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CTL Global, Inc. Offers New Warehouse Space in Chicago Area

CTL Global Inc. has opened a new warehouse in Bensenville, Ill. The facility was designed to meet the needs of the company's clients while accommodating future growth within its final-mile delivery division, Continental Transportation Solutions.

More Than 30 Percent of Distribution Centers Fully Outsourced, Survey Finds

Nearly one-third of distribution centers are entirely outsourced, according to the survey-based Supply Chain Metrics Report released by the Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium.

Air Menzies Launches Express Wholesale Service for Imports

The U.S. arm of Air Menzies International (AMI) has launched click2ship Imports, the import version of its online, door-to-door express wholesale service for air freight.

Leveraging Origin Consolidation to Enhance Vendor Management

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Open or Closed Supply Chains: Which Way to Go?

Supply chains are just as susceptible to faddish behavior as anything else. We're social animals, so we tend to follow the crowd - especially if we believe that the crowd has a competitive edge. That's why so many companies flocked to China over the last couple of decades, in search of ever-cheaper sources of production. Or why outsourcing became such a hot trend over that same period of time.

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Measuring DC Performance

Performance metrics for warehouses and distribution centers have steadily improved since 2003, when the Warehousing Education and Research Council first conducted its annual "DC Measures" study, says Joe Tillman, senior researcher at Supply Chain Visions and co-author of the study. Moreover, the gap has significantly narrowed between best-in-class companies and those lower on the performance scale, he says.

Old Dominion Opens Service Centers in Wisconsin, Southern California

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. has opened new service centers in Wisconsin and Southern California. The Duluth Service Center, located on five acres in Superior, Wis., will serve customers in Twin Ports and more than a dozen cities in northern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin, the company.

New Rules for Bio and Pharma Industries: A Briefing

Mike Cleland, vice president of NorthHighland, discusses what biotech and pharma companies need to do to comply with new regulations for tracking products throughout the supply chain.

U.S. Vessel Imports Drop 3.7 Percent in June

Zepol Corporation, a trade intelligence company, reports that U.S. import shipment volume for June, measured in TEUs, was down 3.7 percent from May, but is up 4.4 percent from June 2011. Similarly, Q2 of 2012 has topped last year at this time by 4.7 percent. Although there was a drop from last month, June had the second-highest TEU imports so far this year, outdoing January by a slight 1 percent. Last year saw a comparable trend in the summer months with a moderate dip in June, but spikes in July and August.

Carrier Transicold Develops New Reefer Units for EPA Compliance

Carrier Transicold has developed new transport refrigeration units and generator sets, to comply with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards for diesel emissions, which take effect in 2013.

AEB, SingTel Team Up to Offer Cloud-Based Warehouse Management for SMEs

AEB (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd. is partnering with SingTel on a cloud-based warehouse-management system (WMS) aimed at the small- to medium-sized business market.

GAC Group Launches Road Freight Groupage Between U.K., Turkey

The GAC Group, a global logistics, shipping and marine services company, has launched a road freight groupage offering between Turkey and the U.K.

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