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This Week in Logistics News (January 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

Nick Saban shook the college football world when he announced his retirement from Alabama. In all, Saban led Alabama to 6 national titles in a 17-year coaching career at the university. inflation first began to heat up in 2021, it was written off by many economists as largely a temporary thing.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Jan. 21, 2021

Supply Chain Digest

Amazon FC in Alabama Might Vote to Unionize, US Truckload Rates Headed back Up, US Manufacturing Continues Slow Recovery, Rolled Ocean Containers Hit Record High

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- October 10 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Chicago based Loop was founded in 2021 when many businesses struggled with added logistics disruption brought about be the Covid-19 global pandemic. with more than 75 locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina , and South Carolina. Morgan Growth Equity Partners and Index Ventures.

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Mitigate Supplier Risk with QAD SRM

QAD

The COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Suez Canal obstruction, natural disasters, wars, scarcity of semiconductors, the energy crisis in Europe…are all examples showcasing the need to better manage and monitor your supplier base. For example, Hyundai recently found a supplier utilizing child labor in the state of Alabama.

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Prediction- Added Labor Activism Among Industry Supply Chains

Supply Chain Matters

According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal , that level of worker labor activism was nearly eight times the number of workers involved in 2021. plant in Montgomery, Alabama , have signed union cards. The milestone marks the first non-union auto plant to publicly announce majority support. based production facilities.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up

Supply Chain Matters

based Alabama and Georgia production facilities. The report observes that in 2021-2022, the largest carriers amassed net income levels totaling $364 billion. Hyundai Motor America announced this week that the automaker will raise certain U.S. production worker hourly wages starting in January 2024.

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The 2021 Hurricane Season Will Impact Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

The tragic, fiery, multi-vehicle crash on a storm-slicked highway in southern Alabama over the weekend reminds us how disruptive and destructive the hurricane season can be. 1] John Schwartz, “ Scientists Predict an ‘Above Normal’ Atlantic Hurricane Season ,” The New York Times, 20 May 2021. [2] ” Footnotes. [1]