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This Week in Logistics News (April 8 – 14)

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The chain has also purchased most of its paper-based packaging with fiber from responsibly managed forests and recycled sources. More than 70 percent of Toyota Motor Manufacturing , Alabama’s power will soon be generated by the sun. Today, Huntsville Utilities, Toyota Alabama and Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up

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based Alabama and Georgia production facilities. Labor Department indicating that warehouses and transportation companies employed 25,000 few workers in October than the year-earlier period. Hyundai Motor America announced this week that the automaker will raise certain U.S. factory workers an 11 percent pay increase this year.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] 5 More Supply Chain Trends To Watch Out for in 2016

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Then, as a treat, we have 10 more bonus supply chain trends for 2016 in the form of an infographic from irms 360 Enterprise, a Cloud Warehouse Management System. The use of reverse logistics provides a myriad of benefits to include: Reduced administrative, transportation and aftermarket support costs. Increased velocity.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 10 – 16)

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Amazon workers reject unionization in Alabama. In early March, ballots were sent out to nearly 6,000 workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama to vote on whether they wanted to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these.