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A Trillion Dollars in Freight Transactions with Ken Adamo

The Logistics of Logistics

He leads a team of market experts who study every facet of the logistics industry to bring the best available insight to customers. During his tenure in the industry, he built innovative pricing and forecasting models, leveraging internal and external data sources to improve internal decision-making and increase profitability.

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Canada Rail Disruption Underway- Impacts to Industry Supply Networks

Supply Chain Matters

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. East and Gulf Coast ports, along with interline and intermodal rail transfer points.

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Added Evidence of Emerging Regionalization of Global Supply Networks

Supply Chain Matters

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group, via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog calls reader attention to two recently published research papers that address evidence of ongoing shifts in global supply component and end production sourcing. The above seems to imply, from our lens, the movement toward China Plus sourcing activity.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

A lot of this effort comes down to more sustainable sourcing, which tends to make environmental-conscious consumers happy. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Starbucks to improve sustainable coffee sourcing. The post This Week in Logistics News (March 20 – 26) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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How Nuclear Verdicts are Killing the Trucking Business with Quinn Damon

The Logistics of Logistics

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. Other sources consider any jury award over $5 million as a nuclear verdict. Learn More. Quinn Damon.

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Why We Bought Freightquote

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Our recent acquisition of Freightquote brings us a talented team of logistics professionals who understand truckload, less than truckload, and intermodal services. Most do not have the deep infrastructure to source transportation services in a multitude of lanes. Ecommerce is going to be a bigger part of future supply chain services.

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Supply Chain & Logistic News (August 19th – 23rd) 

Logistics Viewpoints

I thought this was a very topical introduction to this week’s Supply Chain and logistics news Canadian Railroad Work Stoppage Threatens U.S I thought this was a very topical introduction to this week’s Supply Chain and logistics news Canadian Railroad Work Stoppage Threatens U.S billion in the first half of the year.