CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 2, 2019

Mexico border to help process people crossing the border. Mexico border delays in an uncertain atmosphere: Look for opportunities to convert modes of services. Work with your account managers and transportation service providers to review time critical and urgent freight shipments. Access a broad network of transportation modes to mitigate against the risk of closures by leveraging air and rail services to make sure your freight keeps moving. On March 27, U.S.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

When you want to drive down your logistics and transportation spend, the very first thing that you need is freight and transportation data. Luckily, this isn’t the case for transportation data. With the services of a trusted 3PL and a good transportation management system (TMS), you can glean an abundance of data around activities and practices related to your transportation department. Accurate freight and transportation data is particularly important.

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Transportation Data Freight Report 247

RFgen

JULY 11, 2016

Mexico offers a skilled and affordable work force. Building products on the other side of the planet can rack up transportation costs for materials and finished products, while companies have to rely on distant foreign partners for updates and productive operations.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 29, 2015

This is especially true when outsourcing transportation management, as transportation can include a large part of your overall supply chain and business costs. Consider the many shippers who have outsourced transportation management and other logistics functions to third-party logistics (3PL) providers the past few years. The slowest demand for 3pl services will be in outsourcing transportation management, Armstrong stated.

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Transportation Management Transportation Report Third Party Logistics 257

MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 2, 2021

Latin American countries have particular challenges related to truck transport. Identifying key strengths in procurement and management in high-impact countries will support a fast improvement that may boost economic growth in the region.

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Comparison America Colombia Brazil 52

SupplyOn

JULY 10, 2018

By combining real-time asset tracking and condition monitoring of production material during transport, you can initiate appropriate countermeasures to keep your production running long before goods receipt. But generally speaking, not even the shipping agent transporting the production material to the nearest port has this information. This is even more true if the transport is intermodal, i.e. where land, air and sea freight are combined.

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Quality Houston France Mexico 40

Transplace

APRIL 23, 2020

Mexico and Cross-Border. This past week, some states announced a mandatory shut down of manufacturing plants in Mexico until April 30. The exchange rate in Mexico continues to fluctuate but is still much higher than the last few years at a historic of 19 pesos per dollar.

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Transplace

MARCH 18, 2020

Transplace is closely monitoring the outbreak and the impact the reaction is having on the transportation market. Packaging and CPG supply chains appear to be oversold in many places and transportation demand is strong from those sectors. Mexico and Cross-border.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Cabotage rules cover the transport of goods between two places in the same country by a transport operator from another country. Most (66%) of the EU’s total tonne-km that are transported by truck are moved by in-country hauliers. Local drivers tend to transport freight across short distances, sometimes with multiple deliveries. Cabotage with Mexico is even more constrained. Mexico border. Canada, and Mexico. Truckload Procurement.”

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Mexico Canada North America Procurement 39

Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

In its current form the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a potential free trade agreement (FTA) between the US and 11 Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries (Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Japan, Vietnam, Brunei, Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, and New Zealand). Further, there are challenges in negotiations around tariff-free market access to components instead of only finished products, remanufactured products, and government procurement.

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Brunei Peru Chile Malaysia 71

Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

project44 Announces Multimodal Integration with Oracle Transportation Management. enVista Joins Blockchain in Transport Alliance. I’ll repeat what I said back in 2014: You can make supply chain apps simple to use, simple to deploy, and simple to procure — but the rest of supply chain management is anything but simple; it’s complex and messy. Photos from JDRF Ride to Cure in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Supply Chain Visibility Logistics Course New Mexico 68

Resilinc

APRIL 27, 2021

While the pandemic has given procurement managers fresh ammunition to advocate for greater resiliency within their corporate supply chains, geopolitical experts and a bipartisan coalition of legislators argue that the U.S. and Mexico moves on land,” he said.

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Taiwan Canada Texas China 72

Transplace

APRIL 2, 2020

We are pleased to provide another transportation market update for you this week. Mexico and Cross-Border. and Mexico authorities confirm international trade related activities, such as customs brokerage and border clearances, are considered essential and to continue as usual.

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South Africa Mexico Los Angeles Asia 52

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2021

Mr. Frasquet is the executive director of corporate procurement, although his responsibilities include a much broader set of supply chain responsibilities than just sourcing. In Belcorp’s case they have four factories located in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador.

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Supply Chain Transformation Peru Supply Chain Ecuador 154

Transplace

MAY 21, 2020

Mexico and Cross-Border. Mexico border crossing restrictions for non-commercial, non-essential operations have been extended until further notice. Overall there is sufficient transport capacity, but there is variation per industry segment.

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Kansas City Canada Mexico Asia 52

Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. According to the press release: Transplace leverages the CombineNet ASAP® advanced e-sourcing technology as part of its expert solutions, helping customers develop and optimize their carrier strategy for procurement events involving truckload, less-than-truckload (LTL), and intermodal needs. Mexico trade.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 9, 2018

NAFTA is a Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico that entered in force on January 1, 1994. NAFTA also includes chapters covering rules of origin, customs procedures, agriculture and sanitary and phytosanitary measures, government procurement, investment, trade in services, protection of intellectual property rights, and dispute settlement procedures. The United States is currently renegotiating NAFTA provisions with Canada and Mexico.

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Canada United States Government Mexico 39

Resilinc

APRIL 20, 2021

After almost 40 years in procurement, Tom Linton is still excited about the business of supply chains. Transportation investments are also needed to accomplish greater trading between North and South America. Highlights from our Live Chat with Tom Linton: The State of the Supply Chain

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South America Africa China North America 62

DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

The Atlanta-based company demonstrated that companies focusing “heavily on supplier diversity” generated a 133% greater return on procurement investments than the typical business. These companies spent an average of 20% less on their buying operations, and the number of their procurement staff is less than half of their peers who do not have supplier diversity programs in place. More than just charity.

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Supply Chain Canada Atlanta Third Party Logistics 252

The Supply Chain Journal

JUNE 1, 2021

ARS Technica reports, “Nintendo forecast a 12 percent drop in sales of its flagship Switch in the financial year ending in March 2022, citing potential issues with procuring important components.” The truck was going through the Nogales, Arizona, border station from Mexico to the U.S.

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Venezuela Arizona North America Reverse Logistics 52

Freight Plus

OCTOBER 25, 2019

This, along with many other leading indicators (transportation data, inverted yield curves, lower GDP) still make the possibility of a recession in 2020 a real possibility. Chris was director of supply chain at SharkNinja where he was responsible for procurement, inventory management, and new product development. He has also worked as vice president of transportation for the Ascena Retail Group, and as operations director for Adidas-Group Mexico.

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Mexico Freight Groups Security 40

Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Research from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in procurement shows that organizations without formal SRM programs report 121 percent longer supplier lead times. That might mean diverting from Los Angeles/Long Beach to Canada or Mexico. Work with your broker to see if you can get priority on unloading the ship and inland transport. Companies of all sizes have been capturing the value from Global Supply Chain to increase the economies of scale and scope for years.

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Global How To Los Angeles Supply Chain 216

Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Even if a supplier’s factory is not flooded, the infrastructure (power, water, transportation, etc.) First, Hurricane Harvey, which formed on August 24 as a Tropical Storm in the Gulf of Mexico, soon strengthened into a massive Category 4 Hurricane and stalled over a commercially vital region of Texas, dumping record levels of rain, as much as 52 inches in some regions, causing widespread and extensive flooding in the Houston and surrounding low-lying areas.

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Chemicals Texas Houston Mexico 78

BlueYonder

MARCH 6, 2020

Lucky are the companies that can shift production to other countries like Mexico or Vietnam. By using AI and ML, companies can better model and predict demand and fine tune their inventory from procurement to transport to warehouse to routing supplies to locations ahead of demand.

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Vietnam China Mexico New York 83

BluJay Solutions

AUGUST 19, 2019

multinationals are looking to alternative sourcing in countries such as India and Mexico. While the final negotiation and ratification of the “New NAFTA” have companies hesitating to make any sudden production moves to Mexico, careful consideration of the complex trade environment in India should not be overlooked. . Equally important, our customer-centric team has the transportation expertise and passionate commitment to help you soar.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

There are so many potential issues that can impact a supply chain to cause delays (such as fluctuating availability of raw materials, hold-ups in customs, adverse weather, staffing problems, political issues, procurement problems, changes in legislation and so on) that being able to realistically foresee and safeguard against each of them will only ever be partially successful, and it takes up a lot of resources. Mock has nearly a decade of operational transportation experience.

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St. Louis Minneapolis Mexico Procurement 77

Requis

MARCH 23, 2021

I spent a long time with Bechtel doing large projects all around the world including Mexico, Thailand, Egypt, and India. I joined BP a year before the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Safety and quality became key buying factors during procurement.

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Sustainability Egypt San Francisco Venezuela 52

Transplace

APRIL 16, 2020

Mexico and Cross-Border. The Mexican government has announced that Mexico will be facing phase 3 of the coronavirus outbreak in approximately two weeks, which is suggested when Mexico will see the highest peak of COVID-19. and Mexico continue on normal schedules.

Mexico 10

Mexico Capacity California Automotive 10

NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Co-location of supply chains will reduce disruptions, complications with transportations, government regulations, etc. Experts believe the warblers sensed it through infrasound noises that storms make, and picked it up while the storm was still over the Gulf of Mexico.

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In today’s state, that transparency does not exist (or rarely exists), and it makes it very difficult for Transportation Operators to budget costs for 2020. An update on how things are developing with IMO 2020/VLSFO. .

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Research Houston California China 52

Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In today’s state, that transparency does not exist (or rarely exists), and it makes it very difficult for Transportation Operators to budget costs for 2020. An update on how things are developing with IMO 2020/VLSFO. .

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Research Houston California China 52

Transplace

MARCH 26, 2020

Mexico and Cross-border. Schools and universities are closed until April 20 and more companies in Mexico are asking employees to work from home. Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in Mexico will shut down operations. Business - Transportation

Mexico 10

Mexico St. Louis Kansas City DC 10

EFT

JULY 3, 2020

The reality is that legacy transportation technology and the limitation of traditional supply chain practices are no longer enough to keep pace with the market,” says Bill Driegert, Head of Operations, Uber Freight.

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Just-in-Time Detroit Asia Boston 72

6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

Dave Munson @saddlebackbags Dave Munson is the founder and CEO of Saddleback Leather and of their leather factory, Old Mexico Manufacturing. “A giant problem we’ve had at our factory in Mexico, which I’ve heard is a huge problem in the US, too, is…” Vendors offering bribes to sourcing agents and sourcing agents asking for bribes from vendors. How many suppliers providing services to your company are not vetted by procurement/IT?

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Supply Chain Strategy Rhode Island Strategy Tampa 72

NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 14, 2016

So procurement will buy ahead, and work with suppliers to understand the situation in the market, and that may drive up inventory in one sector. Lenovo can build a product in multiple locations, and can balance supply even though some sites are further away and transportation can flex. Transportation costs will vary a lot as well. Elementum is constructed as a series of apps, including the modules of inventory, transport, manufacturing, and source.

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Internet of things KPI Supply Chain Inventory 55