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CONTENTS
• New Chicago Facility
• Letter From President
• Logistics Services Trends
• 2006 Industry Issues
• Velocities Map (PDF)
Driver Shortage Tops List Of Industry Issues
The American Trucking Association has published the 2006 Top Industry Issues report, based on an extensive survey conducted by the American Transportation Research Institute.
Click here to read highlighted sections of the report.
Velocities Service Area
Where are you going? Download our Velocities™ Multi-Vendor Consolidation map, and you'll see that we're delivering to your customers.
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Letter from the President
“Yes, We Can!” In Action
As a logistics provider, we have little control over the volatile cost of fuel or the growing problems of highway congestion. We can, however, put our resources to work in mitigating these issues as much as possible and provide supply chain solutions wherever and whenever we can. The announcement of our new Chicago Consolidation Center is the most visible example of Hanson Logistics resources at work in the cold supply chain.
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New Chicago Consolidation Center Underway
Will Serve Windy City, Central States From NW Indiana
Hanson Logistics has begun construction on a new 14,500,000 cu. ft. temperature-controlled Chicago Consolidation Center to support the growing demand for order mixing, freight consolidation and shared truckload delivery to retail and foodservice distribution centers. Completion of the first phase is scheduled for late summer 2007.
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Register for updates on this new facility!
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Trend Toward Total Logistics Services May Leave Traditional Warehouse Operators Out in the Cold
Reprinted in part from the IARW Cold Facts; Jan/Feb 2007
With advanced supply chain systems now commonplace, manufacturers and retailers can have more visibility and control over their product flow than ever before. Information that once was gathered only during occasional inventory sessions is now available at a moment’s notice.
In an increasing number of cases, that situation has fundamentally transformed the relationship between public refrigerated warehouses and their customers.
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