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The 2022 Chicken Shortage: What the Cluck is Going On?

ToolsGroup

The United States Department of Agriculture said the price per pound on chicken wings is up by more than $3 vs last year. Some plant-based meat substitutes are lowering their prices to attract customers who don’t love chicken enough to justify the higher price tag. Prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs were up 10.5%

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Driving Sustainability in the Age of Supply Chain Disruption

Logistics Viewpoints

Business logistics costs as a percentage of GDP is currently 7-8% in United States. Informing the consumer of the impact of their choices and then providing options to combine shipments or delay till a weekend delivery – each of these tagged by environmental implications (e.g.

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Do Americans Really Want Splendid Isolation?

Enterra Insights

Even as political battlelines in the United States harden, the push for “Made in America” products is being made from both the right and left. In some cases, support for “Made in America” is more show than actual support.

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Innovation with Reverse Logistics (Part 1 of 2)”.

ModusLink Corporation

According to Xu (Xu-2011b), each product can be equipped with a tag to be associated with a unique identity and to be able to communicate with other devices. Deloitte United States. SRCS can manage flow times and information exchanges more effectively between logistical partners. XU – 201-1b). Jenkins, A. 2021, April 5).

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

From January 28 to February 4, a Chinese-operated high-altitude balloon was seen in North American airspace, including Alaska, western Canada, and the contiguous United States. A big story earlier this month was the reported Chinese spy balloon. On February 4, the U.S. Air Force shot down the balloon over U.S.

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Is Vertical Farming Falling Flat?

Enterra Insights

Nearly 20 percent of office space is empty across the United States, and some projections suggest that more than 300 million square feet of U.S. But indoor farming comes with a higher price tag. office space could be obsolete by 2030. But this innovation comes with higher upfront costs and a larger carbon footprint.”[4]

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Innovation with Reverse Logistics (Part 2 of 2)

ModusLink Corporation

Although these technologies can be expensive to be implemented and require much expertise, they offer possible solutions, especially with the use of RFID (Identification tags usable on products). The IoT is considered as the key that allows objects, such as RFID tags or sensors to communicate with each other and with humans.