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Welcome to A Day at ProMat 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

McCormick Place North Entering the grand concourse and riding the escalator up one floor, we will take a left hand turn into the North Hall, home to the North Manufacturing and Assembly Solution Center and the Robotics and Automation Solution Center. I was informed of a recent customer case – an apparel retailer located in Denmark.

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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.

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Tesla Raises Pay Levels for California Production Workers

Supply Chain Matters

Reportedly, these adjustments further represent a greater than 10 percent raise for most hourly workers within the Nevada battery manufacturing complex. Further indicated is that the labor union has active organizing efforts targeting Tesla and a dozen other auto manufacturers with a U.S. up to $34.50 per hour on the high end.

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Doing Business in Germany

QAD

km and borders the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and other countries including the Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Manufacturing in Germany. The manufacturing sector invested 53.4 Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. annually as of 2017.

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Tesla Hikes Wages for Nevada Gigafactory Workers

Supply Chain Matters

Reportedly, these adjustments further represent a greater than 10 percent raise for most hourly workers within the Nevada battery manufacturing complex. Reportedly, labor unions within Denmark , Norway and Finland , along with Sweden , have rallied around IF Metall labor union. up to $34.50 per hour on the high end.”

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The Christmas Tree Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

In Europe most of the real trees are grown in Germany, followed by Denmark, France, Belgium and Great Britain. The vast majority of artificial trees, 80%, are manufactured in China for export worldwide. The cost of trees in all cases will be affected by all of these factors, including higher shipping costs.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15-19, 2013)

Talking Logistics

As I’ve commented in previous postings, if you are a 3PL or transportation company and you’re not involved in cross-border shipping with Mexico, then you are missing out on a growing business opportunity (see Reuters article from December 2012). And finally, UPS raised a red flag by lowering its full-year EPS expectations.