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The Overlooked Advantage in Trucking with Blake Grolmus

The Logistics of Logistics

Blake joined Ruan in 2017, leading the company’s new customer onboarding and continuous improvement activities before taking a leadership role in Ruan’s Gases and Chemicals bulk hazmat operating group. He assumed his current role leading Ruan’s safety and compliance teams in 2022.

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Work-from-Home, Trust & The Friday Factor – LogiSYM September 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

As businesses seek to accelerate their leverage on technologies, given COVID-19, this will not only reduce their real estate cost, but will also mitigate the potential risk associated with a second wave. . Such a trend will drive a reduction in real estate footprint. The Friday Factor. Nick Jones.

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Doing Business in India

QAD

India has a robust manufacturing sector, with typical products including textiles, chemicals, food, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petrochemicals, machinery, software and pharmaceuticals. . Import commodities included crude oil, precious stones, machinery, chemicals, fertilizer, plastics, iron and steel. of the GDP.

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Will Tesla's New Roof Disrupt the Solar Industry?

Elementum

But Tesla is not the first company to launch a solar roof: Dow Chemical released a line of solar shingles to the market in 2011, which they eventually halted in June this year. What sets Tesla apart from Dow Chemical? They are made of unbreakable quartz , and have four distinct styles.

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Doing Business in India

QAD

India has a robust manufacturing sector, with typical products including textiles, chemicals, food, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petrochemicals, machinery, software and pharmaceuticals. . Import commodities included crude oil, precious stones, machinery, chemicals, fertilizer, plastics, iron and steel. of the GDP.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

billion in chemicals cargo a week. The trade group says a rail strike of one-month could result in an economic impact of up to $160 billion, and within one week many chemicals manufacturing plants could shut down, lowering GDP and leading to more inflation. arm of the $65 billion Japanese real estate firm Mitsui Fudosan Co.

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Chinese Lockdowns and the Future of Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

to Australia are wrestling with a shortage of chemicals used in X-rays, while real-estate projects are held up by delayed materials. Hospitals from the U.S. … Beijing’s zero-tolerance approach to Covid has idled factories and warehouses, slowed truck deliveries and worsened container logjams.