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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

Last year’s negotiations took place as dozens of container ships were backed up off the coast of California waiting to unload cargo. We are taking aggressive steps to meet a new set of challenges for the new year,” said Mario Cordero, executive director of the Southern California port, in a news release. “I

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Why Packaging Matters with Phillip Akhzar

The Logistics of Logistics

Phil began his professional career at Boeing Aerospace. Phil is a San Francisco native, who earned an Industrial Engineering degree from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo. Prior to starting Arka, Phillip founded and successfully exited a few startups.

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Happening Now: a Lean transformation in action

West Coast and California Logistics

The article focuses on the Lean transformation recently undertaken by aerospace manufacturer, Re:Build Cutting Dynamics – a transformation which has already yielded impressive results. A recent article from Supply Chain Digest was written in conjunction with the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI).

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PFAS Lawsuits and Legislation: Supply Chain Impact

Resilinc

According to the California Water Boards , PFAS are a group of approximately 12,000 synthetic chemicals that are used for numerous industrial and commercial processes. The main industries that use AFFF products include defense, petrochemical, and aerospace. What Are PFAS and Why Are They Dangerous? Conagra Brands, Inc.,

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

This small island is currently in the middle of political tensions between the US and China and represents 90% of the most sophisticated chips, such as those based on gallium nitride and gallium arsenide, which are used in the defense and aerospace sector. in 2020 to 25.6 % in 2021, reaching a market size of $553 billion.

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7 Supply Chain Cost Saving Ideas from SpaceX

Supply Chain Opz

So we have spent lots of time digging into many discussion threads on Quora where some of the aerospace experts and current/previous employees of SpaceX make the comments. Another reason is that custom parts by aerospace suppliers are super expensive and it takes years to develop. The results are pretty interesting.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This small island is currently in the middle of political tensions between the US and China and represents 90% of the most sophisticated chips, such as those based on gallium nitride and gallium arsenide, which are used in the defense and aerospace sector. in 2020 to 25.6 % in 2021, reaching a market size of $553 billion.