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Canadian Shippers See Truckload Freight Costs Drop

Results published by the Canadian General Freight Index (CGFI) indicate that the total cost of ground transportation for Canadian shippers slipped by 1.8 percent in June when compared with May results.

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Staples Now Offers In-store Pickup of Online Orders

Staples says it is enhancing its omnichannel experience, including the ability to buy products online and pick them up in-store within hours, an easier way to pay online called Visa Checkout, new in-store kiosks and, for the first-time ever, an iPad app.

Replacing Cheap Human Labor, Robots Are Reporting for Duty

When people think "robots," they often envision vaguely humanoid sci-fi-movie beings with strange speech patterns. But today’s state-of-the-art robots are a far cry from that outdated stereotype. And they are showing up for work.

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Managing Brands Through Effective Supply Chain Management

From banners to jerseys, flags to face paint, the World Cup illustrated just how important a brand is for firing up fans. As brands come to mean more to everyday consumers, so, too, do the processes – from procurement to distribution – needed to fulfill a brand’s promise.

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Foreign-Trade Zone Imports and Exports Record New Highs in 2013

The value of exports from America's foreign-trade zones increased by 13.7 percent in 2013, to a record high $79.5bn in merchandise exported, according to figures released by the U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board in its Annual Report to Congress. At $835.8bn, the 2013 value of received merchandise into FTZs also reached a new high, surpassing the previous year’s record of $732.2bn – a 14.1 percent increase.

American Airlines Cargo Breaks Ground on Pharmaceutical Hub in Philadelphia

American Airlines Cargo has started construction of a dedicated pharmaceutical handling facility in Philadelphia.

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Globe Tracker Teams With Refrigerated Transport for Reefer Management

Refrigerated Transport Electronics (RTE), a developer of products for the intermodal refrigerated container industry, is partnering with Globe Tracker International (GTI), a provider of tools for global trade data sharing, autonomous asset tracking and data analytics.

3-D Printing's Revolution Is in New Approach to Designing Parts, Not in Making Same Old Parts a New Way

Many people look at end use parts as the nirvana of 3-D printing. But what's really interesting about 3-D printing is not how it's augmenting the way things are done traditionally. It's the way designers are utilizing 3-D printing as a new paradigm to help design a new kind of object.

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Farmers and Their Crops Wait for Transport as Crude Oil Monopolizes N.D. Rail

The furious pace of energy exploration in North Dakota is creating a crisis for farmers whose grain shipments have been held up by a vast new movement of oil by rail, leading to millions of dollars in agricultural losses and slower production for breakfast cereal giants like General Mills.

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Dock Scheduling Solution Delivers $1 Million+ ROI for Machinery Manufacturer

Challenge: A global Fortune 500 heavy machinery manufacturer experienced challenges on inbound freight moves from their vendors. Carriers were experiencing 4-6 hour wait times upon arriving at the customer’s assembly plants to deliver mission-critical parts. In addition to incurring demurrage (waiting) charges from the carriers and overtime pay costs to unload the backlog of deliveries, their carriers were reluctant to deliver to these plants and offered non-favorable rates.

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