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This Week n Logistics News (February 24 – March 1)

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Walmart said its suppliers have removed 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse-gas emissions from their value chains, six years ahead of the target date. The Federal Maritime Commission released a new rule on detention and demurrage billing practices as part of its compliance with the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022.

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Mitigate Supplier Risk with QAD SRM

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For example, Hyundai recently found a supplier utilizing child labor in the state of Alabama. As Gartner states in the Market Guide for Supplier Risk Management Solutions published in May 2022: “The software market to address supplier risk remains highly fragmented, leaving companies with almost too many options.”.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 8 – 14)

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More than 70 percent of Toyota Motor Manufacturing , Alabama’s power will soon be generated by the sun. Today, Huntsville Utilities, Toyota Alabama and Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. It is expected to generate 62,000 megawatt hours annually – reducing approximately 22,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions per year. Employment at U.S.