Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The Logistics Blog®. The nearshoring trend. Knowledge is power–understanding what’s causing the situation can help reduce stress and enable you to select the best course of action to best move forward. The Nearshoring Trend Continues. This trend started as low-cost labor in Asia was not the savings it used to be.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

If you are a regular reader of the Cerasis blog, you know our goal is to educate and inform those in the manufacturing, supply chain, distribution, logistics, and transportation space with best practices, trends, and industry news so that we can create a community of people. 20 Manufacturing Blogs You Need to Be Reading.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Fortunately, your organization can get ahead of the learning curve by knowing what trends in logistics to watch for this year. The Top 6 Trends in Logistics Impacting Shippers in 2016. The need for more raw materials is echoed by Nishith Rastogi of Entrepreneur Media as more products are tossed out in favor of the next best thing.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2016

As we head into a new year it is a good time to take a look at the coming year and see what it may hold in the way of trends. We kick off today a month-long focus on trends in the following categories: Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transportation Management. Do you have the right people in place?

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 31, 2014

Today we continue our “Top Blog Posts” series, after covering the top posts in manufacturing , supply chain , logistics , and transportation so far, by bringing you a subject all of us must focus on: Business. We also want to provide some of the best content from us and guest bloggers around general business trends and practices.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Logistics Blog®. This could partially explain why port congestion did not decrease among East Coast ports even when the West Coast saw a reduction. While these respondents think new capacity could stabilize the market, they don’t expect it to materialize this year. Whitepaper. Case Study. BlueGrace Logistics.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Today, we kick off our annual year end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 7 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , 3PL , Business , Transportation , Freight. There were approximately 220 blog posts in 2014, and over 200,000 page views on those posts alone. Top Manufacturing Blog Posts for 2014.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 7, 2015

Yesterday we had said we concluded our most popular blog posts by category for the blog posts written from our major categories for 2014. We featured out of our 200 plus blog posts in 2014, over 50 blog posts in the manufacturing category. Top 11 thru 20 Most Popular Manufacturing Blog Posts of 2014.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 4, 2015

Jabil sponsored a global Dimensional Research survey to capture hard data on current experiences, challenges and trends with the supply chains of electronics manufacturing companies. The results show some of the biggest supply chain management trends in supply chains for 2015.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 10, 2017

The State of Supply Chain 2016 Trends. In other words, the use of AI may help to improve patient outcomes and reduce delays from misdiagnoses or laboratory testing. Most importantly, agile methods allowed for faster decision making across a virtually limitless stream of issues, and this trend held true throughout the year.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 11, 2016

In this first post of a two-part series, we will expand beyond our 6 general manufacturing trends we predicted would shape 2016 to now laser focus on the manufacturing technology trends that will impact manufacturers in 2016. These manufacturing technology trends are leveraging various technology in the pursuit of the same. .

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GlobalTranz

MAY 17, 2017

In a blog post earlier this year, we noted how since the election, more manufactures have expressed interest in reshoring and avoiding offshoring entirely. In fact, the sustainable trend is becoming essential to all parts of manufacturing and supply chains, ranging from smart factories to green delivery trucks. Reduce costs.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

As part of our ongoing commitment to keep our blog readers updated on what’s happening in the supply chain and logistics world, we’re launching a regular industry news roundup, which we’ll release periodically. Trouble has arisen on three fronts. Firstly, the war is having a direct impact on ports and routes.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 5, 2016

Yesterday we began our two part series on 2016 supply chain trends that will drive supply chain management into the future. As with most trends we all have read over the last few years, the focus was on technology. Supply Chain Trends 2016: 5 Additional More Areas of Focus. We listed the first 7. Increased velocity.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is by Dr. Muddassir Ahmed of muddassirism.com. In this blog he provides a simple reference guide to better yourself as a supply chain leader. The reason for the Focus 5 listing can be serious Quality Escape, bad DPPM, negative complaint rate trend or weak On-time delivery performance in the last 12 month.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 21, 2015

By incorporating mobile apps into the MOM strategy. The following post is a continuation of our ongoing blog series talking about mobility, connectedness, and the internet of things as it applies to manufacturing. Real-Time Problems, Real-Time Solutions. Health and Safety. Affordability.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is from our friend Allison Wilkinson, a freelance writer in the industry, who shows us why Reshoring or Insourcing Manufacturing can boost your profits. Save on Logistics . Thanks to increased energy costs, production trends and the political climate, we've seen international shipping prices rising.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

If you have followed our blog previously, you have seen us blog about 3D Printing. You can view all the 3D Printing blog posts in the category here. Our goal is to stay abreast and keep readers abreast of all the latest trends which affect the manufacturing industry. .

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

The new year will then bring series on trends and on the state of some of the business functions and technology used in proper transportation and logistics management. We hope you continue to enjoy our blog posts as we are now proud to announce over 20,000 blog subscribers and over 100,000 monthly visits! .

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Blue Grace Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2023

electric car maker to open a $5 billion plant in Monterrey, highlight the growing nearshoring trend.” electric car maker to open a $5 billion plant in Monterrey, highlight the growing nearshoring trend.” “Nearshoring has the potential to boost the growth of Mexican manufacturing exports to the U.S., trillion economy.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The Logistics Blog®. When facilities are receiving a range of raw materials and components from multiple vendors, the complexities of inbound shipping can quickly derail the best production and distribution process. Much of this can be resolved through an analysis of claims trends across the vendor network. Whitepaper.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Here are seven ways in which this new 3D trend will shape the future of manufacturing sector: 1. It will also reduce the shipment costs as a local manufacturer will no need to bring material from other countries. It will also reduce the shipment costs as a local manufacturer will no need to bring material from other countries.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Lean manufacturing refers to eliminating waste, reducing costs, and improving production with finite resources. Since lean systems have already eliminated waste to a finite degree, the use of mobility can further increase cost savings and reduce demands on the system by making information and data available across a given enterprise.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Editor’s note: Today’s blog is from our friend Brandon Stanley. WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Sometimes a supplier doesn’t deliver the materials on time, so the production process gets stuck and the entire timeline is altered. Download white paper.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is by Carl Turner. One way to think about this organization has to do with mapping out the flow of material in the facility. It is a good idea to shoot for a low inventory and high velocity of materials in this business. Good luck out there!

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 28, 2016

By 2025, conservative estimates of the labor shortage in manufacturing stand out at more than 2 million unfilled jobs, as discussed in a previous blog post. Additionally, the industry has added approximately 50,000 jobs per quarter over the past few years, and the trend shows no signs of stopping. According to Dr. Bill R.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 22, 2016

Advanced analytics offer manufacturers the ability to look beyond what's currently happening on the surface and uncover what trends, processes, and applications may impact the overall volume and quality of production. Data collection, analysis, and appropriation will be defining factors for manufacturers this year.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

Chemicals plants, for instance, have little labor relative to the value of production, so offshore production does not save much. Nexant conducted a survey of the plastics industry , in collaboration with Plastics News , to understand reshoring trends and the effect on the North American market. As the U.S. makes it harder for U.S.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2015

We continue our series on the most read articles from the Cerasis blog for 2015 today by featuring any of the blogs in the transportation management or transportation categories. . We are now on the 4th of our 5 main blog categories we will feature as we wind down the year. Read the Full Article Here.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 15, 2015

At Cerasis, a core value of ours is continuous improvement for not only our company, our clients, and employees, but through our blog and content to those who are related to what we do (transportation management) in the fields of manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, distribution, and transportation. These are all aspects of Industry 4.0.”

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Shipchain

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

To do this effectively, we have been carefully analyzing current data and market trends and sharing this info with Biz Dev and Product to ensure smooth operations across the board. Right now, the optimal method is to have base level Ethereum mainnet security, with a dPoS sidechain for throughput and cost reduction. Wrapping It Up.

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