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

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The deepening power crisis has already taken 900,000 tons of smelting capacity offline in North America and Europe. For instance, the recycling rate in California for cans made from aluminum has fallen to a mere 20% from 91% in 2016 and 73% in 2021. About 73% of the aluminum cans in the US come from recycled scrap.

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

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Goods move through 25 ports of entry into North America and 10 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The supply plan will include the procurement plan for their raw material supplies (Tier 2) needed for their finished goods suppliers (Tier 1). VF is also building a new distribution center in Ontario, California.

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Ford Motor Moves Deeper Into Supply Network Vertical Integration

Supply Chain Matters

A supply agreement starting in 2025 involves EnergySource Minerals and Compass Minerals , for lithium supply to be produced in California and Utah. Volkswagen’s recent announcement of plans to open a battery production facility in Canada to support North America production needs has some elements of such a strategy.

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E2open Acquires Steelwedge. Impact on Market?

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On a short trip to California I had dinner with the founder. The companies’ histories–both founded in 2000 and in California– have always been tightly woven. The focus was on automating procurement. It depends. Here is my analysis. A Look Back. Is Steelwedge a Tragic Hero of Supply Chain Cloud Technology?

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The Local Food Movement is right around the corner

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Throughout much of North America, food grown close to the large metropolitan areas is a summer/fall phenomenon. That stalk of celery you purchased for the stuffing in your holiday turkey has a 95% chance of being from California or Arizona and about 88% of eaters in North America do not live near the major production areas.

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Rivian Automotive Learns Another Important Supply Chain Focused Lesson

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and at corporate headquarters in Irvine, California. assembly plants and sales operations in North America and Europe. Noted is that during the Covid-19 pandemic, the start-up recruited engineers wherever they could be found and allowed them to work remotely. The result was engineering resources located across the U.S.

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New Developments Among Electric Vehicle Automotive Players

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At the end of June, the automaker initiated the separation of a reported 200 employees and the closing of its San Mateo, California, where the automaker’s advanced driver assistance Autopilot technology had been developed and supported. PowerCo will additionally locate a second cell factory in Valencia, Spain. Rivian Automotive.