capacity and the unprecedented level of imports to the United States from Asia, logistics constraints grew in importance in the pandemic. Dwell times grow as more and more ships sit in the ocean waiting to unload.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

In all, the acquisition will add more than 350 temperature-controlled vehicles and four million square feet to the UPS Healthcare global footprint, offering customers access to faster shipping times, greater production flexibility, and offerings to help them attract new business. From a shipping perspective, time is critical.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The perspective of a manufacturing leader is quite different than that of a business leader in logistics. Why are orders not shipped on time? Measure schedule adherence in manufacturing, time for purchase order acceptance in procurement, on-time delivery for inbound materials, and first-ass tender in logistics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

PWC’s Digital Trends in Supply Chain Survey reports that 83% of manufacturers say that supply chain technologies have not delivered the expected results. Consider social security management in the United States without a social security number. Most supply chain models are “ship from” models based on orders.

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