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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Arkansas offers companies a strong transportation network with intersecting Interstates, rail access and water transportation. The Arkansas River dissects the state from the northwest to the southeast, while the Mississippi River borders the state’s eastern edge. Hunt Transport, ABF Freight System, P.A.M.

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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. According to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ (CSCMP) 23rd Annual State of Logistics Report (authored by transportation consultant Rosalyn Wilson of Delcan, Inc.)

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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These include transportation carriers of all kinds, as well as warehousing, distribution, third-party logistics services, manufacturers’ operations, retailers and distributers who may have their own distribution centers. Sheffi is a professor of Engineering Systems and director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL).

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Keeping Up With Advanced Manufacturing

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Eurotranciatura will also build a roughly 30,000-square-foot distribution warehouse near its current plant to accommodate growth and reduce transportation costs. MISSISSIPPI TARGETS ADVANCED MANUFACTURING SECTOR. Yokohama Tire Corporation’s manufacturing plant in West Point, Mississippi partners with EMCC to train its employees.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Points of Entry for Cash-Rich Cargo

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Current transportation inefficiencies create major issues with congestion, pollution and public safety. However, its central location, transportation network, and labor resources have proven to be a tremendous benefit to companies that do business globally. FTZs also drastically reduce the number and aggregate costs of entry fees.

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Global Growth Surge in Southwest Louisiana

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Mary’s leading position including incredible ease getting materials and finished good into and out of the area via a multi-modal transportation network including, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, a Class 1 rail system and Highway 90 (future I-49), an interstate quality 4-lane highway. (Photo: www.portofwsm.com).

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

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states have launched site certification programs with the goal of helping communities prepare available sites for investment and expansion. The latest designation happened in April, when the Fairhope Airport Industrial Park in Baldwin County received the AdvantageSite certification. SPOKANE COUNTY, WA: REGIONAL SITE CERTIFICATION.

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