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Juneteenth National Independence Day 2022

Enterra Insights

Journalist Reid Wilson reports, “Florida adopted a Juneteenth holiday in 1991, Oklahoma in 1994 and Minnesota in 1996. Thirty-one states adopted the holiday between 2000 and 2009, and another 13 did so in the decade that followed.”[2]. ”[2]. Modern Slavery in the Supply Chain. ”[3] Easier said than done.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 3-7, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Of course, this makes sense for logistics service providers like Ryder, but a similar opportunity exists for manufacturers and retailers. Walmart says this is the first example of a carbon-fiber trailer ever produced, and that its 53-foot side panels are the first single pieces of carbon fiber that large that have ever manufactured.