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Volkswagen Selects Canada for North America Battery Production

Supply Chain Matters

The global automaker has previously indicated a strategy to establish regionally based EV supply networks to support the major markets of Europe , China , and North America. Inflation Reduction Act , which fosters consumer incentives to purchase EV vehicles if 50 percent of major battery components are produced in North America.

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The North American Battery Supply Chain is Getting Amped Up!

QAD

Recently, I attended a dinner outside of Detroit hosted by QAD, the Korean Battery Industry Association and NAATBatt (an organization dedicated to the development and commercialization of advanced battery manufacturing in North America). The incentives are tied in part to the assembly and sourcing of materials from North America.

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

Goods move through 25 ports of entry into North America and 10 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. They are looking to take their global end-to-end demand for both wholesale and retail operations, flow that into the o9 solution, and then build one demand plan across their entire supply base. “We

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Sustainable procurement: Everything You Need to Know

Precoro

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

The security situation — which is even more precarious in the near term due to coalition air strikes in Yemen — has already driven spot container freight rates much higher. Uber purchased Drizly in a cash-and-stock deal back in 2021. To resolve these allegations, Drizly later agreed to tighten security and limit data collection.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 28 – February 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

The company’s purchases continue to add new wind and solar projects on the grids that power operations, including Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers, Amazon fulfillment centers, and physical stores around the world. announced it had secured its largest investment to date. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Three Key Factors Purchasing Teams Should Consider for 2018 Risk Management Strategy

EcoVadis

If we are to believe the supply chain predictions for 2018 , there will be plenty to keep purchasing and supply chain managers awake at night. This is causing many purchasing teams to feel renewed urgency to take action on establishing or expanding a supplier assessment programs. There are two elements to this: Change management.