Resilinc

MAY 3, 2022

As readers of this blog will be aware, workforce challenges are ubiquitous in the United States. While the DOD doesn’t specifically mention America’s hemispheric neighbors, some policymakers agree with Resilinc CEO, Bindiya Vakil, and her co-authors Tom Linton and Dale Rogers who advocate for the U.S.

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 13, 2022

To mitigate China’s dominant position in mining and refining lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite, manganese, rare earth elements and other critical green-energy minerals, the United States and some of its allies are subsidizing domestic investment and setting up new barriers to trade and investment with China.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Peter Guinto capped his 12-year Air Force career in procurement by serving on the federal COVID supply chain task force and becoming head of contracting for the Medium-altitude UAS Division—the unit responsible for keeping the United States’ edge in warfighting drones. How can the U.S.

Government 84

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 31, 2014

With the rising costs of labor in China, many apparel manufacturers share that there is only a 6% differential between sewing a garment in China or manufacturing in the United States. Mexico has become more attractive, and many companies are looking at alternative sourcing in Latin and South America.

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Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Because the Panama Canal eliminates a protracted detour around South America and improves global commercial connections, its construction and extension rate among the greatest engineering feats of the 20th century. In addition, the United States is the origin or destination of about 70% of the traffic through the Panama Canal.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 23, 2019

Early last December, at an international meeting on climate change, the United States joined other large producers of oil and natural gas (namely Saudi Arabia and Russia) in opposing language endorsing the findings of a report that concluded “the world has barely 10 years to cut carbon emissions by nearly half to avoid catastrophic warming.”[1]

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 15, 2019

In the past year alone wildfires have ravaged California, multiple hurricanes have hit South America, and Indonesia has been rocked by a deadly earthquake and tsunami that caused thousands of fatalities. For example, the catastrophic Tohoku earthquake and tsunami a few years ago resulted in a massive US$210 billion in costs for Japan.

Supply Chain Planning Software 87

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Later in the book, as it’s clear that the United States is under attack, the author writes, “the virus that had shut down FedEx and UPS had moved on to infect the software of almost every other commercial shipping company, and was starting to grind the world’s supply chain to a halt.”.

Supply Chain Software 100

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NC State SCRC

MAY 11, 2023

S&P Global Mobility forecasts electric vehicle sales in the United States could reach 40 percent of total passenger car sales by 2030 , and more optimistic projections foresee electric vehicle sales surpassing 50 percent by 2030. As of October 2022, there were 1.7 billion in 2015.

Congo 75

Congo Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Chemicals 75

Proxima

JULY 26, 2023

Technology in focus In the technology hardware and components market, we have seen localization come to the fore in the past three years, with significant government support to drastically improve resilience in both the United Kingdom with the National Semiconductor Strategy and the United States with the Chips and Science Act.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

That stated, February’s activity appears to have regional specific connotations with upturns in production volumes across areas of Asia , specifically the ongoing re-opening of China ’s manufacturing sector, and upturns in India , the Philippines and Thailand manufacturing and supply chain activity levels. United States Two indices of U.S.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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Elementum

DECEMBER 2, 2015

To mitigate the investment and production loss in Tianjin, JLR has planned new production centers in continental Europe and South America. Other insurers across the United States, Europe, Bermuda and Asia also took a hit close to US $2 billion. Around 5,800 Jaguar Land Rovers were damaged , amounting to £245m in damages.

Manufacturing Procurement 60

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 6, 2015

A clear sign that Mexico is currently in the supply chain spotlight was last month’s Logistic Summit & Expo 2015 in Mexico City, which attracted over 10,000 attendees and almost 200 exhibitors, including leading 3PLs, software vendors, and other supply chain and logistics companies from both the United States and Mexico.

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EHS Sustainability Knowledge at Work

DECEMBER 13, 2018

And over 80% of soybean was produced in three countries: the United States (35%), Brazil (29%) and Argentina (18%). The ongoing US-China trade wars will see more soy traders switch to South America. Meanwhile, almost 40% of the world´s sugarcane was produced by Brazil alone. What happens next? Soy will continue to expand.

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MIT Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Twenty student teams from four SCALE centers in Asia, Europe, North America, and South America took part in a competition called the 2013 SCALE Challenge. The last six rounds were played face-to-face during a gathering in Cambridge, MA, in the United States.

Massachusetts 75

Massachusetts South America Supply Chain Network Software Supply Chain Strategy 75

Freightos

JANUARY 26, 2018

On the air freight side, there are clearly no capacity problems on the Europe-United States routes, with carriers resuming promotions last week. Europe-South America Atlantic. Europe-South America Pacific. It was surprising, however, that air freight prices dropped substantially last week. Getting Tight.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

The lithium boom signals a shift in manufacturing and energy in the United States—but the popular mineral is facing some obstacles when it comes to heavy air and rail regulation. But they also have a deal with a lithium mine in Mexico , and there are many lithium sources located in Central and South America.

Transportation 60

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 26, 2022

Regarding sourcing to access and grow major regional markets, a solid argument can be made that three major regions, North and South America , Europe , China/Southeast Asia/Middle East would continue to represent the company’s major growth and revenue markets for hardware products. Some might argue yes while many others, no.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

The location of the São Paulo control tower is beneficial as many of TMC’s current and prospective customers are large multinational shippers that have a presence in South America and are looking to achieve global supply chain visibility and control.”.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

Given that some Asian and South American countries have no compunction about continuing to do business with Russia, and that many companies in the West have trade relationships in Asia and South America, the sanctions have caught many Western companies’ supply chains in a stranglehold. But the problems don’t stop there.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 86

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Since its launch in the United States, the Amazon Flex system has spread into many parts of the world, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America.

Supply Chain Design Software 84

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Colorado calls the day Cabrini Day, in honor of Frances Xavier Cabrini who helped create schools, hospitals, and orphanages in the United States as well as in Central and South America. He wrote, “On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor America’s first inhabitants and the Tribal Nations that continue to thrive today.

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 4, 2017

When there is no El Niño or La Niña, the normal weather pattern features surface winds along the equator that move warm water from South America to the west, towards New Zealand and Indonesia. This pushes colder water up to the surface of the ocean, off the west coast of South America.

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Vinculum

JUNE 3, 2022

North America (United States, Mexico, and Canada). South America (Argentina, Brazil, and the Rest of South America). Demandware. Market divided based on regional analysis, and regions include. Europe (Germany, UK, Italy, France, Russia, and the Rest of Europe).

Modeling Software 52

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 15, 2013

Today, in addition to domestic less-than-truckload services, the company offers assembly and distribution services and LCL and FCL delivery services to and from all of North America, Central America, South America and the Far East. LTL Carrier Profile: Old Dominion Equipment & People . Old Dominion Inc.

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Vinculum

MAY 5, 2022

The segmented geography of the Omni-channel and warehouse management system involves: North America assures the United States, Mexico, and Canada. South America assures Colombia, Chile, Argentina, and Nigeria. Segmented Geography of Omni-channel and Warehouse Management System .

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QAD

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

North and South America, East and Western Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa. According to McCabe, 58 countries build light vehicles in six different regions.

Automotive 90

Automotive Negotiate Pricing Negotiating Skills Modeling Software 90

GTG Technology Group

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Here’s why Houston is so significant to transportation: Most goods transported from Mexico and South America go through Houston before being routed to their end destinations. Texas supplies half of the United States’ petroleum and gas, with 30 percent of oil refineries in the state.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

China is a huge consumer of raw materials —54 percent of the world’s aluminum, 48 percent of copper, and 45 percent of all steel—and many of those metals are imported from developing countries in Africa and South America. As the country’s economy has slowed, so have new development projects. The reason? Better technology.

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ShipBob

JUNE 9, 2020

As protests against racial injustice and police brutality continue across the United States following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless other unarmed black Americans who have been killed, so has the interest in supporting black-owned businesses.

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Shipchain

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

have active partnerships and pilots with corporations outside of the United States? . With that being said, we are in ongoing discussions and have active pilots and customers in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America outside of the US. Does ShipChain Inc. What market sectors are you most excited about?

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