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Plant-location decisions and potential supply chain risk

Kinaxis

The outcome is expected to either significantly impact an existing automotive supplier network or prompt manufacturers and suppliers to move or begin operations. By further increasing its production capacity in the U.S., The Wall Street Journal reports that at least 11 states are in talks to land the manufacturing plant.

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COVID-19 Virus is expected to reduce meat selection and raise prices

Operations and Supply Chain Management

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Meat isn’t going to disappear from supermarkets because of outbreaks of the coronavirus among workers at U.S. That has become abundantly clear with two of the nation’s biggest plants now closed: Tyson suspended operations at its plant in Waterloo, Iowa. David Pitt , 4/27/2020 Associated Press.

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Outbound Tender Rejections Increase for the First Time Since March Peak

Zipline Logistics

However, capacity remains loose around the country, as many trucks remain idle. We expect cross-industry reopening, combined with produce season, to marginally tighten capacity on a regional level in pockets around the country in the coming weeks. Namely, the market is seeing increased volume and limited capacity in the region.

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Freight Volume Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Zipline Logistics

Most states across the US have opened for business in some capacity. reopening, combined with produce season , to continue to tighten capacity regionally in the coming weeks.?? . We expect rates in these markets to fluctuate week to week b ased on capacity and demand. . Currently, we are seeing signs of recovery.

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Jaro Caban: “Establishing S&OP is a challenging journey”

Supply Chain Movement

It consolidated Cargill’s global animal feed production and strengthened its internal supply chain capacity for food production and processing. It’s hard to imagine that Cargill began as a grain storage warehouse in Iowa, USA, in 1865. With a price tag of $2.1 billion dollars it was one of the company’s largest acquisitions.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 2 – 8)

Logistics Viewpoints

All in all, I think this was actually better than a lot of people expected, given how quickly capacity sold out, and how much e-commerce volume was expected this holiday season. However, each step in the manufacturing process requires raw materials that, before COVID, were only produced in the amounts needed for clinical research.

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What Does Decreasing Boxcar Fleet Mean for U.S. Capacity?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

So when three customers asked me the same question recently (“Is a capacity crisis coming with so many boxcars going out of service?”) I called upon the CyBIZ Lab at the Iowa State University College of Business to look at the implications for equipment and rates in the coming decades. in pulp and paper.