Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 6, 2023

Shift to EVs triggers auto-factory building boom. One of the fastest growing segments of the third-party logistics (3PL) segment over the next three years will be big and bulky last-mile delivery , according to a study done by consulting firm Armstrong & Associates (A&A) and the National Home Delivery Association (NHDA).

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 5, 2023

Mattel has moved its headquarters to Monterrey, where Lego operates its largest factory, and Tesla announced plans for a gigafactory. Over 15,000 trucks and $800 million worth of goods crossed the border at Laredo last year, and those figures will only grow with nearshoring.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 4, 2022

Studies show in fact that only one-fifth of German companies with more than 500 employees complies with their due diligence obligations in terms of respecting human rights. The German Due Diligence Act will apply to companies with more than 3,000 employees from 2023, while companies with more than 1,000 employees will be liable as of 2024.

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Blue Grace Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Because most of these companies, their first step will be to build some sort of factory, some sort of distribution center in Mexico that would bring their supply chain closer to the U.S. “Nearshoring has the potential to boost the growth of Mexican manufacturing exports to the U.S., trillion economy. in 2022,” the report stated.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2022

As we close in on the end of the year, supply chain professionals are already planning for what 2023 will bring. o9 Solutions’ supply chain experts and leaders are sharing their insights on the trends that could become prevalent in 2023 and beyond. Supply chains will become the strategic drivers of business.

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The Lean Thinker

MARCH 23, 2023

It is based on, and expanded from, a talk I gave at the 2023 TWI Summit. The Mechanistic View in Industry What do I observe that might lead me to conclude that the mechanistic view prevails in a business or factory? I asked this question to an audience of about 60 people (as I gave this talk) at the 2023 TWI Summit. or Team A?

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Penske Move Ahead

JANUARY 22, 2024

Q: How will the three big drivers of truck freight — consumer spending, new construction and factory/industrial output — change? New construction will be flattish compared with 2023 as will factory production. The Class 8 tractor forecast calls for about 30% lower sales than 2023’s record level.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 18, 2023

BlueGrace Establishes Mexico Office Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® News Press Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - April 18, 2023 Mexico, the seventh largest automotive producer in the world, has seen recent growth in its manufacturing sector. Mexico is the world’s No.

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IoT World Today

MARCH 27, 2020

Another Statista study indicated that 44% of retailers expect delays and 40% expect inventory shortages given coronavirus disruptions on the supply chain. Research firm Gartner predicted that at least 50% of global companies would use AI-related transformational technologies in supply chain operations by 2023.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A study by PwC found that 66% of surveyed executives anticipate higher supply chain costs as a result of diversifying away from China. Country of Origin 2020 2021 2022 2023 (first 9 months) CHINA 9.80 The underlying logistics regulations, political stability and compliance are biggest challenges. M VIETNAM 1.86 M SOUTH KOREA 901.88

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Locus

MAY 25, 2023

Since the start of 2023, we have been witnessing two news stories in the world of supply chain and logistics. Ford Whitman Harris first published the model of Economic Order Quantity in a paper Factory, The Magazine of Management , in 1913. This model became dominant for order-quantity analysis in the study of supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2024

The study forecasts a realistic infrastructure buildout for the electrification of medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, exposing what the CFC calls a massive investment gap as state and federal policymakers mandate increased adoption rates of battery-electric commercial vehicles. Full electrification of the U.S. in January.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 11, 2019

The move will coincide with its complete exit from automotive production in Europe, including the closure of its UK factory in Swindon. Just over 1m of those were cars, with light commercials accounting for just under 430,000, largely from Ford’s vast van factory complex in Kocaeli, on the coast of the Sea of Marmara. billion) a year.

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