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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-up- February 13, 2023

Supply Chain Matters

West Coast ports, and data related to increased adoption of robotics for North America production needs. While the current agreement does not expire until the end of September 2024,both parties have authorized local teams to meet staring in December to discuss local issues. All rights reserved.

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Trends and Predictions 2020: Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Supply chains will be able to procure, source, manufacture and handle logistics across a broad array of players including small to medium businesses. ” David Barton, ToolsGroup General Manager for North America, predicts, “Algorithmic supply chain planning will go mainstream.”[3] ” Prediction 4.

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Teamsters Labor Union Ratifies UPS Labor Agreement

Supply Chain Matters

This agreement has been characterized by The Wall Street Journal as being the largest collective bargaining agreement involving a private employer in North America. Dockworkers, truckers, rail and warehouse workers in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. economy and for industry supply chains.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Interest in Canadian commodities demonstrates how the war in Ukraine is affecting global trade flow: Producers of Canadian oil and natural gas could raise production by 300,000 barrels a day, while Cameco (the country’s largest producer of uranium) has announced increased output at a northern Saskatchewan mine by 10 million pounds by 2024.

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Tentative Deal Reached in UPS Labor Contract

Supply Chain Matters

This contract is characterized as the single largest private-sector collective bargaining agreement in North America. Our view is that that implication was already evident when Amazon elected to increase compensation to warehouse workers in order to retain more workers during the height of online commerce volumes.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 28 – February 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

The startup procured $400 million in a Series E financing round, led by One Madison Group and JS Capitol , that includes Walmart and existing investing partner SoftBank Vision Fund 1 in January 2022. Moller – Maersk is turning to flying drones to manage inventory counts in its warehouse network, the Danish firm said.