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Talk Doesn’t Cook the Rice

Supply Chain Shaman

As they say in Mississippi, “Talk doesn’t cook the rice.” We are using data from ycharts.com based on Morningstar sectors to build a formulaic representation of market valuation for over 35 industry peer groups. Objectivity: We are correlating the formula based on quarterly stock market valuation data.

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Overcoming Supply Chain Challenges in the Beverage Industry 

Logility

If the pandemic taught the supply chain nothing else, it highlighted the necessity for the consumer-focused beverage industry to embrace the value of data. Getting the data needed requires an investment in both supply chain talent and technology. Data Powers the Modern Beverage Supply Chain. A plastic resin shortage.

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Transportation Optimization: The Key to Weathering Droughts, Disasters and Other Disruptions

BlueYonder

This blog was co-written by Chirag Modi , Corporate Vice President, Industry Strategy – Supply Chain Execution and 3PL Global Lead, and Jen McQuiston , Product Marketing Director. The data they provide is invaluable in monitoring and measuring sustainability metrics such as miles traveled, energy used and waste produced.

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[INFOGRAPHIC, REPORT, & INTERACTIVE MAP] The US Manufacturing Workforce & Making it In America

GlobalTranz

congressional district data for the first time.) The data shows that U.S. percent, 228,600 jobs), Mississippi (12.3 Complete data for employment in each state and for all 435 congressional districts (and the District of Columbia) are also available in the EPI US Manufacturing Footprint Map below. percent, 162,900 jobs).

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Bio-based Products Future is Promising, but Hurdles Exist

Supply Chain View from the Field

Insight #1: The Industry Requires Improved Product Data Codes and a Reliable Tracking System. We were surprised to find that many states with the highest Location Quotients were not states that are typically associated with the biofuels economy, including Oregon, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Maine, and others.

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Low unemployment is great for everyone, right? (Not so much in logistics…)

NC State SCRC

The Bureau of Labor Statistics noted that in May 2017, unemployment rates in seven states were at their lowest levels since the state unemployment data series began in January 1976. percent), Mississippi (4.9 Colorado had the lowest unemployment rate in May, 2.3 percent, followed by North Dakota, 2.5 The rates in Arkansas (3.4

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This Week in Logistics News (January 29 – February 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

The company is launching the Student Ambassador Program on March 1 at Mississippi Valley State University, Jackson State University, Fayetteville State University, LeMoyne-Owen College, Lane College, Tennessee State University, Paul Quinn College, and Miles College.