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Tesla Raises Pay Levels for California Production Workers

Supply Chain Matters

In November, multiple business media outlets reported that Tesla’s management in Germany unveiled a package of hourly wage hikes for 11,000 factory workers at the automaker’s gigafactory operations in Berlin, Germany. Reportedly, labor unions within Denmark , Norway and Finland , along with Sweden , rallied around the IF Metall labor union.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 3-7, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Denmark’s DSV eyes more big acquisitions in fragmented freight market (Reuters). As the Wall Street Journal reported: FedEx is opening four new hubs and “dozens” of small, satellite facilities to receive, sort and ship an expected surge in packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas, executives said this week.

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Tesla Hikes Wages for Nevada Gigafactory Workers

Supply Chain Matters

In November, multiple business media outlets reported that Tesla’s management in Germany unveiled a package of hourly wage hikes for 11,000 factory workers at the automaker’s gigafactory operations in Germany. Reportedly, labor unions within Denmark , Norway and Finland , along with Sweden , have rallied around IF Metall labor union.

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New Shipping Operations Ideas Bring Fresh Air to Stale Strategies

Intelligent Audit

Facing Low Package Volumes, UPS Introduces Logistics-as-a-Service Offering. As package volumes continue to fall, UPS CEO Carol Tomé hopes UPS can find increased revenue in partnership with larger corporations, such as Amazon. Much of that growth, of course, will come from new-age solutions to age-old problems. Maersk Invests in U.S.

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The Pandemic hasn’t Dampened Enthusiasm for Blockchain Technology

Enterra Insights

Kevin Beasley, CIO at VAI, explains, “As consumers hunker down at home because of COVID-19, their spending on packaged retail food items has surged. Two of the most obvious changes in consumer behavior during the novel coronavirus pandemic have been a spike in e-commerce and renewed interest in shelf stable food products. ”[5].

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Challenges Abound as Peak Season Approaches

Intelligent Audit

per package for its SmartMail products, depending on shipping speed and distance, ” according to SupplyChainDive. billion transaction comes after much deliberation on the part of Denmark-based Maersk, which initially hoped to acquire LF Logistics in December of 2021. Maersk Acquires Hong Kong-based LF Logistics.

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

Talking Logistics

Evenex has “over 3,000 customers exchanging more than 375,000,000 documents every year and is the leading and preferred business-to-business integration provider in Denmark.”. In addition, UPS experienced some slowing in package volume growth as a result of labor negotiations.”. ” I wonder if Mr.