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Editor’s Choice: Aluminum Can Shortage Defines a New Normal for Food Packaging

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This shortage is the culmination of various ongoing issues – geopolitical tensions related to the Russia-Ukraine war, the rapid shift in consumer buying behavior and container freight availability. The deepening power crisis has already taken 900,000 tons of smelting capacity offline in North America and Europe.

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Rivian Automotive Learns Another Important Supply Chain Focused Lesson

Supply Chain Matters

and at corporate headquarters in Irvine, California. assembly plants and sales operations in North America and Europe. Similar to Tesla’s 2018 escapades, including having to on one occasion, the need to air freight an entire automotive production assembly line from Germany to the U.S.

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Ryder Places First Medium-Duty Electric Vehicle Order with Chanje Energy and Begins to Roll Out Charging Stations

Supply Chain Network

(NYSE: R), a leader in commercial fleet management , dedicated transportation , and supply chain solutions , announced today it has started to take delivery of 125 medium-duty electric panel vans, the first of their kind in North America, now available for lease or rent. About Chanje.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 2 – 8)

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FedEx Express is teaming up with California Bay Area-based Elroy Air, the company building the first end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial cargo system. At the same time, the number of suppliers in China that received procurement bids declined by 9 percent in 2021.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

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Bed Bath & Beyond @BedBathBeyond Bed Bath & Beyond has discovered a way to save millions of dollars on freight over the next few years, thanks to a new 755,000 square-foot distribution facility slated to open in the fall of 2019. In 2016, the company increased its EBIT in the Americas by 40%, with continued growth.