Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 12, 2021

It gives them more control over their supply chain. Casey’s recently opened a new distribution center in Joplin Missouri; the retailer also operates warehouses in Ankeny and Terra Haute Indiana. The new distribution center is not the only supply chain initiative the company launched in the last year.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 7, 2023

In this fourth Supply Chain Matters reader update, we highlight this week’s developments related to ongoing UAW labor strike involving the big three U.S. big three automakers with implications to their supply networks vs. prior strategies in targeting just one. auto companies. Stay tuned. All rights reserved.

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Material Handling & Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

Supply chains are suddenly under threat. But some fast movers have begun taking important steps to improve their agility and reduce their exposure to supply risk. As inflation and shifting trade relations begin to affect historically stable supply chains, here’s what to watch for among the companies that come out ahead.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

In this second Supply Chain Matters reader update, we highlight the ongoing supply chain and manufacturing implications of the labor strike involving the three U.S. We indicated that this action was akin to targeting the most vulnerable links among these three automaker’s supply and production networks.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

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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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

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. At the same time, these past four years have provided significant learning relative to the need for more resilient automotive and advanced technology supply chains.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Given that hospitals and other healthcare facilities exist only to provide care to patients, it can come as a surprise to know that supply chain cost is typically the second largest expense such facilities incur, exceeded only by the cost of labour. Hospital and Healthcare Supply: The Need for Change.

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