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Bridging the Digital Divide: Overcoming Logistics Challenges in Rural America

January 27, 2025
Nikhil Patil, SCB Contributor

The rapid expansion of e-commerce has highlighted a significant disparity in delivery speeds between urban and rural areas.


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Amazon to Shutter All Facilities in Quebec

January 23, 2025
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Amazon cited a need to cut costs as the main motivation behind the move, although Quebec is also home to the company's only unionized warehouse in Canada.


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January 15, 2025
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Egypt currently has 22 dry ports and logistic zones, and has a goal to eventually increase that total to 32.


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December 17, 2024
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Boeing is plowing money into South Carolina, a month after reaching an agreement to end a costly and contentious walkout by machinists in the Pacific Northwest.


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Guide: 6 Ways to Get More From Your Manufacturing Facilities

December 1, 2024
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Download this guide, 6 Ways to Get more From Your Manufacturing Facilities, to learn six key strategies leaders can use to maximize value from their manufacturing facilities—and set the stage for sustainable growth.


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Guide: Solving the Land-power-labor Challenge

December 1, 2024
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Industry 4.0 has revolutionized manufacturing, introducing new complexities in site selection. Beyond the traditional "three P's”—people, power and place—smart manufacturers are now considering advanced technologies like IoT, AI and big data.


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Stellantis Mulls Pivoting Away from Mexico Under Threat of Trump Tariffs

November 25, 2024
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Trump has threatened to punish carmakers importing vehicles to the U.S. from Mexico, where Stellantis is expanding a pickup truck plant.


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How BP and JLL Are Reinventing the Strategic Outsourcing of Real Estate

November 22, 2024
SupplyChainBrain

One of the world’s largest energy companies joins with a global real estate services firm to deploy methodology developed by the University of Tennessee to reorganize its workplaces internationally. 


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Canada Calls for Ouster of Mexico in Renegotiated Trade Deal

November 20, 2024
SupplyChainBrain

Canada's deputy prime minister noted that while the U.S. and Canada are "perfectly aligned" on trade with China, "the same cannot be said of Mexico."


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Businesses Ramp Up Investments in Nearshoring, Split-Shoring

November 14, 2024
SupplyChainBrain

This comes as businesses have been faced with the possibility of new tariffs from the upcoming Trump administration in the U.S.


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Facility Location Planning

The latest news, analysis, services and systems for facility location planning and network design and their impact on global supply chains. Today’s companies are planning their location of facilities and the underlying transportation network in order to deliver goods in a more timely and efficient manner than ever before. New technologies are transforming the way companies search for and choose the right location for a facility in a region — allowing them to stay ahead of the competition in their industries. As these services continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies are using facility location planning solutions to power their supply chains.

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