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This Week in Logistics News (April 30 – May 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

The company has faced sourcing constraints as a result of the war in Ukraine, causing the company to rely on second sourcing capabilities for its mustard procurement. Thankfully, for McCormick, no one raw material makes up more than 5 percent of its total cost of goods sold. That’s all for this week.

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Supply Chain Market Report – July 2022

Elementum

For example, in a Recession the economy could contract by 2%. Over the last 2 years, Supply Chain teams have been struggling to procure and manufacture enough inventory. Javier Echevarria has joined Ingredion as their Chief Procurement Officer. There are several reasons why Stagflation is actually worse than Recession.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 6-10, 2017)

Talking Logistics

This week, for example, CCJ reported that “60 percent of fleets running between 1 and 100 trucks have yet to adopt ELDs, according to a recent survey conducted by CarrierLists.” Data from transportation procurement events mirror these results. That is, how many carriers will decide to exit the market instead of complying?

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This Week in Logistics News (May 7-11, 2018)

Talking Logistics

At its research facility at the Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport, NASA will use the data supplied by Uber to simulate a small passenger-carrying aircraft as it flies through DFW airspace during peak scheduled air traffic. The most recent example is C.H.

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Driving domestic production of critical materials and rare earth elements

Resilinc

Take rare earth elements (REEs), for example. MP is investing refining capacity at its California mine and a Fort Worth, TX, facility that will supply “U.S.-sourced manufacturers and federal government procurement policies should focus on allied nations, including those in the Western hemisphere, for refining and processing.