On Friday, Ohio Governor John Kasich, along with Jobs Ohio managing director Kristi Tanner and Fuyao chairman Cao Dewang, announced that the Chinese auto parts maker plans to purchase about one million square feet of the old General Motors plant in Moraine, Ohio. The new plant is expected to bring about 800 new jobs to…
Hitachi Consulting is a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd, and operates the global IT services and management consulting services for the company’s clients. Recently, Hitachi Consulting conduced a survey of companies operating in nine different countries around Europe. The survey identified a serious disconnect between the upper management of these companies and the workers who are in charge…
As Congress resumes sessions in Washington for the New Year, the American Trucking Association issued a press release on Wednesday asking lawmakers to move forward on many of the unaddressed issues that still plague the transportation industry. Some of the requests revolve around completing tasks already underway, and others bring up other longstanding issues, which Congress has…
Trucking associations and carrier companies have consistently fought the new truckers’ hours of service regulations implemented last June by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration. These regulations cut the number of hours truckers are able to work, thereby further limiting the ability of carriers to transport all of their loads in…
Over the past 30 years, U.S. manufacturing has undergone a tremendous loss because jobs were outsourced or moved overseas, where labor was cheap and readily available. However, the new resurgence in U.S. manufacturing is underway, as labor costs in the States becomes competitive with other parts of the world and the energy revolution allowed by newly developed…
The massive polar vortex, which has brought temperatures of below zero degrees Fahrenheit to regions stretching from Canada through the Deep South, is causing the earliest freeze of the shipping lanes in the Great Lakes since the 1930’s. Since freightliners are unable to break through these massive bodies of ice on their own, the Coast Guard…
Just as consumers are clamoring for the latest and greatest in industries such as technology, automobiles, home appliances, and electronics, they are also looking for newer and more interesting things to eat. In order to predict what’s going to be hot (and what’s not) for this year, the National Restaurant Association conducted a survey of…
For years, the U.S. military has operated drone aircraft in countries such as Afghanistan and Pakistan for the purpose of seeking out and eliminating terrorists in these countries. As of now, operating unmanned aircraft on U.S. soil is prohibited except under strict circumstances, primarily because these craft could potentially crash any of the 70,000 manned…
The spot freight market, freight that needs to be delivered but falls outside a regular contract, is showing strong signs of growth as the year 2013 draws to a close. Though the overall numbers were down slightly from the month of October, November had fewer work days. If the growth is adjusted for the same…
In an attempt to make the supply chains for those bidding on certain projects with the Department of Defense more secure, the Department has issued a new rule. The rule, howeverm, makes it completely unclear what bidders are expected to do, and if a bidder is found to be lacking in regards to supply chain security, they…