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Major Commercial Aircraft Supply Network Disruption Now Avoided

Supply Chain Matters

Spirit announced it will begin restoring operations at its Wichita , Kansas facility today, Friday, June 30, and begin to fully resume production on Wednesday, July 5., According to published reports, this action represents the first new labor contract that workers at Spirit have had in over a 13 year period.

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Flatbed Rates Set Another Record

DAT Solutions

Demand for flatbed transportation has been off the charts for much of 2018. Lanes going to Wichita, KS , were down 34¢ to $2.81/mile. For a seven-week stretch in April and May, the national load-to-truck ratio was above 100 loads per truck. The lane from Vegas to Sacramento jumped up to an average of $3.22/mile,

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Expertise: Sourcing, Supply Chain Analysis, Logistics & Transportation, Logistics Management Consulting, Freight (Maritime, Land, or Air), Logistics Technology Solutions. He graduated from the Cambridge Academy of Transport and the Chilean and German Commerce Institute with a degree in maritime transport, respectively.