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Top U.S. Logistics Hubs Hold on to Position
From MHI Solutions Look at the list of the top U.S. logistics hubs and little has changed in the last century, except for the reasons why. Where Memphis’s access to the Mississippi River and cotton growth made it a hub […]
Trends in Outsourcing
From MHI Solutions Third-party logistics (3PL) providers offer their customers the opportunity to outsource some, or all, of their supply chain management functions. These might include warehousing, transportation, or even value-added services—such as goods procurement, kitting of parts or products, […]
Collaborative Logistics
From MHI Solutions It was 14 years ago that Dr. C John Langley, now professor of supply chain management at Penn State and director of development for the Center for Supply Chain Research at Smeal College of Business, laid out […]
Freight Rail Driving Sustainability And Efficiency
From MHI Solutions Railroads are inherently efficient, be it in land usage, energy consumption or cost of moving goods. In fact, railroads are four times more fuel efficient than trucks, according to the Federal Railroad Administration. Because greenhouse gas emissions […]
The Road to 2025
George W. Prest Chief Executive Officer, MHI The next decade will see transformational change in supply chains. This change is being driven by forces beyond your control—your customers, your competition, technology, innovation and economic conditions. Taking the journey of supply […]
Overnight shippers hiring more seasonal workers for the 2014 Holiday Season
UPS announced last week that it expects to hire between 90,000 – 95,000 seasonal employees to support the anticipated holiday surge in package deliveries that will begin in October and continue through January 2015. The company is gearing up for […]