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More Electric Vehicle Supply Network Moves

Supply Chain Matters

In prior Supply Chain Matters updates, we called reader attention to General Motors efforts to lock-in supply needs up to 2025 , battery designer and supplier Panasonic’s announcement for an augmented U.S. Founded in 2015, Ascend currently operates a facility in Georgia , and aims to build another recycling facility in Kentucky.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

The speed of the box’s throughput enables orders to be packaged, labeled and ready to ship in 30 minutes. The company reiterated that it is expecting to make more than $4 billion in cost reductions by the end of fiscal 2025. In addition to the three warehouses in California, it operates two facilities in New Jersey and one in Georgia.

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FedEx Announces New March 2022 International Shipping Surcharges

Intelligent Audit

According to eMarketer , global e-commerce retail sales will rise to $5.542 trillion this year and surpass $7.391 trillion by 2025. It’s impossible to paint the new international shipping surcharges with the broad strokes of the past, and shippers need to know exactly what to expect and what countries are affected. EUR to 0.60