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Exports and Free Trade Agreements contributing positively to the economy

By SwizStick • Jul 15th, 2008 • Category: QuickNews, Supply Chain Management

We probably don’t do as good a job as we should when it comes to trumpeting exports and talking about international trade items, but luckily ShopFloor.org is there to pick up our slack. They have a number of recent posts about the positive effect trade is having on the overall U.S. economy.
First off is [...]



A Global Provider

By Splatty • Jul 9th, 2008 • Category: Misc Logistics, Supply Chain Management

I am currently knee deep in a global RFQ for a company with logistics requirements out of and into virtually every major region of the world. After delving into competitor data for the RFQ, I discovered that the company is currently using a variety of different 3PL providers with some of the regions [...]



June 12th Senate Hearings on U.S. Trade Preference Programs

By SwizStick • Jun 19th, 2008 • Category: Supply Chain Management

Several important U.S. trade programs are set to expire partially or fully by the end of this year. The programs involved are the GSP (Generalized System of Preferences), CBI (Caribbean Basin Initiative), ATPA (Andean Trade Preference Act), and AGOA (African Growth and Opportunity Act). In general, these programs aim to promote economic development in developing [...]



Fuel / Trucker Strikes: Europe update

By SwizStick • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: Supply Chain Management

My original post was getting rather long, so I thought I’d start a new one for some of the updates that we know about.
France: The major activity occurred on Monday as truckers implemented a number of “go-slow” actions aimed at slowing and/or disrupting traffic in a number of cities around France. But this appears [...]