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PepsiCo’s Massive, Complex, and Difficult Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Logistics Viewpoints

294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021. But in North America, distribution is predominately through their company-owned fleet. There are continuing efforts to reduce the weight of their tractor and trailers in North America. The new contract with ADM is a 7.5-year

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Intermodal Performance in March 2021

Freight Plus

March 2021 - Transportation Market Report. The big news coming out of intermodal in March was the acquisition of Kansas City Southern by Canadian Pacific. Barring approval from the STB (Surface Transportation Board), this will create a rail network that encompasses all of North America.

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Trends 2019: Food

Enterra Insights

Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center (FAPC) predict, “From tried-and-true barbecue sauces and flavorful potato recipes with a twist, food developers are becoming inspired by Kansas City barbecue, Southern Appalachian pimento cheese, Made in Oklahoma salsas and other areas from sea to shining sea. ”[2]. ”[4]. .

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Tomorrow’s Workforce must Embrace Training and Re-skilling

Enterra Insights

Shelly Hagan ( @shellykhagan ) reports, “Men in their prime working years have left the labor force at an astonishing rate and they may never return if the state of the U.S. Some prime age workers, feeling they have no place in this new technology-based world, have simply dropped out of the workforce. job market holds.”[1]

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Is More Innovation in Education Required?

Enterra Insights

Earlier this year, Linda Brown, the Kansas school girl at the center of the 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. A few year ago Valerie Strauss ( @valeriestrauss ), an education writer, discussed a report released by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) claiming to measure innovation in education.[3]

Education 100
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This Week in Logistics News (March 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Dublin-based Evocco lets you track, improve, and offset the climate impact of your food purchases based on your receipt. Reports suggest it could be weeks before the ship is moved. But for consumers, it is often difficult to measure the climate impact of what we eat. Well, I just read about an Irish start-up that can help.