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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2015

Talking Logistics

In my opinion, the best source of practical knowledge and advice are your peers — that is, executives just like you who have already met and overcome the same challenges and opportunities you face today. Logistics Summit & Expo , March 18-19, 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico. Happy learning and networking in 2015!

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More Electric Vehicle Supply Network Moves

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides another update on ongoing strategic sourcing and operational developments occurring among electric vehicle focused supply and production networks. Founded in 2015, Ascend currently operates a facility in Georgia , and aims to build another recycling facility in Kentucky.

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Bomb Cyclone Hits East Coast

Elementum

With freezing temperatures hitting as low as negative 18 degrees Fahrenheit and snowfall projected to reach up to 12 inches , Georgia , North Carolina , and Virginia have preemptively declared states of emergency. Temperatures are expected to continue dropping until the weekend.

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Insights from Ryder Innovate 2014

Talking Logistics

Walmart Supply Chain and Transportation Trends for 2015. Source: “Sustainability and Green Initiatives in Transportation & Logistics,” Jason Mathers, EDF, Ryder Innovate 2014. Source: “Advances & Best Practices in Supply Chain Design,” Toby Brzoznowski, LLamasoft, Ryder Innovate 2014.

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Will the Circular Economy Ever Go Mainstream?

Enterra Insights

Georgia Wilson, a supply chain journalist, notes, “A circular economy is an economic model that encourages continuous reuse of materials to minimize waste, as well as driving demand for natural resource consumption.”[6] Producing using renewable energy sources such as Solar Power reinforces a self-sustaining production process.”

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Which States are Making the Grade in Logistics?

Material Handling & Logistics

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Supply Chain Risk Management: Could You Face a Category 4 Supply Chain Disaster?

Kinaxis

In 2015, the Port of Savannah moved 8.2% Lowe’s also had distribution centers in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina with extra supplies ready and waiting. Going up the coast in Jacksonville, FL, there is a huge port that receives the second-most automobiles in the US along with all types of cargo. of total U.S.