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Plant-location decisions and potential supply chain risk

Kinaxis

At the new plant, Mazda expects to produce cross-over models which Mazda will introduce to the North American market, and Toyota plans to produce the Corolla for the North American market. Toyota will be better positioned to respond to the growing North American market. By producing vehicles in the U.S.,

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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

And if most of your production happens in FL, you may choose to divert sourcing to your secondary facility, say in New Jersey, during heavy produce shipping season months to avoid the heightened costs. Mississippi. Expect to deal with capacity sourcing and pricing fluctuations beginning in August through September. Rhode Island.

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Freightera Marketplace Books 10,000th Shipment, Goes Live with CN Rail

Freightera

May 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Freightera, North America’s rapidly growing online freight marketplace, celebrated its 4th birthday today as it booked over 10,000 shipments. Freightera has emerged as the leading source of instant less than truckload (LTL) freight quotes for the Canadian, cross-border and US markets.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 29 – February 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

The company is launching the Student Ambassador Program on March 1 at Mississippi Valley State University, Jackson State University, Fayetteville State University, LeMoyne-Owen College, Lane College, Tennessee State University, Paul Quinn College, and Miles College. percent because of congestion at major airports.

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Trends 2023: Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

What happened instead was massive theft of intellectual property, huge trade deficits, the hollowing out of the middle class in Europe and North America, and the rise of nativist politics.” the Mississippi River is seeing falling water levels, which has resulted in a log-jam of over 100 vessels. That did not happen.