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Winter Storm Alert: Ice Storms in the Making Across the US

GlobalTranz

A severe ice storm is causing significant disruption from Texas to Virginia, with Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and parts of Missouri and Illinois expected to face this storm system's most substantial impact. Source: NOAA. CNN reports that an estimated 6.5

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Casey’s General Stores Supply Chain Team Contributes to Strong Financial Results

Logistics Viewpoints

Whereas many of their competitors’ source from wholesalers like McLane or Core-Mark, Casey’s supplies their stores with groceries, food, health and beauty aids, and general merchandise from the distribution centers (DCs). This team is tasked with employing strategic sourcing tactics and leveraging the company’s scale and to drive savings.

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Achieving Significant Transportation Savings through Improved Demand Forecasting

Logistics Viewpoints

The bulk business also involves filling the tanks of businesses that use propane as an energy source. Moving to less frequent shipments was a source of concern for some of the smaller customers. “We Bulk gas for commercial customers involves deliveries to segments like oilfield services and agricultural customers.

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Thanksgiving 2018

Enterra Insights

At the original Thanksgiving feast, the pickings were much slimmer and all ingredients were sourced locally. 1] She note there are only two known historical sources describing the three-day long feast shared by the Pilgrims and Wampanoag natives at Plymouth Colony in 1621. Most of those turkeys are raised in 14 states.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

The railroad serves the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, and other states, according to a map on its investor website. Canadian Pacific covers much of the US Midwest and is a large shipper of potash and fertilizer for agriculture. It also carries grain from the U.S. That’s all for this week.

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Labor Strike Underway Targeting Three US Automakers

Supply Chain Matters

Walkouts have also occurred at a Missouri assembly plant producing popular GM pick-up trucks, and an assembly plant producing the branded Jeep Wrangler SUV. Today, Chinese EV automakers and suppliers have notable cost advantages in materials sourcing, production and labor costs. Thus, some U.S. production needs and capabilities.

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Labor Strike Targeting Three U.S. Automakers- Update Four

Supply Chain Matters

Initially, 12,700 workers walked off their assigned shifts at the Ford Motor vehicle assembly plant that produces the Bronco SUV , a GM Missouri assembly plant producing popular pick-up trucks, and the Stellantis assembly plant producing the branded Jeep Wrangler SUV.