Transportation

CEVA Strikes Bigger Supply Chain Management Deal With Ford

Thursday, June 26, 2014 · SCMR Staff
Global third-party logistics services provider CEVA Logistics said this week it has expanded its relationship with automotive bellwether Ford Motor Company. CEVA and Ford have had a business relationship for more than 20 years.

UPS Enlarges Supply Chain Operations in Memphis

Thursday, June 26, 2014 · SCMR Staff
Transportation and logistics giant UPS said this week it kicked off construction to expand its Memphis-based package distribution facility by about one-third.

Legislators Encourage Congress to Invest in Highway Trust Fund

Thursday, June 19, 2014 · SCMR Staff
There is an old saying in Washington that there are neither “Republican roads or Democratic roads,” merely roads used by all Americans to speed themselves and commerce throughout our 50 states.

Congestion Ahead: Merging Disparate Transportation Bills Into a Well-funded Solution

Friday, May 16, 2014 · SCMR Staff
Washington has a problem. It needs to produce a fully funded, multi-year surface transportation bill, and find a way to pay for it in an election year, before the end of September. The Chicago Cubs winning the World Series might be a better bet.

Senate EPW Committee Signs Off On MAP-21 Reauthorization Act

Friday, May 16, 2014 · SCMR Staff
Not long after the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works this week rolled out its version for new federal transportation authorization, entitled the MAP-21 Reauthorization Act (S. 2322), the bill received the blessing of the EPW committee with an…

Supply Chain Managers Welcome Progress Made on Water Resources and Development Act

Monday, May 12, 2014 · SCMR Staff
Bipartisan, bicameral agreement is reached on WRDA conference report

BSR Launches Sustainable Trucking Guide for Supply Chain Managers

Tuesday, April 29, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
The report is designed to help fleet operators and their value chain partners comply with new and future regulations.

AAR report says 2015 PTC deadline will not be met

Monday, April 21, 2014 · SCMR Staff
Not surprisingly, the December 31, 2015 deadline for freight railroads to install Positive Train Control (PTC) technology on 40 percent of its network, as per a mandate from the Federal Railroad Administration will not be met. That was the chief takeaway of a report from the…

Chicago’s Port Plays Vital Role in Supply Chain Management

Monday, April 21, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
When the Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) convenes for its annual conference in Chicago next week, they’ll be visiting the nation’s largest inland port.

Senate EPW Looks at Long-Term Transportation Authorization

Thursday, April 17, 2014 · SCMR Staff
Time is running out before the current federal transportation authorization, MAP-21, expires.

PwC Reports More Logistics M&A Activity

Tuesday, August 6, 2013 · Jeff Berman
Merger and acquisition activity in the transportation and logistics sectors in the second quarter was up slightly on an annual basis

Supply Chain Managers Seek Federal Government “Streamlining”

Tuesday, July 16, 2013 · SCMR Staff
How does this country get from its current “patchwork” of individual modal networks to a coordinated “network” of streamlined efficiency to aid, instead of hamper, our freight and logistics supply chain system?

Secretary of Transportation Nominee Explains His Agenda

Tuesday, May 28, 2013 · Jeff Berman
At last week's Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the recently announced nomination of Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Anthony Foxx to be Secretary of Transportation, the nominee laid out some key components of his agenda if he is confirmed.

New Pricing Study Reveals Weakness in Global Logistics Strategies

Monday, May 20, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
According to a new study conducted by the global strategy and marketing consultancy Simon-Kucher & Partners, price pressure is higher in the logistics industry than in other sectors – no matter the country.

Report: U.S. manufacturing costs are now equal to Mexico and will be equal to China by 2015

Monday, April 29, 2013 · SCMR Staff
Four out of five executives surveyed say nearshoring will be an important decision in coming year.
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