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2012 Supply Chain Innovation Awards Innovation of the Year: Reduced Transportation Costs Through Railcar Co-Loading

As I waited to pay for my groceries the other day, a manager instructed a novice bagger on the art of separating lighter items, like the eggs, from heavier ones, such as a 12-pack of canned dog food. Like to like, the boss said; that way stuff doesn't get crushed on the ride home.

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Top Five Reasons to Consider Mexico as a Key Supply Chain Location

An ever-improving supply chain infrastructure, a low-cost but increasingly skilled labor force and successful economic reform efforts combine to make Mexico an increasingly attractive target for cross-border industrial opportunities, according to new research by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). Mexico's proximity to the huge U.S. consumer market will always be a major competitive advantage but Mexico compares favorably to China, an industrial powerhouse that is becoming burdened by escalating manufacturing costs and lengthy shipping lead times.

APL, APL Logistics Announce New Services and Partnerships

APL Logistics has launched a streamlined mobile version of SeeChange, its Web-based shipment tracking tool.

Memo to Megaports: These Guys Want Your Business

The reshoring of manufactured goods from Asia to North America is bound to take some import business away from U.S. ports. But there are other developing threats to the continued dominance of gateways like Los Angeles-Long Beach - specifically, a couple of upstarts to the north and south.

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Memo to Megaports: These Guys Want Your Business

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Logistics Clusters Drive Value and Growth

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A Needed Shot in the Arm for Treating HIV/AIDS in Developing World

When many doubted needed HIV/AIDS commodities could be delivered timely and qualitatively to hard-to-reach areas of Africa, an innovative approach to healthcare logistics proved them wrong.

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Logistics Clusters Drive Value and Growth

Professor Yossi Sheffi, director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, describes the development of logistics clusters and their considerable economic advantages, which include the creation of steady, well paying jobs for both blue- and white-collar workers.

Is This the Unlikeliest Place to Put a Manufacturing Plant?

What does it take to convince a manufacturer to locate a plant in the U.S.? How about in California, one of the most highly regulated and difficult states in which to operate? (It ranked 40th in CNBC's latest survey "America's Top States for Business." What about the San Francisco Bay Area, with its prohibitive cost of living, high population density and even more onerous regulatory environment?

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Is This the Unlikeliest Place to Put a Manufacturing Plant?

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Five Below Retail Chain Chooses Mississippi for Distribution Center

To help fuel its rapid geographic expansion, specialty value retailer Five Below has signed the lease for a new distribution center in Olive Branch, Miss. The 600,000 square-foot facility is the retailer's second DC and will allow the company to more quickly and efficiently supply stores in the South and Midwest with its range of products all priced at $5 and below.

Analysis Reveals Finds Opportunities in European Industrial Property Market for Logistics Business

European industrial real estate values have declined 21.9 percent from the pre-crisis peak in 2007, and have subsequently only recovered by 1.3 percent on average. Current values are attractive relative to replacement costs and the pattern of value recovery in the U.S. following the global financial crisis.

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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