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US Manufacturers are Not Reshoring

Material Handling and Logistics

Kearney study. imports from traditional offshoring countries in 2017. Kearney partner and co-author of the study. Kearney principal and co-author of the study. Study Findings. The 2017 data shows a return to the historical offshoring trend for electronics," notes Brooks Levering, A.T.

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Walmart in a World on Fire

Logistics Viewpoints

One of the companies she holds up as a positive example of a big company addressing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues is Walmart. A few years ago, for example, my oldest child explained to me that Walmart was a malignant force. By 2017, Walmart had met its goal of doubling the transportation’s fleets efficiency.

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Warehouse Automation: Top Five Factors Impacting Adoption

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC Advisory Group’s Global Warehouse Automation Research study is now complete and available for purchase. The research process includes an analysis of large amounts of information and interviews with executives from numerous warehouse automation providers; and concludes with the publication of ARC’s research study.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 6-10, 2017)

Talking Logistics

FMCSA confirms permanent ‘restart rollback’ based on study results (CCJ). Descartes Reports Fiscal 2017 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results. January 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). (WSJ – sub. CX North America Integrates Its Freight Collaboration Platform With Active Aero Group’s Technology.

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Streamlining University Logistics: The Path to Efficiency and Sustainability

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

According to a study by Barth et al. A case study of the University of California, Berkeley, showed that implementing a green procurement policy resulted in an estimated annual cost savings of over $200,000 (Marrone, 2010). Sustainable procurement in the public sector: an international comparative study. A report by the U.S.

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Logistics Property a Major Contribution to UK economy, Report Reveals

Logistics Business Magazine

The study’s economic impact model found that activities carried out by customers operating across the entire Prologis UK portfolio, which includes 22 Prologis Parks in the Midlands, South East and London, make a significant contribution to the national economy , with goods flowing through the buildings equivalent to approximately 2.6%

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Foreign Trade Zone Update: Two Developments You Must Watch Today

Now, That's Logistics

Last year the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones (NAFTZ) asked CBP to delay the planned September 16, 2017 transition of the Application for Foreign-Trade Zone Admission and/or Status Designation from the agency’s legacy computer system to the new Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) platform, American Shipper reports.