Our Detroit and Suffolk client – Evans Distribution Systems recently celebrated its 85th anniversary with a few hundred employees and others from the community. The event was hosted at the Evans headquarters in Melvindale, MI. Mayor Stacy Striz of Melvindale, members of the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber, Automation Alley, and others were in attendance… Read more »
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Our Charleston, SC, Columbia and Dallas client – UTi Worldwide Establishes Global and Regional Ocean Charter
UTi Worldwide, a global supply chain services and solutions company, recently established ocean charter service centers to coordinate the fastest possible response to energy, mining and construction industries clients, which is an important market segment for the company. These client services teams are strategically located in Amsterdam, Johannesburg and Singapore, with a global hub in… Read more »
Our Detroit and Norfolk client – Evans Distribution Systems – Country of Origin Marking
What is country of origin marking? It is extremely important that merchandise imported into the United States comply with the laws governing proper country of origin marking. While it has not officially been made a priority trade issue for CBP (Customs), enforcing the country of origin marking laws is, without a doubt, at the top… Read more »
Our Twin Falls, ID, Grand Forks, ND, Stillwell, OK, Forest Grove, OR, Portland, OR, Scranton, PA, Kent, WA Richland, WA freezer client – Henningsen Cold Storage and NORPAC Foods, Inc. celebrate the completion of their new cold storage facility
NORPAC Foods, Inc., a leading producer of fruit and vegetable products, and Henningsen Cold Storage Company celebrated their new 225,000 sq. ft. frozen food storage and distribution facility with an open house for its farmer-owners, employees, partners and civic officials. The new facility is owned and operated by Hillsboro, OR-based Henningsen Cold Storage, one of… Read more »
2014 Directory of Transportation
We were listed in the 2014 Directory of Transportation under warehousing. Published by the Journal of Commerce, www.joc.com
Fancy Food Show
We will be attending the 60th Summer Fancy Food Show, North America’s largest specialty food and beverage event in New York City June 29 – July 1, 2014. There are 2,400 exhibitors from 80 countries and regions. If interested in attending visit www.specialtyfood.com
Our Chattanooga, Salt Lake City, Clearfield and Ogden client – Kenco Logistic Services LLC – Pricing: It’s Space and Labor, part 2…Labor
In the January blog part on Pricing, the topic was pricing space. The purpose of this post is to now discuss the major component of pricing in our industry; labor. The first disclaimer I must make is I believe “pricing” is a management decision, and “costing” is a calculated estimate based on assumptions and data…. Read more »
Our Chicago, Norfolk, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Murfreesboro Freezer Client – Interstate Warehousing’s Indianapolis (Franklin) Facility Becomes 3rd IWI Warehouse to receive SQF Level 2 Certification
Tippmann Group and Interstate Warehousing have made a concerted effort to show our commitment to food safety practices in all of our facilities. We are pleased to announce that a third Interstate Warehousing facility has achieved a level 2 Safe Quality Foods (SQF) Certification. The Interstate Warehousing Indianapolis (Franklin), Indiana warehouse earned that SQF certification… Read more »
Our Chattanooga, Salt Lake City, Clearfield and Ogden client – Kenco Logistic Services LLC – Painting the Supply Chain Green
Corporate culture is a big part of environmental stewardship when it comes to supply chains. There is no doubt about it: sustainability and green initiatives are hard at work in extended supply chains. The focus on sustainability is occurring at a time when the overall global energy balance is changing. These energy balance changes have… Read more »
Our Chicago, Norfolk, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Murfreesboro Freezer Client – Interstate Warehousing – Celebrating 20 years at Interstate Warehousing – Cincinnati
Long Time Customers, Significant Growth Give IWI Plenty of Reasons to Celebrate In 1994, Forrest Gump was the number one movie, Seinfeld was the top TV show, O.J. Simpson was running from the police in a white Ford Bronco, and Interstate Warehousing opened for business in Cincinnati (Hamilton), Ohio. Two of our customers have been… Read more »