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Forced Labor in Supply Chains: The Problem Persists

Talking Logistics

“The addition of 11 Chinese companies to a U.S. trade blacklist of entities Washington says are linked to human-rights abuses of the Uighur minority group in Xinjiang is entangling major brands and likely to further a reordering of supply chains that feed American consumers,” write Dan Strumpf and Liza Lin in the Wall Street Journal.

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Leadership in Volatile Times

Enterra Insights

McKinsey & Company analysts Homayoun Hatami and Liz Hilton Segel write, “If an executive had fallen asleep in 2019 and just woke up, [they] wouldn’t recognize [today’s] business world. He uses George Washington, who heroically carried out routine activities during the Revolutionary War very near where I live, as an example.

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Modernizing the Ecommerce Supply Chain with Jason Murray

The Logistics of Logistics

Jason is Co-founder and CEO of Shipium , a technology-driven supply chain and logistics company that helps ecommerce companies deliver their orders fast, free, and on-time. He is a University of Washington grad and an engineer at heart who loves solving complex scaling problems.

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Manifest 2024 with Pam Simon

The Logistics of Logistics

In 2014, Pam launched the LATAM Founders Awards, now known as the ‘Oscars for Technology in Latin America’ an event that recognizes the most disruptive and innovative companies in the region. Pam is a George Washington University Graduate and an angel investor.

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20 Years of Outsourcing Come Back to Haunt Boeing

Logistics Viewpoints

The company aimed to develop the aircraft quickly and inexpensively to compete with the Airbus A380. However, an ex-chief executive officer at Boeing said last year that the company needs to undertake “real honest-to-God” product development, or it will lose the skills required to do so. Advanced software is not a magic wand.

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Marijuana Supply Chain: Profits and Headaches

Logistics Viewpoints

These states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C. Companies at this stage are the first point of harvesting quality marijuana.

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Warehouse Labor Woes Are Worse than Ever

Logistics Viewpoints

Contract logistics – companies that provide warehousing services – certainly falls into that category. This gap will widen in coming months as companies struggle to keep up with the Holiday season surge in consumer spending. And then once hired, companies need to retain their workers. The Warehouse Labor Shortage.