Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2023

The vehicle will make its inaugural trip from Indiana to California, where it will be featured at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo. Huawei was placed on the Entity List, a US trade blacklist, in 2019 to reduce the sale of US goods to the company amid national security and foreign policy concerns.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 29, 2023

In 2021, Tesla acquitted a former JC Penny distribution center located in Lathrop, California for the initial production of megapacks. Additional Perspective The trade relationships and supply network specific protectionist policies among China and U.S. Reportedly, the megapack to be produced in Shanghai can store 3.9 MWh of energy.

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EcoVadis

JANUARY 3, 2012

The Act was originally adopted by the State of California in 2010 and it requires impacted companies to disclose their efforts, if any, to ensure their direct supply chains are free from slave labor and human trafficking. Such modern slavery dilemmas are exactly what the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act aims to elude.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

The projected mineral supply until the end of the 2020s is in line with the demand for EV batteries in the ‘stated policies scenario’ of the IEA’s world energy model. A good chunk of these is found in California, home to 41,300 private and public power outlets. Contrast this with China which has built out 800,000 across the country.

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SupplyShift

JANUARY 7, 2022

Both domestically and abroad, 2021’s labor shortages in logistics, manufacturing, and service jobs prove to be an ongoing issue. Before you start to collect detailed performance data, it’s a good idea to double-check that all of your stakeholders are aligned and your company policy clearly outlines forced labor policies.

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USC Consulting Group

DECEMBER 3, 2019

They happen every year in California and throughout much of the Pacific Northwest: wildfires. “For the ninth consecutive year, California experienced the highest number of power failures.” ” For the ninth consecutive year, California experienced the highest number of power failures.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

You can’t, like a manufacturing line, restart the process once disruptive activities have passed. ” • Avoid Foolish Trade Policies. 3] Karen Michele Nikos-Rose, “ Global Food Supply-Chain Issues Call for Solutions ,” University of California Davis News, 27 June 2022. [4]

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 29, 2023

” Stevens suggests a robust security strategy should include: 1) Incident Response Planning; 2) Data Encryption; 3) Need-to-Know Policies; 4) In-depth Risk Assessment; and, 5) Extensive Cybersecurity Training. ”[6] Recent events in Hawaii and California should be evidence enough that climate change is having an impact.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Now, moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon won a patent for an on-demand clothing manufacturing warehouse (Recode). Apple Gets Permit to Test Self-Driving Cars in California (New York Times). Cyber Insurance Becomes a Must for More Manufacturers (WSJ – sub. Source: Amazon patent.

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

ShipBob can only fulfill orders for CBD products from our US fulfillment centers that meet the following criteria: Products are manufactured by a US-based company. California, Florida, and New York are leaders in the CBD market within the United States. California, for example, requires businesses to comply with Assembly Bill No.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Today, there are 8 states in the country, including Nevada, California, Michigan, Florida, North Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and Arizona that are allowing the testing of self-driving vehicles on certain roadways.”. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued federal policy for the safe testing and deployment of automated vehicles.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

How will the policy be executed? Today, there is not a well-defined template on how to build and operate a supply chain defined by customer policy and segmentation strategy. SanDisk Corporation designs, develops and manufactures flash memory storage devices and software. How do they buy from you? Why does it matter to you?

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Transparency, on the other hand, involves moral and ethical dimensions of activities associated with sourcing and manufacturing. Rootstock analysts explain, “Manufacturing supply chains need transparency throughout the process to avoid bad press outcomes from failures in the chain.” Footnotes. [1] Footnotes. [1]

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SupplyShift

JANUARY 7, 2022

Both domestically and abroad, 2021’s labor shortages in logistics, manufacturing, and service jobs prove to be an ongoing issue. Before you start to collect detailed performance data, it’s a good idea to double-check that all of your stakeholders are aligned and your company policy clearly outlines forced labor policies.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 11, 2015

And Whirlpool’s supply chain embodies its brand value of innovation with Six Sigma accuracy and cutting-edge manufacturing processes. The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act went into effect in 2012, applying to all retailers and manufacturers with annual global revenues of more than $100m doing business in California.

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RFgen

JULY 21, 2016

As Footwear News explained, California’s bisphenol A restrictions are cause for concern for many brands, as this causes the need for adjustments in the manufacturing process. BPA has been linked to heart disease, diabetes and cancer, and now states are creating stricter policies, including California.

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RFgen

JULY 21, 2016

As Footwear News explained, California’s bisphenol A restrictions are cause for concern for many brands, as this causes the need for adjustments in the manufacturing process. BPA has been linked to heart disease, diabetes and cancer, and now states are creating stricter policies, including California.

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SupplyShift

MAY 17, 2021

In light of an increasingly strained global ecosystem, corporations, governments, and environmental scientists have revamped the drive for sustainability, honing in on the benefits of eco-friendly manufacturing, product design, and logistics. Draft a supplier and customer-facing sustainability policy.

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SupplyShift

MAY 17, 2021

In light of an increasingly strained global ecosystem, corporations, governments, and environmental scientists have revamped the drive for sustainability, honing in on the benefits of eco-friendly manufacturing, product design, and logistics. Draft a supplier and customer-facing sustainability policy.

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USC Consulting Group

AUGUST 11, 2020

The novel coronavirus has produced a lot of uncertainty, and for manufacturers in the pulp and paper industry, that includes uncertainty related to demand. Indeed, numerous retailers have implemented policies that require customers to wear them, including Target, Best Buy, Walmart, and Costco. and worldwide. Paper use up dramatically.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 24, 2023

Shippers Worry as COVID-19 Places Pressure on Chinese Manufacturing In late 2022, Chinese officials decided to pull a U-turn on their “zero-COVID” strategy. A short while later, and shippers are beginning to worry about the effect of the Chinese government’s sudden policy shift. 19 and Dec. TEU entering the nation’s ports, an 11.5%

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Elementum

MAY 23, 2018

Many companies have in place zero-tolerance policies , which ban the use of overseas manufacturers that skirt labor laws. Between April and July of 2016, the Department of Labor reported wage violations at 85 percent of 77 independent factories operating in Southern California. Labor Violations Hit Close to Home.

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Elementum

MAY 23, 2018

Many companies have in place zero-tolerance policies , which ban the use of overseas manufacturers that skirt labor laws. Between April and July of 2016, the Department of Labor reported wage violations at 85 percent of 77 independent factories operating in Southern California. Labor Violations Hit Close to Home.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 6, 2015

While US manufacturing has been hit hard by nearly two decades of policy failures that have damaged its international competitiveness, it remains a vital part of the U.S. The US manufacturing sector employed 12 million workers in 2013, or about 8.8 On average, non-college-educated workers in manufacturing made 10.9

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Pandemic demand for goods, and the shifts from a service economy, increased volume in southern California ports where 40% of ocean carriers unload for entry into the United States. The landlocked ports of Southern California are especially problematic. The California landlocked ports struggled with unloading the larger ships.

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Material Handling & Logistics

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

For companies in manufacturing, this means being able to affirmatively say that your suppliers of raw materials, parts, and equipment are not using any forced labor. This article serves as a best practices guide for manufacturing companies looking to unshackle themselves from the chains of modern slavery. Manufacturers in the U.S.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 26, 2015

Editor's Note : In this guest blog post from Adams Nager, of ITIF (Information Technology & Innovation Foundation) , he stresses the importance of fostering innovation and spurring competitiveness of American Manufacturing by focusing on more R&D from both the public and private sectors. The rest is history. Unless the U.S.

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Supply Chains Rock

JUNE 2, 2010

Earlier this week the All Things Digital 8 Conference was held in California and to no surprise Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple was on the agenda. Manufacturing Central. Public Policy & Sustainability Blog. Subscribe To. Wednesday, June 02, 2010. Steve Jobs on FoxConn. Industrial Interface. Latin American Logistics. SCM Lowdown.

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Supply Chains Rock

JANUARY 26, 2011

Hyundai Forklift of Southern California. Manufacturing Central. Public Policy & Sustainability Blog. Christopher Sciacca. 3 comments: Stephane. brussels with its magnificent "atomium" (which has just been renovated). great old timer pic chris ! : ). Now that's an old forklift. Wow.that was huge back in the day.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Track public policy development on Pew Research Center At Pew Research Center, you can browse the report related to public policy published since 1983. Studying about lean manufacturing and can't find free VSM software? The good point of this database is that it visualizes data for you so you can understand more quickly.

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Requis

MARCH 23, 2021

This is how I learned about the concept of “retained carbon”, or embodied carbon, which is essentially the carbon that is used in the extraction and manufacture of materials used in a project. Now it is becoming a regulatory policy around the world. And this is a significant amount. It’s a huge and significant percentage.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 7, 2015

Can you aspire to have end-to-end supply chain visibility, which is what every manufacturer and retailer wants in order to become more agile and responsive, without also accepting end-to-end responsibility? Companies are also making similar efforts to eliminate slave labor from their supply chains. Not an easy task, but a necessary one.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Manufacturers and their supply chains have sustained crushing blows over the last 18 months, from the Suez Canal blockage to today’s port bottlenecks in Southern California and shipping delays in China. How do manufacturers deal with industry disruptors as they rear their ugly heads? Source: Xinde Marine News.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2023

according to the report, which was released Thursday by the Environment California Research & Policy Center and the Frontier Group. terawatt-hours of solar electricity annually — with the greatest potential in California, Florida, Illinois, Texas and Georgia, per the report. Generating the full 185.6

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2023

A few weeks ago I wrote that Little Brown Bakers, the manufacturer behind Girl Scout Cookies , is warning of unforeseen supply issues that will be impacting both manufacturing and distribution of its treats. In addition to the three warehouses in California, it operates two facilities in New Jersey and one in Georgia.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 22, 2022

policymakers viewed climate policy as economic policy.[5]. Nahm and Urpelainen note, “China currently dominates global manufacturing. 5] Jonas Nahm and Johannes Urpelainen, “ The US should treat climate policy as economic policy ,” The Brookings Institution, 12 April 2022. [6]

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Pandemic demand for goods, and the shifts from a service economy, drove the increase in southern California ports where 40% of ocean carriers unload for entry into the United States. Returning containers is an ongoing issue resulting in some manufacturers investigating a return to break-bulk shipping (container free).

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