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| U.S. | 3.890 |
| East Coast | 3.871 |
| > New England | 3.991 |
| > Central Atlantic | 3.925 |
| > Lower Atlantic | 3.809 |
| Midwest | 3.934 |
| Gulf Coast | 3.775 |
| Rocky Mountain | 3.848 |
| West Coast | 4.008 |
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| California | 4.072 |
Oil - the master resource that powers 95% of the world’s transportation – will never be cheap again, barring a worldwide depression. In this fast paced discussion, our expert panelists will help you prepare your company to navigate and survive the geology, the EROEI, the geopolitics, the energy industry, the search for alternatives, the risk mitigation and, in particular, the impact on fuel prices and supply chains designed for cheap oil.
As part of the broadcast, a case study will include Compliance Networks research into freight-centric vendor
Featuring Chuck Taylor, Former Transportation Executive, Founder of Awake!, and Peak Oil Prophet; Greg Holder, CEO and Founder, Compliance Networks; Kevin Harris, Director, Compliance Networks; and SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore.
In Part 1, we defined the challenge we face in our supply chains. In Part 2, we provide practical ideas and what governments and shippers can do about it.
Includes Chuck Taylor’s Peak Oil Checklist – Not to be missed!
Source: http://www.sctvchannel.com/Videocast_CN_Cheap_Oil_Pt2.php?CID=5735
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Number of manufacturing jobs that Houston has created since 2009. That was among the factors that led Forbes magazine to pick Houston as the top US metro area for manufacturing resurgence in the US, factoring in recent, mid-term, and long-term increases in manufacturing employment. The rest of the list in order is: Louisville, Seattle, Oklahoma City, Nashville, the Virginia Beach and Norkfolk area, surprisingly the Detroit metro area (no doubt driven by a revival of the US auto industry), Fort Worth, and Salt Lake City. Experts of course say each new manufacturing job creates 6 or 7 other jobs at suppliers and service providers to support the manufacturing operations and employees.
I am freshly back from a couple of days at the 2013 Gartner Supply Chain Executive conference in Scottsdale, AZ, heading back before day 3 so that the wall of work that always awaits me back at the office after such excursions did not get impossibly high. I would also like to say thanks to the many people there who came up and introduced themselves to me - the most ever, I believe. I really enjoy that, with many in fact thanking us for the video and written summaries we do for these types of events. It was a good conference, though certainly changed a bit
The trend for many years, it seems, is for companies to outsource more and more of their global transportation and logistics operations in the face of growing complexity and challenges. But are some companies starting to reconsider some of those decisions and bring some global transportation processes back in-house? "Absolutely yes," said Fab Brasca, VP of global logistics for JDA Software, during a recent videocast on our Supply Chain Television Channel.
- May 23, 2013 - Logistics News: Q1 2013 Rail Carrier Review Profits Generally Soar on Modest Volume Growth; Evolution at JB Hunt Continues On SCDigest Editorial Staff We're back as usual every quarter with our review of the results and comments from leading public transportation
Whether you couldn't make this year's Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Scottsdale, AZ or even if you did, please watch our video summary of the key themes and presentations at the conference. Pepsico's John Phillips on the intersection of digital and supply chain strategies, Jim Collins on difference between good and great; Intel's Robert Bruck on supplier collaboration, Colgate on standardizing global manufacturing processes, Gartner on supply chain segmentation and cost to serve - lots more. All this and much more - please watch now.
- May 21, 2013 - Global Supply Chain News: Amid Offshore Working Conditions Turmoil, New Services Try to Connect Directly with Employees LaborVoices and Labor Link Offer Direct Worker Outreach; May be More Effective and Less Expensive than Third-Party Audits SCDigest Editorial Staff Amidst the disaster from the building collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 1200 apparel factory workers and
If you can think of a funny situation or scenario appopriate for Chain Reaction, please send in our ideas below. We'll give you full credit, and a framed cartoon of your idea if we use it. Source: http://www.scdigest.com/newsviews/13-05-20-1.php?CID=7059
CSCMP Quick Courses Topics include demand management, financial and inventory fundamentals, materials requirements planning, physical distribution systems, and sales and operations planning, and more
We've reported on this before, but we were still interested to see this recent graphic from the analysts at Morgan Stanley on the comparative manufacturing wage rates of China versus Mexico over time. From our view, it is astounding to see the gap between higher Mexican wages in 2002 - more than three times the wages in China just 10 years ago - to the near parity today. <img src="http://www.scdigest.com/images/China_vs_Mexico_Wages.gif" width="600"
[fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content]Huge Cost Advantage China Once Had is Gone in a Decade. Will Mexico be Able to Take AdvantageSource: http://www.scdigest.com/assets/ne%20wsviews/13-05-16-1.php?CID=7050