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Logistics helps North Carolina Reach CNBC Best State Status Again

Kanban Logistics

Key workforce highlights for North Carolina: The state receives high marks in attracting and retaining employees across many industries Areas like Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham are seeing workforce growth within the financial industries The state’s universities and community colleges are driving in-state labor growth 89% of participants in worker training (..)

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Manufacturing Innovation Hubs Revitalize American Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

Location: Raleigh, NC. Sources: Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office (AMNPO); LIFT, Detroit, MI; DMDII, Chicago, IL; PowerAmerica, Raleigh, NC; Department of Energy; America Makes, Youngstown, OH. Next Generation Power Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute or Power America. Website: [link].

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This Week in Logistics News (April 22-26, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Here’s a video of the drone in action: This news follows last month’s announcement by UPS that it is collaborating with Matternet to deliver medical samples via unmanned drones at WakeMed’s flagship hospital and campus in the Raleigh, N.C. over distances of up to 12.5

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

With the growth of transpacific trade, McLean teams with Southern Pacific Railroad to build the first double-stack train car. The first all double-stack train is developed by APL and UP Railroad. Over 100 double stack container trains, each a mile long, are now operating across U.S. Raleigh-Durham-Cary N.C.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

With the growth of transpacific trade, McLean teams with Southern Pacific Railroad to build the first double-stack train car. The first all double-stack train is developed by APL and UP Railroad. Over 100 double stack container trains, each a mile long, are now operating across U.S. Raleigh-Durham-Cary N.C.

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Current state of logistics in North Carolina: warehouse space and labor hard to find

Kanban Logistics

According to the commercial real estate firm, Colliers , the overall industrial vacancy rate in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill market, which includes eastern North Carolina, was 3.4% Many 3PLs have multiple distribution centers and can cross train employees to fill in gaps at other locations, as needed. in the second quarter of 2023.

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Asia Supply Chain Excellence Report: Issue, January 2013

Tompkins Blog

Human errors are often caused by poor training; although inadequate training is common in China, it is improving. Raleigh, NC 27616.' China does not have the coastal exposure that countries such as Japan and the Philippines have, so the impacts of typhoons are generally limited to delays in ocean and air freight. The Right Way.

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