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How to plan your warehouse layout

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They protect inventory and, when built right, improve on the efficiency with which that inventory is received, sorted, retrieved and shipped. The 124,000-square-foot office and warehouse expansion for The Dial Corporation in St. Louis, Missouri. The value of these facilities cannot be overstated.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Two Train Cars Forward, Three Cargo Ships Back

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Logistics incorporates the complexity of integrating information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling and packaging. business logistics costs include three main categories: Inventory Carrying, Transportation and Administration. Major metros such as Dallas, Kansas City, St. trillion in 2011, a 6.6

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

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billion signature I-74 bridge, where tens of thousands of people will travel back and forth between the states every day. Crisscrossed by four interstates and over a dozen state and federal highways, the Quad Cities region is located 2½ hours away from Chicago, and within a five-hour truck drive of Milwaukee, St.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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percent in 2014 due to stronger shipment volumes and inventory carrying charges that were up 2.1 The less money that is needed to spend on gas and other work-related travel, the more money that can be spent on everything else. Four sections are now open to travelers. The transportation sector of the logistics industry grew by 3.6

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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Slow economic growth has kept the percentage low, but the supply chain sector has made great strides in productivity, asset utilization and inventory management in the past three years.” Located in the heart of Illinois; in the great Midwest; within 200 miles of metropolitan areas of Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Spending in the U.S.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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Loan proceeds are to be used for working capital, inventory, equipment purchase, and real property improvements but cannot be used for refinancing of existing debt or outstanding debt payments. Funds may be used to acquire equipment, make leasehold improvements, purchase recycled raw materials and inventory or acquire real property.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Inventory is exempt from property tax. Bond proceeds cannot be used for working capital or inventory. No personal property or inventory taxes. Inventory Tax Exemption: Effective January 1, 2011, business inventory is exempt from state property taxes (0.15 Real property taxes are among the lowest in the country.

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