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[INFOGRAPHIC] The End of Made In China Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

The erosion in the cost advantage has been driven by a confluence of sharp wage increases, lagging productivity growth, unfavorable currency swings, and a dramatic rise in energy costs, states the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) based on a study of 25 nations that account for nearly 90 percent of global exports of manufactured goods.

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Toilet paper and total war – the psychology of shortages and what it means for resilience

Logistics in War

The difficulty experienced in obtaining basic household products – toilet paper for example – as consumers buy in preparation for a state of quarantine that may never come, as trite an issue as it may be, starkly demonstrates how critical human behaviour is in the calculus. Hoarding will occur. 1] Eccles, H.,

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

The port handles about 11 million tons of cargo per year, including automobiles, containers, coal, and farm products. According to a widely cited framework by Christopher and Peck from “Building the Resilient Supply Chain” (2004), supply chain resilience consists of four dimensions: robustness, agility, redundancy, and flexibility.

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Systems for a More Efficient Yard Management Process

PINC

Improving the Yard Management Process Since 2004. To be the most scalable, reliable, accurate, and cost-effective product in the market today. We pride ourselves on offering 24/7 human technical support to meet your companies needs, whether they be technical or logistical. PINC Guarantees.

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Haulier Buys New Tipper Trailers

Logistics Business Magazine

Of the 14 bulk tippers operated by the business, all paired with Volvo tractor units, 12 are sourced from Fruehauf – including one put into service in 2004 which continues to meet its agricultural haulage needs.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Attracting Millennials to Manufacturing: Understanding Millennial Experience in Order to Gain Talent

GlobalTranz

They have little experience to know what it means for a product to be “Made in America,” with a few exceptions, and many of them have never set foot inside a textile, or manufacturing plant. Manufacturers must employ the use of technology, science, and mathematics in operations to meet millennial expectations for widespread innovation.

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Limping to war

Logistics in War

– Chief of Army LTGEN Peter Leahy, 2004 [1]. Planners may have predicted the characteristics of the war before them, with capabilities ready to meet the threat, but the ability to deploy and support those forces will ultimately determine their worth. 3] Galvin, T., 4] Betts., 6] Van Creveld, M., 7] Betts.,