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Boeing’s Production Quality Crisis Significantly Escalates

Supply Chain Matters

The center fuselage and other structural components for the wide body Airbus 350 are produced at Spirit’s facilities in North Carolina and in Prestwick, Scotland. While all of this unfolds, the industry must concurrently deal with aircraft orders that extend to 2030 delivery windows. All rights reserved.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2016 : robot pickers, bridge-inspecting drones, autonomous freight shuttles, and more. The retail giant plans to take out 50 million metric tons (MMT) by 2030, which is equivalent to the emissions associated with the average annual electricity consumption of 40 million Chinese households.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 25 – July 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

US port backups are extending into freight rail supply chains. Cardinal Health started air delivery of pharmaceutical products and medical supplies via Zipline drone in North Carolina. To that end, the company agreed to halve its CO2 emissions by 2030 and be net-zero by 2050. The congestion has led BNSF Railway Co.,

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Apple – carbon

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Needleman reports, in a plan aimed at having every Apple device by 2030 to be produced with no net release of carbon into the atmosphere. Amazon now expects to need twice as many workers at a North Carolina fulfillment center than earlier anticipated. Nikkei Asian Review). Charlotte News & Observer). Patriot-News).