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Landstar Puts Heavy Machinery Manufacturer on the Right Track

Challenge: A world-wide manufacturer of heavy machinery was looking to reduce costs by moving some of its forklift product via railway service, but had been unsuccessful due to the rail industry’s reservations about transporting forklifts on trains. The customer was also looking for LTL service without incurring costly freight damage, something they had experienced with other carriers in the past due to ill-advised trans-loading.

Many Dealers, Manufacturers Oppose Recalls of Used, Rental Vehicles for Immediate Repairs

Auto dealers have opposed legislative efforts to require recalled used and rental cars to be immediately repaired, arguing that not all recalls require swift attention.

Global Vehicle Production to Increase by 21 Million Units by 2021; China to Account for Half

Global automobile production will increase by 21 million units by 2021, and has grown by 25 million units since 2009 as the industry continues to recover from the impact of the global economic recession, according to a forecast by IHS Automotive, part of IHS Inc. China will dominate, but there is a considerable upside attached to the North American industry as it attracts foreign investment, and in the European industry as its domestic markets climb back. Japanese and South Korean production will decline as local OEMs focus their efforts overseas.

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Coping With the Nightmare of Consumer-Product Recalls

My previous post covered the difficulty of tracing and ensuring the quality of automotive and aerospace parts. The job is just as tough for consumer packaged goods and food producers.

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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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Logistics Challenges in Mexico

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In Automotive and Aerospace, Every Part Matters

Think it's tough tracking finished goods from source to sale? Trying doing the same for the millions of parts that go into them.

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You Can't Make a Car with 3D Printing, But You Can Produce a Jet Engine

The 3D printing market is expected to quadruple over the next decade to $12bn, moving from its main use today of creating prototypes to the most complex of production parts, according to Lux Research.

U.S. Likely to See More 'Rightshoring' of Manufacturing

A conversation with Ron Tarter, senior vice president, Eastern Operations, for Flextronics.

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Manufacturer Increases Visibility and Marketshare with Acsis ProducTrak

Challenge: This leading global manufacturer needed to connect over 125 incremental value-add partners to its SAP system to manage the supply chain effectively end-to-end.

Proprietary Software Improves Visibility of Returned Products

Challenge: A major national retailer of home improvement products was plagued by an inefficient reverse logistics process. Products returned to vendor were controlled on an ad-hoc basis by individual stores or regions, creating major disruptions and poor visibility throughout the supply chain.

Our Client Takes the Wheel with a Machine-to-Machine Solution

Challenge: Our client collects, reports, and analyzes fleet vehicle data before, during, and after trips. They needed Machine-to-Machine connectivity for sensitive communications from vehicles to back-end systems. To maintain their rapid business growth, they wanted an easily managed solution with international reach.

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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