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Applying ESG Principles in Ethical Supply Chain Finance

Taulia

The sustainability of supply chains has become increasingly important to businesses in recent years, as consumers become more concerned with the environmental and social impact of their buying choices. Here’s everything you need to know about ESG principles and how they’re changing what an ethical supply chain can be.

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Selling in Tough Times with Nick Strober and Melanie Flores

The Logistics of Logistics

Since 2014, Lean has worked with over 500 satisfied U.S.-based She started up Corning’s optical fiber factory in the Charlotte, NC area, founded a popular kindergarten engineering design workshop based on a famous MIT course, and led the STEM coaching team serving 48 Easter Seals teachers across metro Atlanta.

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2 Signs That the Freight Recession Really Is Over

DAT Solutions

Last week, the national load-to-truck ratio for vans was the highest it's been since March 2014. That was back when demand for trucks skyrocketed because extreme winter weather caused massive disruption to supply chains. The biggest spike was on the lane from Charlotte to Buffalo , which jumped up 44¢ to an average of $2.74/mile.

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Will sub-zero temps stall trucking operations?

DAT Solutions

During the "snowpocalypse" winter of 2014, a series of snowstorms extended across two-thirds of the continental U.S. Areas of the Midwest and Northeast were buried for weeks, and even the Southeast got hit with snow and ice, including places like Birmingham, Atlanta, Nashville and Charlotte.

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Toyota Consolidating Operations in Texas

Operations and Supply Chain Management

WSJ – Updated April 28, 2014 6:37 p.m. Toyota narrowed its preferred locations to Denver, Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C., What are the major risks to Toyota associated with this decision? Texas to Pay $10,000 for Each Toyota Job. State Incentive Helps Land Car Maker’s North American Headquarters. A Golden State goodbye.

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An Economic Primer and Forecast from Professor Mike Walden

NC State SCRC

Prices went up again until 2014, and then dropped again due to hydraulic fracturing technology, which allowed drillers to find oil in new places that were unattainable previously. If you are in a Charlotte or Raleigh, or a metro area, the economy is much better. Most economists believe both numbers will continue to be low.