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This Week in Logistics News (October 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

The deal — which would fall short of a legally binding agreement — seeks to settle a dispute that started when President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on metals imports from Europe, citing risks to national security. The holdup makes it exceedingly difficult for businesses to manage supply chains, it said.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

For those unfamiliar with the metaverse, it is the emerging 3-D-enabled digital space that uses virtual reality, augmented reality, and other advanced internet and semiconductor technology to allow people to have lifelike personal and business experiences online. This will certainly be an interesting trend to watch.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

From January 28 to February 4, a Chinese-operated high-altitude balloon was seen in North American airspace, including Alaska, western Canada, and the contiguous United States. aims to block from obtaining American high technology. A big story earlier this month was the reported Chinese spy balloon. On February 4, the U.S.

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Cyberattacks: The Ever-Present Threat to Transportation Management Software

GTG Technology Group

Cyberattacks a Transportation Management Software Suite Might Face. Today, the preferred tool of attack is the cyberattack. Transportation management software must be designed to withstand this kind of attack, an ever-changing, ever-present threat that forces companies to keep their software updated and protected.

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Boeing’s Financial Performance- External Pressures Increase

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of Boeing ’s latest report of 2023 financial performance along with added and growing implications from the latest 737 MAX 9 aircraft door plug blowout incident. Latest Financial Performance Report U.S. The report further quotes a U.S.

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Doing Business in the United States

QAD

The last two states added were Alaska and Hawaii in 1959. The climate is mostly temperate, but Alaska is arctic, Florida and Hawaii are tropical, and the Great Plains are mostly arid or semi-arid. Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. In addition, security against terrorism is a high priority as the U.S.