Material handling equipment orders are forecasted to grow 7.0% in 2013 and 11.0% or more in 2014, according to the latest Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing Forecast (MHEM) released by MHI.

 

MODEX 2014 will be the largest international expo and conference of its kind held in North America. Tens of thousands of manufacturing and supply chain professionals from over 100 countries around the globe will attend.

 

Despite growing faster than the overall economy since the recession ended, U.S. manufacturing is still only about 75 percent recovered. And there is a wide variation in the performance of industries within the sector, according to the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI).

 

The Loading Dock Equipment Manufacturers (LODEM) Industry Group of MHI recently released "Vehicle Restraints 101." The document provides the basic knowledge required to understand and specify a vehicle restraint safety device in the loading dock area.

 

U.S. intermodal traffic set a record for average weekly volume in August, according to the Association of American Railroads.

 

Freight transportation accounts for 15 percent of corporate carbon emissions, making it one of the largest sources of business-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the U.S.

 

Union Pacific recently unveiled its Arrowedge® production version, piloting the employee-designed aerodynamic technology for fuel and locomotive emissions reductions on double-stack intermodal freight trains.

 

When it comes to supply chain risk, firms need to peel the onion past their tier-one suppliers to get the complete picture. According to a recent study by Resilinc Corp., leading global supply chains have become dependent on the same small group of sub-tier suppliers – concentrating risk and increasing the potential for supply chain disruptions.

 

For such a highly developed economy, Singapore continues to grow at an impressive pace and logistics is a big part of that growth, this according to a recent White Paper from Transport Intelligence that discusses Singapore's role as a supply chain hub for emerging markets. Expansion in Singapore over the second quarter of 2013 saw annual growth rate of 3.5%, yet even this is down slightly on the average 5.6% seen between 2007 and 2013.