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The 2022 Chlorine Shortage: Another Year of Poolmageddon

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The fire started at Majestic Industries, before spreading to the Qualco chemical plant located nearby. This is due to it being hazardous to store in solid, liquid, and gas forms as it could react with other chemicals and, (as proven by those fires that contributed to the shortage), become flammable. Image Source: USA Today.

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Changing Winds in Supply Chain

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The issues with education and child care cause many workers to stay home. Chemical Sector Inventory Availability. The chemical inventory levels continue to decline. Labor shortages and shifts in routes reduce the availability of air freight. Vaccine Effectiveness. Widespread Labor Shortages.

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Changing Winds in Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

The issues with education and child care cause many workers to stay home. Chemical Sector Inventory Availability. The chemical inventory levels continue to decline. Labor shortages and shifts in routes reduce the availability of air freight. Vaccine Effectiveness. Widespread Labor Shortages.

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Changing Winds in Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

The issues with education and child care cause many workers to stay home. Chemical Sector Inventory Availability. The chemical inventory levels continue to decline. Labor shortages and shifts in routes reduce the availability of air freight. Vaccine Effectiveness. Widespread Labor Shortages.

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Chevron Phillips Chemical Embraces Cultural Innovation to Accelerate their Digital Transformation

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Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) needed a technology that facilitated fast solutions to pressing problems. The Influence of Culture Chevron Phillips Chemical was established in 2000, as a joint venture between Chevron and Phillips 66. They chose an analytics platform from Seeq. Railey enthused, “folks were drawn in.

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Collaboration? When It Comes to Cash-to-Cash, We Don’t Know How to Walk the Talk

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Note the elongation of the cash-to-cash cycle in the chemical industry of 38 additional days when comparing the 2014-2019 averages to the pre-recession period of 2004-2006. Continually use simulation and inventory optimization techiques to educate your financial teams. It is worse in some industries. Push to stop this behavior.

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Doing Business in Switzerland

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Other important industries include food and beverage , machinery, chemicals, textiles, precision instruments and pharmaceuticals, along with the legendary Swiss watch. As of 2017, Switzerland’s labor force reached 5.159 million strong, and most of the workforce is well-educated. Industry makes up 25.6% of the country’s GDP.