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Was Toyota's Move to Texas Because of Lower Taxes - or Location, Location, Location?

Toyota's plan to close its Torrance headquarters and ship 3,000 jobs to a Dallas suburb has triggered a new round of hand-wringing among those who see business-friendly Texas gaining at the expense of regulation-choked California.

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How Logistics Helps Whirlpool Stay Competitive

We speak incessantly about the impact of "consumer demand" on manufacturers' supply chains. But do we really understand what that term means?

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Puerto Rico Lands Lufthansa Maintenance Facility

Lufthansa Technik and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have announced an agreement to create an aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility to service short-haul and medium-haul aircraft.

Wait a Sec - There Are Things to Consider Before Deciding to Re-shore Operations

The past couple of decades have been marked by a stream of organizations shifting operations abroad, lured by the promise of cheap labor and production. However, this dynamic is changing amidst rising costs and an increasingly complex global supply chain. Now, the trend is to at least consider re-shoring.

BMW's South Carolina Plant to Be Automaker's Biggest in the World

Add Spartanburg, S.C., to the list of manufacturing hotspots. That's where BMW AG last week announced it will invest $1bn to build the equivalent of a new factory to its already formidable U.S. production site. Following the expansion, BMW's U.S. complex will become the automaker's biggest, larger than any it operates in Germany, its home.

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Logistics Hub Construction in Oman to Commence

Construction on the South Batinah Logistics Hub, a strategic initiative of the Omani government to kick-start the growth of a logistics-based economic sector in the Sultanate, will be launched this year. Covering 9,000 hectares, the hub will incorporate Oman’s first ever inland port as well as dedicated zones earmarked for multimodal connectivity, light industries, value-adding activities, commercial services, warehousing and logistics, urban and residential developments, hotels and convention centres, and leisure areas.

How Neiman Marcus Built a New East Coast D.C.

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EBay Enterprise Expands Operations in Canada With New Automated Fulfillment Center

An automated, 150,000-square-foot fulfillment center is planned for Ontario in the second quarter, according to eBay Enterprise.

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Switching On the Lights-Out Warehouse

The "lights-out warehouse" is a little like Bigfoot: a mythical idea everyone in the material handling industry has heard about but few have actually seen. It's been a buzzword for years, yet just a handful of companies have made the leap to a fully automated distribution center, despite abundant indications that it would increase efficiency and profit margins.

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How New Retailing Trends Are Transforming the Warehouse

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Critical Elements for Revamping Your Network

Analyst Insight: Supply chain complexity and turmoil is on the rise due to growing global markets, increasing customer expectations, rising costs and more intense competitive pressures. Progressive companies understand that supply chain performance has a significant impact on the bottom line and shareholder value, and they must reinvent their supply chain networks on a regular basis in order to remain competitive. However, the traditional way of designing supply chain networks with a focus on cost optimization is giving way to more progressive thinking. - John Spain, Executive Vice President, Tompkins International

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An Optimistic Skeptic's View of How to Plan a Network

Analyst Insight: Network planning suffers from an abundance of inappropriate technology, coupled with far too little pragmatic, common sense. Everyone is familiar with the optimization tools that are routinely applied; all are based on long-term shipment forecasts by SKU, by zip code or even finer measurement. Now wait a minute! We can't even forecast next month's demand; how in the world can we forecast demand detail five years in the future? The skills and skepticism of the millennials just may have the solution. - Robert Sabath, Principal Essentialist SCM, Trissential

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