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Leveraging Logistics Trends to Make a Difference When it Matters Most

CH Robinson Transportfolio

And that’s why I’m incredibly proud of our team for helping the state of Minnesota save more than $1 million. That’s why we joined our business community on a task force to help our home state of Minnesota ensure they were prepared with necessary personal protective equipment (PPE). Ecolab, Mayo Clinic, Patterson Cos.,

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Marijuana Supply Chain: Profits and Headaches

Logistics Viewpoints

Starting next week, recreational marijuana sales will be legal in Maryland, and over the next two years, will be legal in Virginia and Minnesota. All told, from these states, the recreational marijuana industry is poised to produce over $25 billion in revenue in 2023 (and that is a conservative estimate).

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Logistics and Supply Chain – 1940 to 2040 with Jason Miller

The Logistics of Logistics

In 1940, the iron skillet was manufactured in Wisconsin from iron ore mined from Michigan and Minnesota. In order to reduce the scope and make the topic more accessible, Jason and Joe use the iron skillet as an analog to represent all products that have a supply chain. The manufacturing process will be highly automated.

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Minnesota turkeys are stuffing outbound trucks

DAT Solutions

remember to be thankful for Minnesota. Minnesota is also a major source of corn, potatoes and peas for your Thanksgiving table. At other times of the year, we rely on Minnesota agriculture for soybeans, sugar beets, and barley, as well as beef and dairy products. When you sit down to Thanksgiving dinner in the Midwestern U.S.,

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Marijuana Supply Chain: Profits and Headaches

Logistics Viewpoints

Starting next week, recreational marijuana sales will be legal in Maryland, and over the next two years, will be legal in Virginia and Minnesota. All told, from these states, the recreational marijuana industry is poised to produce over $25 billion in revenue in 2023 (and that is a conservative estimate).

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Collaborating on Supply Chain Research

Talking Logistics

The University of Minnesota is close to our headquarters and they have a very strong research faculty base there as well. 3PL Episode Highlights Supply Chain & Logistics Trends C.H. There are a number of reasons why we partner with universities to conduct research instead of doing it ourselves.

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Severe weather causes freight rates to slip

DAT Solutions

The highways are open now, but there are still flood warnings in six states: Nebraska, parts of neighboring South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota, plus eastern Arizona and western Mississippi. VAN TRENDS. REEFER TRENDS. Like van, reefer trends have not turned upward yet. The van load-to-truck ratio declined last week to 1.6