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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.” Wilson predicts that these supply chain management improvements will continue even as higher volumes return to the market place. Spending in the U.S.

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

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Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. Department of Education.

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

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T he Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ (CSCMP) released its 26th Annual State of Logistics (SoL) Report® in June 2015. DuPage has a highly skilled and educated workforce and is first in the state in educational attainment. This can be attributed to an emphasis on education, culture and environmental preservation.

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Tom Lyerla, the standard bearer

The Korte Company

He was the hands-on guy, the project manager on the ground, checking for caulk overrun or cracked drywall—and making sure it got fixed. He helped with sales brochures, file retrieval and intra-company mail while taking general education classes at South Western Illinois College. Learning to lead. None of it held Tom’s interest.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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The community’s quality of life is second-to-none with a variety of residential options, an excellent education system, convenient shopping and dining, progressive medical care and easy access to all the metropolitan amenities that the DFW Metroplex has to offer. Waxahachie attracts families.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Managing pandemic disruptions and getting projects over the finish line has required a well-tempered balance of leadership, creativity, and innovation to solve incredibly challenging problems. Senior BIM Manager. Prior to Amazon, he was the Senior BIM-VDC Manager at Schiavone Construction Co. Betsy Bice , Truebeck Construction.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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Established by enactments of state government, public port agencies develop, manage and promote the flow of waterborne commerce. Dyersburg/Dyer County is a regional hub for employment, education, medical services and agribusiness. Both the city and the county school systems are among the best public schools in the state.

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