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Green Skies? Airlines Need a Tail Wind to Decarbonize

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

I recently attended a webinar on need to decarbonize the air transport industry – a very urgent priority ! The “Decarbonizing Air Transport” report shows a tough road ahead for cutting emissions in the airline industry. of the world’s emissions were from fuels consumed in air transportation.

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The Green Corridor – Keep an Eye Out for Green!

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

TRANSPORTATION. Add in growing government incentives and we should see more EV taxi fleets on the road. . As one of the world’s largest food and household product manufacturers, this should influence other companies to follow suit and hopefully provide sustainable packaging suppliers more volume to bring unit costs down.

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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

Already, the US is looking as attractive as Mexico to manufacturers and is likely to match China in attractiveness in the near future, according to the MAPI Foundation , which produces in-depth economic reports widely read by the press, government official and the business community. But things have changed a bit since then.

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How the IoT Platform Fixes Problems in Today’s Logistics Industry

GlobalTranz

In another example, a chemical manufacturer has used the IoT platform to empower agile systems to ensure production is maintained even when existing resources dwindle, explains Wouter Aghina , Aaron De Smet , and Kirsten Weerda of McKinsey & Company. This leads to better-reduced transit times and cost savings for the company.

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Can the US Produce Lithium-Ion Batteries Domestically? Li-Bridge Outlines a Plan

Resilinc

Recent government initiatives have strongly endorsed and promoted electric vehicles (EV) over the next few decades. The report is the result of a collaboration of more than 40 companies across market leaders and start-ups from the automotive, advanced battery, mining, and chemical, and electric utility sectors.

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What’s the Hold-up with COVID Vaccinations? Don’t Hold Your Breath…a 2021 Prediction

NC State SCRC

One prediction that I know is already underway, that we discussed in detail on our recent webinar : vaccine delays are going to continue to occur. In our webinar, Professor Finkenstadt and I discussed how multiple bottlenecks are occurring in all stages of the vaccine production supply chain. The bottom line?

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5 Facts About American Manufacturing & 3 Reasons to Work In Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

To foster this innovation in Manufacturing, the federal government stepped up with it's program to build innovation hubs throughout the United States earlier this year. For a long time, manufacturing work had a high level of risk, particularly in jobs where strong chemicals or heavy parts assembly was involved.