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This Week in Logistics New (May 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

A mountain of discarded clothing, including Christmas sweaters and ski boots, cuts a strange sight in Chile’s Atacama, the driest desert in the world, which is increasingly suffering from pollution created by fast fashion. Some 59,000 tons of clothing arrive each year at the Iquique port in the Alto Hospicio free zone in northern Chile.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

15 countries, Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Uruguay and Wales declared that they will collaborate towards realizing 100 percent zero emission new trucks and bus sales by 2040. EGO – the enemy of outstanding leadership.

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Top 20 Verified Supply Chain Experts You Can Hire

SCMDOJO

Matías Guarello Wilhelmy Location: Chile / Remote Rating: 5/5.0 Expertise: Sourcing, Supply Chain Analysis, Logistics & Transportation, Logistics Management Consulting, Freight (Maritime, Land, or Air), Logistics Technology Solutions. Hire any of them as your supply chain consultant and see the difference!

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An update on copper

Resilinc

Declining ore quality from Chile, the top producing country, will lead to higher energy usage and costs for processing, according to IEA. Mining Technology’s Zachary Skidmore lists a broader set of solutions to “alleviate the pressure on the [copper] supply chain.” Copper mining also faces a host of challenges and barriers.

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Mindmap for Supply Chain Execution 24/7

Supply Chain Movement

Together with Consafe Logistics, a supplier of supply chain execution software, Supply Chain Movement has created this Supply Chain Execution Mindmap to outline the route, including road signs indicating potential hazards along the way. >>Please British Indian Ocean Territory. Brunei Darussalam. Burkina Faso. Cape Verde. Cook Islands.

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Mindmap High-Tech Supply Chain 4.0

Supply Chain Movement

The way by which consumers purchase, use and share technology is changing rapidly. Supply chain solutions. It is paramount for survival that High-tech companies have to implement supply chain solutions in order to keep with the trends in technology: Act. British Indian Ocean Territory. Brunei Darussalam. Burkina Faso.

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Copper in flux

Resilinc

The volatility of the last few months was tracked in real time by subscribers to Resilinc’s CommodityWatch AI as the service alerted customers to protests in Peru, droughts in Chile, M&As in the mining industry and other disruptions—as well as the larger economic factors mentioned by Davidson. Learn more about CommodityWatch AI.