Supply Chain Digest

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Kate Luby of Kansas City Takes Home the Prize with a Great Caption

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 8, 2014

There was no line in the bathroom at the Kansas City CLM conference in 2001, but there will be at the CSCMP conference in San Antonio in 2013. In my opinion—it is a very biased opinion, I admit—the role of women in the workforce in supply chain has come sooooooooooo far during the time of my career.

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Elementum

AUGUST 29, 2017

Rail freight networks operated by Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific in Texas, USA were heavily disrupted due to Hurricane Harvey, according to reports on Friday, August 25th. BNSF Railway reported that widespread flooding is causing major disruptions of service and operations in the Houston region.

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 11, 2021

Who will Win Kansas City Southern Bid, as CP Ups Price Amid Rising Labor Costs, Walmart DC Workers can Get Big Bonuses. Massive Amazon Air Hub Opens. Judge Rule Swift did not Poach CRST Driver.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Google Express, the tech company’s fast delivery service, expands in Kansas City (Kansas City Star). New Transport Mode to Redefine Freight Movement. Keeping track of warehouse inventories with an army of fully autonomous drones (TechCrunch). Top e-retailers deliver the goods faster (Internet Retailer).

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The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

For 17 years he paid his dues as an assistant coach – first at the University of Minnesota, then with the Steelers, followed by the Kansas City Chiefs, and finally back to Minnesota. Dungy however, had waited and labored hard to get his first big coaching break. His philosophy to coaching was his problem.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 4, 2023

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited and Teck Coal Limited signed a steel-making coal transportation agreement that runs through the end of 2026.

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AIMMS

JULY 10, 2018

Angel Flight West is in Santa Monica, one of the other groups is in Kansas City, and there are others in Long Island and Florida who will use it. I’m currently training the coordinators at Angel Flight West and other groups. Eventually, a dozen people will use the AIMMS platform. What kind of data do you process in the App?

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Supply Chain Digest

MAY 17, 2021

Canadian National Seems Likely to Win, but some Analysts Say Money there for Canadian Pacific to Make Higher Bid

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Chicago to Kansas City also had a big increase at $3.48/mile, Reefer rates on the lane from Sacramento to Portland soared 70¢ to $3.42/mile. Fresno to Seattle was up 30¢ to $2.80/mile. Sacramento to Denver gained 29¢ at $2.55/mile. mile, up 46¢ from the week before.

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Supply Chain Digest

APRIL 21, 2021

Big Rival Bid for Kansas City Southern. Suez Canal Holding Beached Cargo Until Ship Owner Pays Up. Prices for New and Used Shipping Containers Surging. Dollar General Bets on Brick and Mortar Sales

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2022

Allege Canadian Pacific Railway will Divert Containers from US to Canadian Ports

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Stord

APRIL 7, 2019

For example, Kansas City Southern has accepted trains from other lines that it usually wouldn’t have to accommodate. Carriers are still worried about river cresting along the Mississippi river and the structural integrity of many bridges around it.

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Supply Chain Digest

MARCH 22, 2021

CP to Acquire Kansas City Southern for 25 Billion Dollars, Create Extensive North American Nework

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Supply Chain Digest

MARCH 5, 2018

Volumes Up Big for Kansas City Southern and Norfolk Southern, Flat or Down at CSX and Union Pacific

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 8, 2016

Kansas City Southern Only Carrier to See Profits Up in Quarter Rates are Up Marginally on Lower Volumes.

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 23, 2016

Kansas City Southern has Great Quarter, while Old Dominion Slows but Still ar Outperforms Rivals Rail Carriers Continue to be Far More Profitable than Truckload or LTL Sectors.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 31, 2023

From our supply chain research lens, we were not surprised with the findings of this Accenture study. supply chain activity.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2024

Early this morning, more than 9,000 unionized workers were locked out by carriers Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) resulting in a halt to freight and bulk cargo transport operations.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 12, 2015

It also increases our market share with small businesses and significantly expands our presence in the Kansas City market. The acquisition brings a talented employee base and large customer portfolio to C.H. These benefits are just the beginning.

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Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

The route is part of the the Kansas City Southern (KCS) network and is one of a few new options carriers like Maersk (the company Walmart contracts) have started to provide as an alternative to the West Coast port congestion.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Looming Great Allocation In conjunction with the Jackson Hole Symposium held last week and organized by The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City , a research paper titled: Global Supply Chains: The Looming “Great Reallocation ” was released.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 20, 2021

s bid to wrest Kansas City Southern away from Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. Canadian National Railway Co.’s is rekindling a century-old rivalry and pitting former colleagues against each other.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Importers and exporters in Chicago, Kansas City, and other Midwestern cities have traditionally relied on railroads connected to ports on the West Coast to haul their containers. That hasn’t stopped a group of businesspeople from planning to offer a new waterborne trade option along the Mississippi starting in April 2024.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 17, 2023

24 years ago today, I started a new job. I arrived at the office expecting to start a research project related to the semiconductor industry (where I had spent most of my career at that point, and what I had been hired to do). Instead, I was told that I would do a market study.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 7, 2023

By moving its operations to Kansas City from St. Louis, DHL hopes to more than double the number of packages and parcels it processes in the Midwest.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 21, 2021

In less than a year, Kansas City Southern has transformed from an industry wallflower to the belle of the ball, getting courted by Canada’s two biggest railroads.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Originally from Kansas City, Quinn is a graduate of the University of Missouri where he studied finance. His entire career has been with Lockton starting at the global headquarters in Kansas City and now in Detroit. He works with firms all across the country.

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AIMMS

APRIL 6, 2022

Angel Flight West is in Santa Monica, one of the other groups is in Kansas City, and there are others in Long Island and Florida who will use it. I’m currently training the coordinators at Angel Flight West and other groups. Eventually, a dozen people will use the AIMMS platform. What kind of data do you process in the App?

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AIMMS

MARCH 4, 2022

Angel Flight West is in Santa Monica, one of the other groups is in Kansas City, and there are others in Long Island and Florida who will use it. I’m currently training the coordinators at Angel Flight West and other groups. Eventually, a dozen people will use the AIMMS platform. What kind of data do you process in the App?

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Vinculum

OCTOBER 24, 2019

LSCR warehouses are actually one of the most renowned warehouse spaces in all of Kansas City, providing all the basic needs of a warehouse for renters. Warehouses require so many criteria, such as large spaces, ventilation, lighting, and such. So if you’re on the hunt for a facility, then you might want to check that out.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Angel Flight West is in Santa Monica, one of the other groups is in Kansas City, and there are others in Long Island and Florida who will use it. I’m currently training the coordinators at Angel Flight West and other groups. Eventually, a dozen people will use the AIMMS platform. What kind of data do you process in the App?

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4WL Consulting

APRIL 30, 2020

Joining us today is Stacey Huddleston— sales director of Prestige Capital in Kansas City. Mike: Just to give you a little more background on Stacey, Stacey is the sales director at Prestige Capital and resides in Kansas City with his wife and Labrador Retriever. This is exciting.

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4WL Consulting

APRIL 30, 2020

Joining us today is Stacey Huddleston— sales director of Prestige Capital in Kansas City. Mike: Just to give you a little more background on Stacey, Stacey is the sales director at Prestige Capital and resides in Kansas City with his wife and Labrador Retriever. This is exciting.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Today, these trains are documented at the origin ramp [in the U.S.]

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Multichannel Merchant

JUNE 6, 2023

New DHL eCommerce fulfillment center in Kansas City (company photo) DHL eCommerce Solutions, addressing growing demand for its U.S. Louis to Kansas City, MO, doubling its footprint in that region as part of a national expansion plan. Postal Service consolidator business, has transferred operations from St.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Norfolk Southern says shipments are being delayed across an area from Chicago to New York and Kansas City as workers try to clear the scene.

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