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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news: Amazon launches same-day delivery from brick-and-mortar retail brands. Port of New York and New Jersey sets container fee. Walmart launches new restored goods program. chipmaking equipment to factories in China that manufacture advanced NAND chips.

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Continued Disruption and Added Cost Inflation Reflected in Key Global Transportation and Logistics Indices in March and Q1 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Similarly, factories in areas of Shanghai , Shenzhen and Jalin provinces have had to restrict workers to manufacturing campuses in order to maintain operations. East Coast ports including the Port of Savannah, Charleston , and New York/New Jersey. US Logistics Index.

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Labor Day 2022

Enterra Insights

As manufacturing increasingly supplanted agriculture as the wellspring of American employment, labor unions, which had first appeared in the late 18th century, grew more prominent and vocal. ”[3] Most historians agree that the first public celebration of Labor’s Holiday took place in 1882 in the streets of New York City.

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Unboxing the Future: Consumer and Food Packaging Trends in 2024

QAD

Colorado: HB21-1162 took effect on Jan. New Jersey: Beginning this year, all regulated containers and packaging products must meet new standards for recycled content. 1, meaning food retailers can no longer provide single-use plastic bags. It’s a guiding force your business cannot ignore.