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Nearshoring & Reshoring Will Continue to Increase Thanks to these Main Benefits

GlobalTranz

Of course, there are other factors affecting the American push towards reshoring and nearshoring. According to Consumer Reports , up to 80 percent of Americans are willing to pay extra for products that are manufactured in the United States. The political climates of foreign countries are becoming unstable.

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Still Think Dangerous Goods is Just Paperwork and Labels?

Talking Logistics

Of course, dangerous goods (aka hazardous materials) is not just limited to lithium-ion batteries; it also includes other classes of materials, such as flammable and combustible liquids, flammable and poisonous gases, radioactive materials, and corrosive substances. (In Even so, there appears to have been a weak link somewhere.).

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5 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

The company grew substantially over the course of two decades, with a considerable proportion of that growth achieved by way of acquisitions. A yard management software (YMS) product was chosen, and the transfer centre was surveyed before implementation of a pilot project covering a small portion of the yard.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

Supply Chain Cost Management Results: By the time Starbucks had completed its transformation program, it had saved more than $500 million over the course of 2009 and 2010, of which a large proportion came out of the supply chain, according to Peter Gibbons, then Executive Vice President of Global Supply Chain Operations.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

247 Customs Broker

” I had not heard the story of how Greenpeace went after Nestle’s KitKat brand in 2010 over its palm oil sourcing, though each candy bar contains just a minute amount of the oil. And of course most can’t. Of course we all need to up our game. Jade.