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Global Giants: ICAT Moves the World’s Largest Cargo with Chris Cser

The Logistics of Logistics

Chris is the Director of Operations at ICAT Logistics Detroit where they handle the shipments that other companies don’t, can’t, and won’t. He also discusses the importance of having a logistics partner with global expertise and the ability to provide flexible shipping options in the face of unexpected disruptions.

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Supply Chain Weekly Wrap-Up 07/28/2023-08/03/2023

All Things Supply Chain

Amazon opens robotics FC in Detroit Amazon has opened its first operations facility in Detroit, a robotics fulfilment center (FC) spanning 823,000 square feet. Over 1,200 employees will work at…

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Avoiding Logistics FUD with Steve Elwell

The Logistics of Logistics

He earned an MBA from Wayne State University in Detroit, and a BA in Economics and Management from Albion College, in Albion, MI. His consulting clients include large publicly traded corporations and family businesses in industries from logistics to aerospace. Steve, his wife Kris, and their two children live in Farmington Hill, MI.

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Big, Bulky & Rural with Grafton Elliot

The Logistics of Logistics

Grafton Elliott and Joe Lynch discuss big, bulky, and rural shipping. Grafton is the Founder and CEO of Onward, a big and bulky shipping network that helps retailers offer local like delivery service, to their customers located in suburban and rural zip codes.

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Understanding Conrail with Brian Gorton

The Logistics of Logistics

It operates three networks—the North Jersey, South Jersey/Philadelphia, and Detroit Shared Assets Areas, where it serves as a contract local carrier and switching company for its owners, CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. About Conrail . Conrail is an American railroad company. Advantages of rail transport: .

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Transforming Freight Benchmarking

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, if a shipper needs to ship goods from Chicago to Detroit, the TMS will have a record that on this lane, the transportation planner should contact Carrier A first. Shippers can utilize their own network of carriers that is kept in their transportation management system.

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Editor’s Pick: Profiles in Yard Management Excellence – Carhartt

Talking Logistics

It was also when Hamilton Carhartt & Company was founded by its namesake and began producing overalls with two sewing machines and a half-horsepower electric motor in a small Detroit loft. Carhartt ships all customer and consumer orders from a single facility in Western Kentucky that features two drop lots and several satellite yards.