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Will Passage of the CHIPS Act Resolve Supply Chain Issues?

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Case Study. Increasing the number of countries where chips are manufactured will strengthen the supply chain and prevent disruptions caused by disruptions at distant factories. Will Passage of the CHIPS Act Resolve Supply Chain Issues? Show Submenu Resources. The Logistics BlogĀ®. Whitepaper. BlueGrace Logistics. August 30, 2022.

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The impact of congestion and capacity on businesses and what to expect?

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Starting with the closure of factories, industries and ports in China in 2020, the pandemic and its many variants (Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma, Lambda) continues to rage on, affecting every country in the world and causing global chaos. In the middle of this congestion and capacity crunch, the freight rates continue to increase unabated.

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How Peeps Candy Finds Its Way to Your Easter Basket

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How Peeps Candy Finds Its Way to Your Easter Basket Show Submenu Resources The Logistics BlogĀ® News Press Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - April 6, 2023 Peeps, the popular marshmallow candy is an Easter classic.

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Private Investors Looking to Capitalize on Nearshoring Trends Turn to Mexico

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companies opening factories in Mexico, for example, nor investment in private real estate. MacroFab also taps into unused capacity at a network of more than 100 partner factories in the U.S., private-capital firms and the companies they own are increasingly looking to Mexico. That was down from a record $5.6 billion volume of 2019.

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Blockchain in Supply Chain: 2 Ethereum-Based Projects That Demonstrate How Blockchain Can Improve Supply Chains

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On top of all that, billions if not trillions of dollars worth of potential working capital are tied up in illiquid assets such as 90-day invoice payouts or even the real estate value of, say, a warehouse or factory building. WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Download white paper.

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Keeping Things Closer to Home

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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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Cargo Chat: BlueGrace Execs Talk Nearshoring

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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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