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Casey’s General Stores Supply Chain Team Contributes to Strong Financial Results

Logistics Viewpoints

Casey’s recently opened a new distribution center in Joplin Missouri; the retailer also operates warehouses in Ankeny and Terra Haute Indiana. In the past year, the company has also launched a centralized procurement team. The Joplin facility cost $60 million and will employ 125 employees when fully staffed.

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Labor Strike Targeting Three U.S. Automakers- Update Four

Supply Chain Matters

Initially, 12,700 workers walked off their assigned shifts at the Ford Motor vehicle assembly plant that produces the Bronco SUV , a GM Missouri assembly plant producing popular pick-up trucks, and the Stellantis assembly plant producing the branded Jeep Wrangler SUV.

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AASHTO 2019 Annual Meeting, Oct. 5-9

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Labor Strike Underway Targeting Three US Automakers

Supply Chain Matters

Walkouts have also occurred at a Missouri assembly plant producing popular GM pick-up trucks, and an assembly plant producing the branded Jeep Wrangler SUV. The UAW has elected a strategy that avoids a massive strike action, and instead focus on rolling work stoppages targeted at individual automakers most popular and profitable car models.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager.

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Could Looming Supply Chain Risks Sink Your Company?

Material Handling & Logistics

Instead of trying to cut costs silo by silo, these companies take an integrated view of operations (product design, procurement, manufacturing, supply chain management). Procurement: Buy Better, Spend Better. Bain research shows that spending better can potentially more than double a company’s productivity gains from procurement.

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Labor Strike Targeting the Three U.S. Automakers- Update Two

Supply Chain Matters

Initially, 12,700 workers walked off their assigned shifts at the Ford Motor vehicle assembly plant that produces the Bronco SUV , a GM Missouri assembly plant producing popular pick-up trucks, and the Stellantis assembly plant producing the branded Jeep Wrangler SUV.