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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

This is the first post in a two part series on the “Changing Face of Manufacturing.” ” We have many manufacturing shipper customers, and we love to create content of value for them on such subjects as best practices in logistics or trends around the supply chain. Drop in the price of crude oil.

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How the Bakken Oil Boom Impacts U.S. Supply Chains

CH Robinson Transportfolio

The oil and gas industry impacts freight transportation in four significant areas: Diesel Prices. A neighbor of mine’s relative was recruited to the Bakken to help develop manufactured home communities. So why does this matter for supply chain professionals? That’s because the unemployment rate in the Bakken is currently at 1.6%!

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Production/manufacturing. Transportation. Broadly speaking though, the following areas are those where KPIs will be necessary: Order capture. Inventory management. Purchasing and supplier management. Warehousing.

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Rules and Regulations for Cargo Moving

American Global Logistics

SUBSTITUTED SERVICE (ALTERNATE PORT SERVICE) This provision shall govern the transfer of cargo by trucking or other means of transportation at the expense of the Carrier. All transportation of cargo prior to the point at which Carriers rates begin to apply as set forth above shall be at the risk and expense of Merchant. See Rule 14).

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