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Achieve the Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chain Consumers Demand

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Local sourcing might seem more expensive, but local suppliers may be more flexible, require shorter lead times, and have lower transportation costs as well as a smaller carbon footprint. It’s predicted that AI can reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 4% by 2030, which is 2.4 billion tons of CO 2 emissions. .

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Tesla’s Audacious Growth Plans Unveiled Including New Production Plant

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Investor Event and Master Plan 3 Tesla conducted is annual investor event this week at its Austin, Texas facilities and unveiled “ Master Plan Part 3 ” which aims toward becoming the largest automaker by volume by 2030. billion investment in its existing Gigafactory complex located in Sparks, Nevada. million vehicles.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

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17 states stand by plan to electrify 30% of trucks and buses by 2030. A coalition of 17 states, as well as the District of Columbia and Canadian province of Quebec, plan to electrify 30 percent of new trucks and buses in their jurisdictions by 2030. Cargo begins clogging Port of Los Angeles amid railroad worker shortage.

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Supply Chain Innovation: The Next 15 Years

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RFID with temperature sensors to monitor transport and storage of vaccines and serums or temperature-sensitive foodstuffs. Transportation units will transmit data relating to speed, location, load status and other vital information telling shippers and customers a real-time story of asset performance and location. 3) Automation.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 4 – 10)

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The gauge brings together 27 variables that take the temperature of everything from cross-border transportation costs to country-level manufacturing data in the euro area, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the U.K. Maximum disruptions pushed the gauge to a peak of 4.31 in December 2021. and the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 28 – September 3)

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They will range from order fillers to freight handlers at the company’s more than 250 distribution centers, fulfillment centers, and transportation offices. Both facilities will be located in Southern Nevada. This was all part of the company’s plan toward making its business more sustainable and “climate positive” by 2030.