Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2023

After causing long wait times for thousands of trucks, Texas officials have reduced the number of inspections for tractor-trailers arriving from Mexico at two border crossings, according to a U.S. The inspections are being carried out by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 5, 2022

Amazon launches same-day delivery from some brick-and-mortar retail brands (CNBC) Aurora and Schneider to Autonomously Haul Freight in Texas Self-Driving Truck Accident Draws Attention to Safety. Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (August 5, 2022).

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2023

Today Candor is recognized as a leading certified women-owned business headquartered in Texas – with offices in Illinois and Kansas. About Candor Expedite Candor Expedite is a woman-owned and operated hotshot ground and white-glove service provider with offices in Illinois and Texas.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 17, 2022

Rockwall, Texas-based Texas Pool Professionals tackled the shortage by stockpiling chlorine tablets and hunting down alternative chemicals for their customers. The staff traveled to six states and 15 cities back in 2021, on the hunt for pool supplies they couldn’t get in North Texas.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 28, 2023

Summitt grew up working on a family farm/vineyard in West Texas and went on to play division I football at Texas Tech University. He now resides in Dallas where he enjoys spending time with his wife, Miranda, and chasing around their daughter, Falynn.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 2, 2022

Mike Ringsdorf is the Vice President Transportation & Logistics at Mary Kay Global, a cosmetics company based in Texas. The company’s primary manufacturing plant is in Dallas, Texas. IBCs work with Mary Kay as independent contractors, selling our products directly to consumers in nearly 40 markets on five continents.

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Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Global supply chains already tangled by the pandemic, labor shortages and sustained consumer demand in the U.S. are getting walloped by Mother Nature.

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CargoBarn

JULY 8, 2022

Congratulations Texas! Texas Economic Development announced in July that Texas remains the top exporting state in the country, earning the title for 20 years in a row. CargoBarn is proud to have helped keep those exports moving by working with customers across Texas, which accounted for 21 percent of U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Uber, Aurora to expand self-driving truck ops in Texas to meet holiday rush. It’ll be more capable and less intrusive than the model Amazon is using in its Prime Air service, which will begin in two markets — Lockeford, California, and College Station, Texas — in the coming weeks. Senate proposes $755 million for truck parking.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The other day I was talking with my friends, Kevin and Wayne at Loadtex and they kept referring to the “Texas Triangle.” Being a Yankee from the great state of Michigan, I had never heard of the Texas Triangle, so I asked what it was. The Texas Triangle is a Place – A Really Big and Busy Place. Room to Grow in Texas.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 16, 2023

Dollar General will open a dual distribution center in Nebraska, two regional facilities in Georgia and Texas, and expand operations in South Carolina and New York.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

According to weather.com, “more than 2 million Texas homes and businesses were without power Monday morning as record-breaking cold and Winter Storm Uri extended an icy grip across the central United States.” Parts of I-20 in Texas are closed. UPDATE: 02.15.21. Winter weather continues to impact multiple U.S. A crash on I-20 at U.S.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

APRIL 30, 2014

What Toyota positions are being moved to Texas? What are the incentives that Texas is offering Toyota? Texas to Pay $10,000 for Each Toyota Job. Toyota will move California staff to Texas. “We weren’t pursued by Texas,” Mr. Lentz said. “It isn’t a Texas versus California discussion.”

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 31, 2022

Texas is facing an Arctic blast this week that threatens to leave Dallas blanketed in snow, freeze oil and natural gas production areas and will test the state’s power grid.

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All Things Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Winter storm in Texas causes severe food supply chain disruption Stock at grocery stores were running low as winter storms crippled Texas state and left millions without power, as well…

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2021

I found a very detailed definition on the Texas Department of Public safety website. California topped the list of states with the most reported cargo thefts, followed by Texas and Florida. But what exactly is cargo theft? But with port backlogs, and the holiday season in full swing, the amount of theft for 2021 is likely to rise.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 12, 2022

Texas is halting some vehicle inspections at the U.S.-Mexico Mexico border after Governor Abbott’s crackdown provoked protests that halted crucial food and equipment shipments.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

LTI has strong density and capabilities in the Midwest and select markets in Georgia, Eastern Pennsylvania, Texas, and Colorado. One of The Top 500 For-Hire Carriers in United States, their network consists of nearly 300 tractors, 600 trailers, and 15,000 vetted partner carriers.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 8, 2021

freight brokerage company based in Plano, Texas. GEODIS, a global supply chain operator, has agreed to acquire all of the assets of Velocity Freight Transport, Inc.,

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 6, 2023

in Houston, Texas. Logiswift, the Dubai-based provider of a software platform for supply chain orchestration, has opened its first office in the U.S.,

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Maine Pointe

MAY 15, 2019

Tony Planos, VP Oil & Gas , outlines some of the key challenges currently faced by West Texas operators and discusses why he believes a holistic, end-to-end supply chain approach may be the way to overcome them.

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CHAINalytics

DECEMBER 22, 2021

NTT DATA to Acquire Chainalytics, Strengthening Its Supply Chain Consulting and Analytics Capabilities PLANO, Texas – Dec 22, 2021 – NTT DATA Services, a global digital business and IT services leader, today announced it has agreed to acquire Chainalytics, a supply chain consulting and analytics firm.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A month after Texas poached Tesla Inc.’s s headquarters from California, it’s now trying to attract freight carriers dealing with near-record backlogs at the U.S.’s s largest ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

in a pilot project in Texas that uses the startup’s technology in a self-driving Paccar Inc. Aurora Innovation Inc. will help move cargo for FedEx Corp.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2022

The Texas based Austin American Statesman reported yesterday that Samsung is considering the construction of upwards of 11 new semiconductor fabrication production facilities in the Austin, Texas area over the next two decades. Samsung ’s acknowledgement that their current effort in evaluating a broader Texas or other U.S.

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QAD

MARCH 7, 2023

The lithium supply chain bottleneck is in refining, something Tesla is planning to help solve with the commissioning later this year of their 50 GWh per year lithium hydroxide refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas. EV vs ICE Tesla’s plan is to scale to produce 20M cars per year by 2030.

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Resilinc

MAY 30, 2023

For example, in 2021, a major ice storm in Texas resulted in a manufacturing plant closure in Texas. With so many manufacturers highly concentrated in certain geographical areas, it makes these drugs that much more susceptible to disruptions. This closure led to a shortage of the material needed to make syringes.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

I volunteer at 5 Loaves Food Pantry and the North Texas Food Bank because 1 in every 5 kids in North Texas is food insecure.” – Stacy Vore, Senior Sales Operations Director – Dallas, Texas . .” – Prashant Memani, Senior Practice Director – Cloud, Bangalore, India. “I

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2023

Investor Event and Master Plan 3 Tesla conducted is annual investor event this week at its Austin, Texas facilities and unveiled “ Master Plan Part 3 ” which aims toward becoming the largest automaker by volume by 2030. That equates to the ability to produce and sell 20 million vehicles globally.

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Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 13, 2020

At the epicenter of the most sprawling cyberattack in recent memory is a two-decade-old, Austin, Texas-based software maker called SolarWinds Corp.

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 31, 2018

In the first half of the year, the spot market in Texas was boiling over, with not nearly enough trucks to cover the growing demand for freight. Pipeline capacity issues in West Texas are part of the explanation. DAT tracks daily load-to-truck ratios in 11 Key Market Areas in Texas, more than any other state. What happened?

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Resilinc

MAY 25, 2021

Large polymer producers from LyondellBasell in Louisiana to Chevron Phillips Chemical in Texas declared the hurricane a FM event. Then a few months later, the deep freeze hit Texas and triggered another round of FM declarations from companies making these and other polymer materials.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 16, 2021

On this day, hundreds of thousands of people were made aware of their freedom when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to announce the end of the Civil War and issued an order to officially free them. As a Black African born-American woman I have lived in the United States, mainly Texas, for over 25 years.

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Maine Pointe

JUNE 24, 2021

After the double shock of Coronavirus and the ‘Texas Freeze’ visibility and control of the chemicals supply chain and operations is critical to recovery.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 9, 2022

based chip manufacturing facilities in addition to two major facilities in the state of Texas. indicated interest in building a new $5 billion wafer chip production facility in Texas , the first such plant in more than 20 years. In June, Taiwan based GlobalWafers Co.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

to the region of Texas that was affected by Hurricane Harvey, and 300 of them are in the Houston vicinity. This region of Texas is responsible for almost $600 billion in economic activity and is home to ports that trade with many countries around the world. needed to operate is not going to be there for weeks.”.

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o9 Solutions

MARCH 7, 2023

5000 Regionals Southwest list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies based in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. DALLAS, March 7th, 2023 – o9 Solutions, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, today announced it has made the fourth annual Inc.

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