Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Supply-chain obstacles are forcing U.S. retailers to rewire their shipping routes. The early winners are East and Gulf Coast ports, which are taking business from rivals out West at the fastest pace in at least two decades.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 8, 2024

Today, Candor is recognized as a leading certified women-owned business headquartered in Texas – with offices in Illinois and Kansas. Nicole navigated through a series of pivotal operational roles within major transportation brokerage companies, immersing herself in the intricate nuances of freight logistics—the essence of moving cargo.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 5, 2022

Amazon launches same-day delivery from some brick-and-mortar retail brands (CNBC) Aurora and Schneider to Autonomously Haul Freight in Texas Self-Driving Truck Accident Draws Attention to Safety. Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (August 5, 2022).

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The other day I was talking with my friends, Kevin and Wayne at Loadtex and they kept referring to the “Texas Triangle.” Being a Yankee from the great state of Michigan, I had never heard of the Texas Triangle, so I asked what it was. The Texas Triangle is a Place – A Really Big and Busy Place. Room to Grow in Texas.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 17, 2022

Rockwall, Texas-based Texas Pool Professionals tackled the shortage by stockpiling chlorine tablets and hunting down alternative chemicals for their customers. The staff traveled to six states and 15 cities back in 2021, on the hunt for pool supplies they couldn’t get in North Texas.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

About Steve Lopez Steve Lopez is a self-made entrepreneur and strategic thinker from North Texas. His involvement with the company played a significant role in its growth, expanding from five Texas markets to 83 markets across 42 states. Between February 2018 and May 2022, revenue skyrocketed by 1600%.

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Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Global supply chains already tangled by the pandemic, labor shortages and sustained consumer demand in the U.S. are getting walloped by Mother Nature.

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CargoBarn

JULY 8, 2022

Congratulations Texas! Texas Economic Development announced in July that Texas remains the top exporting state in the country, earning the title for 20 years in a row. CargoBarn is proud to have helped keep those exports moving by working with customers across Texas, which accounted for 21 percent of U.S.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 2, 2022

Mike Ringsdorf is the Vice President Transportation & Logistics at Mary Kay Global, a cosmetics company based in Texas. The company’s primary manufacturing plant is in Dallas, Texas. IBCs work with Mary Kay as independent contractors, selling our products directly to consumers in nearly 40 markets on five continents.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2023

Today Candor is recognized as a leading certified women-owned business headquartered in Texas – with offices in Illinois and Kansas. About Candor Expedite Candor Expedite is a woman-owned and operated hotshot ground and white-glove service provider with offices in Illinois and Texas.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

and a Research Associate at the Center for Transportation Research (at the University of Texas at Austin). Brown and Sons’ transportation team, AVP – Planning and Analysis at CSX Transportation, Inc., Systems Engineering Consultant with Day & Zimmermann, Inc.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

H-E-B on Wednesday announced the opening of its newest and largest e-commerce fulfillment center, located about 30 miles west of Houston in Katy, Texas. The Texas grocer said it intends to open an unspecified number of additional facilities across the state by the end of next year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 25, 2023

The first location is 8555 Preston Road in Frisco, Texas, a suburb Wing has served since 2021. The Alphabet-owned drone firm says the two offerings will cover a combined 60,000 homes in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. That spot is expected to get up and running “in coming weeks.”

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 16, 2024

billion grant to Samsung Electronics to build an advanced semiconductor fab capabilities in Tyler, Texas. chip production presence in Texas, in a complex just outside of Austin. chip production presence in Texas, in a complex just outside of Austin. Commerce Department has awarded a $6.4 The move follows a $6.6

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Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The venue has 154 dock doors that can support up to 700 trailers, making it one of the largest cross-docking facilities in Laredo, Texas.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 31, 2022

Texas is facing an Arctic blast this week that threatens to leave Dallas blanketed in snow, freeze oil and natural gas production areas and will test the state’s power grid.

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All Things Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Winter storm in Texas causes severe food supply chain disruption Stock at grocery stores were running low as winter storms crippled Texas state and left millions without power, as well…

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Tecsys

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Winners include Anwar Williams from McLeod Health, Mike Brown from Texas Children's Hospital, and Werner Electric for their innovative approaches. Tecsys announces the winners of the 2023 Supply Chain Excellence Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in supply chain management.

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Maine Pointe

MAY 15, 2019

Tony Planos, VP Oil & Gas , outlines some of the key challenges currently faced by West Texas operators and discusses why he believes a holistic, end-to-end supply chain approach may be the way to overcome them.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 12, 2022

Texas is halting some vehicle inspections at the U.S.-Mexico Mexico border after Governor Abbott’s crackdown provoked protests that halted crucial food and equipment shipments.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A month after Texas poached Tesla Inc.’s s headquarters from California, it’s now trying to attract freight carriers dealing with near-record backlogs at the U.S.’s s largest ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 30, 2024

Winners will be awarded one free pass to ICON in Grapevine (Dallas), Texas, and be recognized throughout the event, including a celebratory reception and official ICONic Customer Award. Get inspired – hear from some of our previous ICONic Customer Award winners , including Sainsbury’s, Bayer, and CP Foods: Why Submit a Nomination?

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CHAINalytics

DECEMBER 22, 2021

NTT DATA to Acquire Chainalytics, Strengthening Its Supply Chain Consulting and Analytics Capabilities PLANO, Texas – Dec 22, 2021 – NTT DATA Services, a global digital business and IT services leader, today announced it has agreed to acquire Chainalytics, a supply chain consulting and analytics firm.

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Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

in a pilot project in Texas that uses the startup’s technology in a self-driving Paccar Inc. Aurora Innovation Inc. will help move cargo for FedEx Corp.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 8, 2021

freight brokerage company based in Plano, Texas. GEODIS, a global supply chain operator, has agreed to acquire all of the assets of Velocity Freight Transport, Inc.,

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 16, 2023

Dollar General will open a dual distribution center in Nebraska, two regional facilities in Georgia and Texas, and expand operations in South Carolina and New York.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 6, 2023

in Houston, Texas. Logiswift, the Dubai-based provider of a software platform for supply chain orchestration, has opened its first office in the U.S.,

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2022

The Texas based Austin American Statesman reported yesterday that Samsung is considering the construction of upwards of 11 new semiconductor fabrication production facilities in the Austin, Texas area over the next two decades. Samsung ’s acknowledgement that their current effort in evaluating a broader Texas or other U.S.

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QAD

MARCH 7, 2023

The lithium supply chain bottleneck is in refining, something Tesla is planning to help solve with the commissioning later this year of their 50 GWh per year lithium hydroxide refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas. EV vs ICE Tesla’s plan is to scale to produce 20M cars per year by 2030.

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 31, 2018

In the first half of the year, the spot market in Texas was boiling over, with not nearly enough trucks to cover the growing demand for freight. Pipeline capacity issues in West Texas are part of the explanation. DAT tracks daily load-to-truck ratios in 11 Key Market Areas in Texas, more than any other state. What happened?

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Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 13, 2020

At the epicenter of the most sprawling cyberattack in recent memory is a two-decade-old, Austin, Texas-based software maker called SolarWinds Corp.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

I volunteer at 5 Loaves Food Pantry and the North Texas Food Bank because 1 in every 5 kids in North Texas is food insecure.” – Stacy Vore, Senior Sales Operations Director – Dallas, Texas . .” – Prashant Memani, Senior Practice Director – Cloud, Bangalore, India. “I

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 17, 2018

As we get closer to Christmas, a larger proportion of fresh fruit and vegetables are imported from Mexico through a handful of border crossings in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Volume is heating up right now for reefers out of McAllen.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Top 7 Scholarships for Supply Chain Management 1. COMTO North Texas Scholarship Students looking for financial support for their university education in 2024 should consider applying for this scholarship. The program targets high school seniors from minority groups residing in Texas and Fort Worth.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 16, 2021

On this day, hundreds of thousands of people were made aware of their freedom when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to announce the end of the Civil War and issued an order to officially free them. As a Black African born-American woman I have lived in the United States, mainly Texas, for over 25 years.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2023

Investor Event and Master Plan 3 Tesla conducted is annual investor event this week at its Austin, Texas facilities and unveiled “ Master Plan Part 3 ” which aims toward becoming the largest automaker by volume by 2030. That equates to the ability to produce and sell 20 million vehicles globally.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

to the region of Texas that was affected by Hurricane Harvey, and 300 of them are in the Houston vicinity. This region of Texas is responsible for almost $600 billion in economic activity and is home to ports that trade with many countries around the world. needed to operate is not going to be there for weeks.”.

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