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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Emergency vehicles, for example, would be exempt, and the California Highway Patrol could authorize the system’s disabling in certain other cases. CargoNet ranks California, Texas and Florida as the top three hot spots in 2023, but the risk isn’t limited to the coasts. More incidents are being reported at inland logistics hubs.

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Supplier-Led Innovation Workshop

Supply Chain View from the Field

So the Chief Procurement Officer approached Texas Instruments and HP Micro, producers of the best analog chips at the time, and brokered a deal in which TI and HP would collaborate to create a chip set for Nokia. This was a one-time supplier collaboration example that enabled Nokia to remain a competitive force.

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Tesla’s Master Plan 3 and Its Implications for the Auto Industry

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The lithium supply chain bottleneck is in refining, something Tesla is planning to help solve with the commissioning later this year of their 50 GWh per year lithium hydroxide refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas. EV vs ICE Tesla’s plan is to scale to produce 20M cars per year by 2030.

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Podcast: Digital Solutions Innovator Philip Black

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For example, this pump is failing, let’s get on ordering another? For example, how are we operating within our permits, which were written by politicians, not engineers. For example, you have a physical asset and there are five different systems interacting with that asset in unique and specific ways. Here’s an example.

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Profitably Delivering eCommerce with Consumer-Centric Priorities

Logistics Viewpoints

In my Logistics Viewpoints article in April 2021, Building Profitability with Agility while Digitally Transforming the Supply Chain , I mentioned that we will continue to explore here the concrete steps in the digital journey and examples of determination from the top in addition to logistics operations. The payoff is well worth it.

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Top 5 Ways Inventory Tracking Technology Is Evolving

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For example, Home Depot was able to use incoming data about the predicted destruction of Hurricane Harvey to reroute shipments of supplies to affected areas earlier. As a result, the home improvement giant gained a sizeable profit while providing the materials needed to begin the road to the recovery for the Texas coast.

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Shopping at Whole Foods Market? Click Amazon Prime

Supply Chain Insights

There are so many pleasures of life in Austin, Texas. Even though I’ve moved out of the unbelievable growth explosion of Austin proper, living this Texas Hill Country life and being close enough to run into town to see a band on Sixth Street, run the hike and bike trails or check out Circuit of the Americas is pure cool.

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