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Excessive heat hits the food supply chain

Resilinc

“There is an unprecedented shortage of our products … caused by several spiraling events, including unexpected crop failure from the spring chili harvest,” stated Huy Fong Foods, maker of the most popular sriracha hot sauce. The foundation of risk monitoring is, of course, developing a comprehensive multi-tier map of supplier networks.

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Hurricane Harvey - Effects, Forecasts, and Operational Best Practices

Elementum

Rail freight networks operated by Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific in Texas, USA were heavily disrupted due to Hurricane Harvey, according to reports on Friday, August 25th. BNSF Railway reported that widespread flooding is causing major disruptions of service and operations in the Houston region.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager. In addition, users are able to view events of a shipment, imaged documents, and can email their account representative with questions on a particular move. 20 Years of Highway Data Shows Roads and Bridges Aren’t Crumbling ( Reason.org ). Mexico trade.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 17 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

billion to one-up rival’s bid for Kansas City Southern railway. Supply chain disruptions such as the US – China trade war, increased demand during the pandemic, and most recently, the Suez Canal lockage, has caused an international shortage of shipping containers. Shortage of ocean containers shows no sign of easing. CN offers $33.7

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Only as Good as Your Data: Why Supply Chain Digital Twins Require Real-Time Data Unification

ToolsGroup

They ingest information like transportation plans or shipment delays and model the implications of unexpected events. A digital twin would give every decision-making team a better understanding of how to handle that new ship-from-store policy and help manage fulfillment through multiple and varied channels. Get the insights you need.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 17 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

Panasonic plans to resolve the bottleneck in early 2024 when it starts producing the advanced cells at the $4 billion battery factory it’s building in Kansas. The hiring commitments were announced Monday at an event in New York organized by the Tent Partnership for Refugees, which is pressing corporations to hire refugees.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

Seven years ago, I wrote that Cyberdyne Systems’ Skynet division was working on teleportation capabilities that will eliminate the need to wait for products to ship entirely. Elon Musk has linked an update on that only at the delivery event, which means deliveries will likely be only for employees and Tesla insiders.