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Navigating Fleet’s Future January 07, 2019Navigating Fleet’s Future Freight rates and volumes are up. Corporate tax rates are lower, which is leading some companies to invest in new equipment. Thus, orders are up: According to ACT -
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Contractors’ Cost-RecoveryRecourse After Shutdown January 28, 2019Contractors’ Cost-RecoveryRecourse After Shutdown During the 35-day federal government shutdown that ended with Friday’s agreement to restore normal operations until February 15, the impact was -
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ROB Roundup: March PMI® April 01, 2019ROB Roundup: March PMI® An inverted yield curve. Soft housing starts. Weak retail sales. In recent days, each new piece of recent U.S. economic data seemed to further stoke fears of a slowdown, -
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#ISM2019: Texas-Sized Twitter April 09, 2019#ISM2019: Texas-Sized Twitter In a city synonymous with space exploration, ISM2019 Annual Conference attendees in Houston had no problem compiling enough succinct and clever tweets to reach the -
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Brexit’s Impact on the Global Supply Chain March 25, 2019Brexit’s Impact on the Global Supply Chain By Chris Laws There are two ways that the United Kingdom’s (U.K.) exit from the European Union (EU) can unfold. A hard Brexit describes a worst-case -
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ROB Roundup: June NMI® July 03, 2019ROB Roundup: June NMI® The June Non-Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® dropped 1.8 points to its lowest level in almost two years, cooled by slowing employment, business activity -
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Resiliency in Light of Brexit and Other Barriers July 29, 2019Resiliency in Light of Brexit and Other Barriers By Richard Wilding, OBE Brexit is an obvious example of a threat and obstacle to supply chains — but it’s also part of a global trend towards more -
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ROB Roundup: August PMI® September 03, 2019ROB Roundup: August PMI® The release of the ISM® Report On Business® always generates discussion and activity in the financial and procurement worlds, but Tuesday’s unveiling of the -
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14 Industrial Locales Considered‘Strategic’ Markets September 09, 201914 Industrial Locales Considered‘Strategic’ Markets Due to their infrastructure and large millennial populations, among other factors, industrial markets in 14 locales can offer opportunities to -
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The Commercial-Vehicle TechnologySupply Base Shift September 09, 2019The Commercial-Vehicle TechnologySupply Base Shift By William Crane, CPSM A lot has been written about automotive original equipment manufacturers’ (OEMs) headway in bringing more affordable