GlobalTranz

MAY 31, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from our friend Daniel Waldron with Armagard. In this article, Daniel investigates how the US can overtake China with manufacturing productivity. According to the 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index - developed by Deloitte and the Council on Competitiveness - China leads the way as the world’s most competitive manufacturing nation.

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10xLogistics

MAY 31, 2016

This is a logistics story in reverse. Rather than discuss the benefits of same day delivery I am going to review with you how lack of same day helped this hapless consumer. I was out wandering as I tend to do on Saturdays. Usually I shop with my wife and while she looks for things I look at things and wonder how they got there and why someone would buy this stuff.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 3, 2016

Congratulations, you have got a business idea but wait, is it really a good one? How will you know that? Now these questions can put you on the map and can change everything. Indeed, it is a very big challenge to see which ideas to pursue and which ideas to let go. With ideas rushing in mind, you may think that you are swimming into opportunities, but all of this is appropriate only when they are in the right.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 2, 2016

Like any outsourced partnership to a service and technology provider, such as in a 3PL relationship, it is vital that all sides are on the same page and speaking the same language in the way of goals, desired outcomes, strategy, and execution for whatever the customer and the outsourced provider are trying to achieve. This model, I like to call an "embedded 3PL relationship.".

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Artificial intelligence has quickly become a feature of everyday life: Using face ID to unlock a phone, communicating with online chatbots, and letting “smart” appliances help manage our homes are just a few of the ways that we interact with AI regularly. Forward-looking businesses are also using AI to transform their operations and gain a competitive edge.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 1, 2016

We’ve discussed several of the myths and solutions to enhancing the current state of American manufacturing. Take a moment to watch this video and think about what it means to “Vote Manufacturing.” So, how do you identify a manufacturing vote? Well, presidential candidates all have their opinions of how to build the U.S. economy, but each candidate brings something that may work.

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