Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2024

Walmart Canada is piloting an automated receiving solution. These plants produce various food products, and these new projects’ technologies can be replicated across a wide range of food and beverage manufacturers. In addition to stopping fake products from getting into the U.S.,

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Border controls, China’s zero-covid policy and global shipping costs and energy prices is putting increasing pressure on supply chains throughout the Asia Pacific region. Manufacturing Network Diversification. The Age of Agility: Building Resilience in the Supply Chain. Inventory and Capacity Buffers.

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Resilinc

APRIL 4, 2023

The most extreme sanctions have impacted supply and manufacturing capabilities across the Energy, Aerospace, Transportation, Chemicals, Metals, and Automotive industries. These sanctions include one of Russia’s largest arms manufactures, a submarine developer, an aviation company, a missel designer, and infantry fighting vehicle.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Together with its strategic partner Optis Consulting, Ivalua’s solution has digitally enabled FCL’s policies and processes for core procurement activities, including sourcing and contract management. The project has been delivered in partnership with Optis Consulting, a leading Source-to-Pay consultancy.

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3PL Insights

JUNE 30, 2020

On July 1, 2020 the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will replace North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The new trade agreement updates policies to account for new technology and changes in the economy. What does this mean for trade and manufacturing in North America? Canada, or Mexico must have 62.5%

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 16, 2021

The review focused on four specific supply chain areas: “semiconductor manufacturing and advanced packaging; large capacity batteries, like those for electric vehicles; critical minerals and materials; and pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).”[1] 100-Day Report Findings. supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Reports had indicated that that the government of Canada agreed to subsidies of upwards of C$13 billion over a ten year period in order to land this investment. A further consideration was proximity to key raw materials including minerals, lithium, nickel and cobalt which Canada ’s mining sectors can provide.

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Resilinc

MAY 4, 2021

Here’s how and why it works: Mexico and Canada already rank as the United States’ second- and third-largest trading partners: Mexico provided 13.9% and Canada 11.6% With the right vision, the right federal and corporate policies, and extensive cooperation across borders, the United States’ Pan American trade could grow dramatically.

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Resilinc

APRIL 19, 2022

The International Energy Agency recently estimated that demand for these five minerals and rare earth elements will grow ten times by 2040 in a baseline scenario based on current government policies—and by 30 times in a scenario with more aggressive policies. manufacturers decided to source REEs from foreign countries.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 29, 2020

China has recently implemented three key policies that relate to PPE exporting. Policy 5 requires all medical supplies to meet quality standards of the importing countries, this policy also separated out the process for medical-grade and non-medical-use devices. and Canada customs best practices.

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Resilinc

APRIL 27, 2021

government must retool supply chains to reduce national security vulnerabilities that stem from China’s dominance in mining and manufacturing. There are high risks in depending so heavily on East Asian manufacturers, even if they are close U.S. Canada has about 13 of the 34 top minerals in significant quantities,” he said.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

became more dependent on foreign manufacturers for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). The Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association have blamed this on a “race to the bottom” mentality that drove manufacturing to low-cost countries such as India and China, which are now the largest global suppliers of APIs.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

It got me thinking about where the masks were manufactured and was there a problem with that Supply Chain. It seems that mosts stores, businesses and schools have a policy that requires masks to enter their establishments (whether people comply or not). Most of the medical masks in the world are manufactured in China, not surprisingly.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The report quotes Mohammed Chahim, the lead negotiator of the European Parliament for this legislation as indicating that: “ It is one of the only mechanisms we have to incentivize our trading partners to decarbonize their manufacturing industry.”. To little surprise, countries such as China have already criticized this legislation.

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Freightera

MARCH 1, 2022

“It’s a big honor to be named one of Canada’s 50 Changemakers 2022, along with other inspirational leaders, entrepreneurs, and academics reinventing how Canada does business,” said CEO Eric Beckwitt. Its intent is to showcase the emerging leaders transforming business today. ” About The Globe and Mail .

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Healthcare Supply Chains: The Defense Production Act Title III To manufacture more essential medicines within U.S. Developing a Plan for Smart Manufacturing A new study by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine will be created to develop a nationwide plan to improve smart manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

A China Plus sourcing stance has become ever more important as is longer-term alignment to government induced supply chain policies and legislation initiatives for deemed critical materials. Bloomberg reported in November 2022 that shipments of motor vehicles, computer parts and boats, manufactured in Mexico and destined for U.S.

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Resilinc

MARCH 12, 2024

Nations, including the US, the UK, Canada, Ukraine, and the EU, have enacted sanctions against Russia and price caps on Russian oil products. Supply chain managers must vigilantly monitor evolving policies and legislation that could impact their operations, sourcing, and materials, especially in countries with imminent elections.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Governments including Canada , Germany , and the United Kingdom have enacted special legislation in these areas. Maintaining and/or enhancing brand reputation is more than marketing and stated policy. It requires active ongoing assessment and due diligence.

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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. It covers 37 states and parts of Canada through a fleet of more than 150,000 crowd-sourced drivers, it says. That’s all for this week.

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Resilinc

JULY 13, 2021

In its first year in force, the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has 1) helped to seal foreign investment deals in Mexico’s automotive sector, 2) led companies to build new logistics facilities on the border, and 3) added steam to the merger of Kansas City Southern and Canadian National railways. From NAFTA to USMCA.

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Jaggaer

JANUARY 11, 2019

As we start 2019, it’s critical to understand how current events, changes in governmental policy and the general economic climate may affect the global procurement market and supply chain. While the current economic climate is healthy, tumultuous stock prices and changes to tax and trade policy paint a different picture.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 18, 2020

Manufacturers, paper industry executives say, are raising production to meet demand, but there is only so much capacity that they can or are willing to add. And most of that comes from Canada and Mexico. And while other industries like shoe manufacturing have fled the country, toilet paper manufacturing has not.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2023

Other supply agreements include Canada based Nemaska Lithium for upwards of 13,000 tons of lithium hydroxide annually with Ford reportedly becoming the first customer for this supplier, backed by Livent Corp. Inflation Reduction Act. the globe’s third largest lithium producer, and the government of Quebec.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2017

Here’s more information from the article: In a new policy statement, parent company L Brands said it aimed to eliminate sources of wood pulp, used to make rayon, viscose and modal, that contribute to rainforest destruction or violate the rights of local people. The airline simply tweeted that it was dealing with an “IT issue.”

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Elementum

AUGUST 17, 2017

Ideally, implementing the tariff would result in the accomplishment of three main objectives: bolstering the economy via an influx of funding into local production, lowering the price of steel by avoiding fines imposed by foreign manufacturers, and moving jobs “back” to the U.S. The proposed tariff policy hinges primarily on two things.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 9, 2018

AD occurs when a foreign manufacturer sells goods in the U.S. tax breaks to manufacturers that export goods to the U.S.), enabling the manufacturers to sell the goods cheaper than domestic manufacturers. tax breaks to manufacturers that export goods to the U.S.), at less than fair value, causing injury to the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2023

With the closing of the third quarter, the numbers once again signal added contraction in global manufacturing output as product demand levels weaken. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. This index has now remained below the 50.0

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Farmers believe they should own any data generated on their farms whereas equipment manufacturers and other providers of agricultural resources believe they should have access to all data generated by their machines or data related to their products. Most people have heard the term “Industry 4.0” ”[1]. Footnotes. [1]

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RFgen

AUGUST 7, 2022

This guide is intended to help food manufacturers and distributors: Consider the requirements of FDA traceability compliance, Calculate the potential costs of a recall, Review solutions other companies have used successfully to track food, Gain practical advice for how to improve traceability systems and processes, and.

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MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 3, 2021

As companies look to restructure their global supply chains in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and other disruptive forces, the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has an opportunity to become the next manufacturing and logistics hub. Mexico is particularly strong in heavy manufacturing industries, notably, automotive.

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ThroughPut

MAY 9, 2023

Partner Agencies: New York City Transit, NJ TRANSIT ● Lux Modus (Calgary, Canada) – Uses LiDAR and imagery fusion technology to automate 3D mapping to optimize asset management on critical transit infrastructure.

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Exiger Perspectives

JUNE 2, 2023

The Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force was created to comply with Section 741 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act. Anti-modern slavery policies without supply chain diligence and tracing aren’t enough. Need more transparency in your supply chain?

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Without adding to that speculation, I want to provide my view on how CEOs / COOs and supply chain leaders need to approach this situation, at least theoretically for now, while the policies are being formulated and written. Firstly, I want to lay down some assumptions given Trump has not provided all the details in his plan.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Scope 3 emissions are emissions not generated by the company itself but by a company’s suppliers, carriers, and contract manufacturing partners. Trimble, a tech company providing solutions for the agriculture and transportation industries, has been helping farmers navigate carbon markets in Canada for roughly 15 years.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 15, 2019

This strategy involves a country from a high-cost country area — typically US, UK, Canada, Australia, and West European nations — purchasing materials from resource-rich low-cost countries; think China, India, Indonesia, Bolivia, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, and East European nations. Leverage manufacturers and their network.

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Elementum

JULY 25, 2018

When White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, in a meeting hosted by the American Iron and Steel Institute and the Steel Manufacturers Association (AISI), said that the tariff would help safeguard local companies from low-priced imports, he was met with resounding applause. However, multiple trade associations, including the U.S

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