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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. trillion in 2011, a 6.6 percent in 2011 to $2.10 2011 also saw U.S.

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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.” percent increase from 2011, remaining at 8.5 percent increase over 2011 levels. Spending in the U.S. trillion in 2012, a 3.4

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COVER STORY: Shovel Ready Sites Are Growing From The Ground Up

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We expect that this growth will continue into the future as the available existing building inventory shrinks and there is a greater need for vacant sites for new development,” said Gromberg. The ECD began looking intently at developing a site certification program in August 2011. OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN INDIANA.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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By December 2011, Texas employers had replaced all of the jobs shed during the recession compared with the nation’s 44 percent recovery. The Lone Star State was named 2011’s leading exporting state for the tenth year in a row (according to data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce) with exports in 2011 totaling more than $249.8

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Inventory is exempt from property tax. Effective for facilities placed into service between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2015. Effective for facilities placed into service between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2019. Bond proceeds cannot be used for working capital or inventory.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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FULL EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 2011: Businesses with 50 or fewer employees may receive a one time income tax credit equal to $1,000 per new job paying over $10 per hour. EXTENSION OF THE ANGEL INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT PROGRAM: Originally set to expire in 2011, the program is now available until June 30, 2016. The program ends December 2016.

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Feature Story: Shovel-Ready Sites – Fired Up, Ready To Go

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Baldwin County’s first AdvantageSite—the 56-acre Baldwin EMC Site on Alabama 59 in Bay Minette—was designated in 2011. The City of Spokane Valley has also implemented a Certified Site Program, which provides an inventory of industrial/commercial sites that have undergone a rigorous pre-qualification process.

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