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Each year, World Trade 100 looks back on the eventful year for world trade and the supply chains supporting it. Among the people, places and things affecting extended supply chains, it is the influence, or potential influence, that matters. With that in mind, the 2014 list includes positive and negative factors, and new and repeat… Read more »

The Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) has released DC Measures 2014, its annual benchmarking study of key warehousing and distribution performance metrics. The study captures the 47 key operational metrics of particular importance to most distribution professionals, grouped into seven categories: customer, operational, financial, capacity/quality, employee/safety, perfect order and cash-to-cash cycles. New to the… Read more »

Our Detroit and Suffolk client – Evans Distribution Systems recently celebrated its 85th anniversary with a few hundred employees and others from the community. The event was hosted at the Evans headquarters in Melvindale, MI. Mayor Stacy Striz of Melvindale, members of the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber, Automation Alley, and others were in attendance… Read more »

UTi Worldwide, a global supply chain services and solutions company, recently established ocean charter service centers to coordinate the fastest possible response to energy, mining and construction industries clients, which is an important market segment for the company. These client services teams are strategically located in Amsterdam, Johannesburg and Singapore, with a global hub in… Read more »

What is country of origin marking? It is extremely important that merchandise imported into the United States comply with the laws governing proper country of origin marking. While it has not officially been made a priority trade issue for CBP (Customs), enforcing the country of origin marking laws is, without a doubt, at the top… Read more »

NORPAC Foods, Inc., a leading producer of fruit and vegetable products, and Henningsen Cold Storage Company celebrated their new 225,000 sq. ft. frozen food storage and distribution facility with an open house for its farmer-owners, employees, partners and civic officials. The new facility is owned and operated by Hillsboro, OR-based Henningsen Cold Storage, one of… Read more »

We were listed in the 2014 Directory of Transportation under warehousing.  Published by the Journal of Commerce, www.joc.com  

We will be attending the 60th Summer Fancy Food Show, North America’s largest specialty food and beverage event in New York City June 29 – July 1, 2014.  There are 2,400 exhibitors from 80 countries and regions.  If interested in attending visit www.specialtyfood.com

In the January blog part on Pricing, the topic was pricing space. The purpose of this post is to now discuss the major component of pricing in our industry; labor. The first disclaimer I must make is I believe “pricing” is a management decision, and “costing” is a calculated estimate based on assumptions and data…. Read more »

Tippmann Group and Interstate Warehousing have made a concerted effort to show our commitment to food safety practices in all of our facilities.  We are pleased to announce that a third Interstate Warehousing facility has achieved a level 2 Safe Quality Foods (SQF) Certification.  The Interstate Warehousing Indianapolis (Franklin), Indiana warehouse earned that SQF certification… Read more »