GlobalTranz

JANUARY 5, 2018

There's good news for businesses in the manufacturing industry looking to stay competitive in a global marketplace. is expected to be the most competitive manufacturing nation in the world and will move China to the number two position by 2020. There’s another reason ongoing training is crucial to your business’ success.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 12, 2021

Anyone that has made sales calls at a non-asset brokerage has heard this response daily: “DO YOU HAVE TRUCKS?”. As small, non-asset brokers begin to grow, there is a tipping point where your contracted lane volume gives you a chance to consider the thought: . So why get assets? Should we buy a truck?”.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

in the past 3 years, (about 60% from China), per research by BCG and others, there’s no indication that a great number of additional jobs will soon return from Mexico and China. There were 10% fewer manufacturers in 2011 than in 2008—a record low since 1977, when the Census Bureau started collecting Business Dynamics data.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 19, 2022

Many businesses in the US, and elsewhere, were sourcing their componentry from China. When China shut down operations in a bid to contain Covid-19, supply chains ran out of material. And when China started up again, other economies were shutting down or still shutdown and uncertain when they were going to open up.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2015

Yesterday we kicked off our most popular blog post series for the most viewed blog posts in the main 5 categories we publish to (although you can browse all categories on the right side of this blog). For the Manufacturing Blog Posts, we saw a bit of a deviation from that starting trend.

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EazyStock

MARCH 17, 2021

Especially for companies sourcing goods from China, Chinese (or Lunar) New Year marks a 2-week (and often longer) holiday for Chinese manufacturers. The recent US-China trade war, Brexit, even the COVID-19 pandemic all sparked new regulations that caused prices and tariffs to fluctuate wildly and interrupted supply chains globally.

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