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North Carolina named best state for business – Logistics a big reason

Kanban Logistics

The magazine has given this award each year since 2007, and this was the first year that North Carolina took home the prize. In this article, we’ll examine the reasons why the Tar Heel state is considered the best state for business, while looking at the role that logistics plays in this designation. OTR within one business day).

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Fueling Transportation Breakthroughs – Inbound Logistics

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He chose to make the leap, joining Breakthrough Fuel as its president in 2007. Since then, Breakthrough has grown into a global transportation energy management and advisory firm. What drew you to transportation and logistics? I joined the transportation industry in 1980, the year Ronald Reagan deregulated trucking.

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‘The furthest, the weakest’ – how logistics creates national power

Logistics in War

This article follows-up last week’s post on logistics in deterrence. . This article examines military power from the position of a theorist who saw geography and logistics as central to his vision of national power. By David Beaumont. One of the more abstract ideas prevalent in this discussion is the concept of national power.

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The hazards of Ammonium Nitrate and 100 years of related disasters

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Tonnes: On April 4, 1925, and May 3, 1925, two carloads, each containing 220 barrels of ammonium nitrate , were dispatched from Muscle Shoals, Alabama , and caught fire in transportation. Date:September 10, 2007. Country: Spain. Location:Estaca de Bares. Tonnes:400. Country: Mexico. Location:Monclova, Coahuila. Tonnes:22 (ANFO).

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ATA reports lower truck tonnage readings but overall trends are solid

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2018 is shaping up to be the highest level of production since 2007, and 2019 should be the highest on record. Jeff works and lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, where he covers all aspects of the supply chain, logistics, freight transportation, and materials handling sectors on a daily basis. Article Topics. Contact Jeff Berman.

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‘The furthest, the weakest’ – how logistics and distance influence national power

Logistics in War

This article is part two of a series of posts examining logistics and strategic competition. This article examines military power from the position of a theorist who saw geography and logistics as central to his vision of national power. By David Beaumont. Distance, once again, became important to the military mind.

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Is logistics the ultimate conventional deterrent?

Logistics in War

4] Boulding’s theory primarily looked at the relationship from the perspective of transportation capability counterbalanced against the capacity to deliver firepower through strike capabilities from afar. This article is an adaption of ‘ Defining-strategic competition – when logistics becomes a strategic weapon ’ posted April 2018.