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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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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

QAD

The concept of ethical sourcing has risen in popularity during the past four years.” . Supply chain due diligence is a critical topic for manufacturers and enterprises in all industries, especially given three major impacts of recent high-profile abuse cases, new due diligence laws and consumer buying trends. . and across Europe.

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Shortages of coolant set to impact the semiconductor industry

Resilinc

Coolant is a key input in chip manufacturing. 3M’s Zwijndrecht, Belgium, plant produces coolant that is essential to the etching process used in semiconductor manufacturing. Belgium, for example, is urging an EU-wide ban on use of the substances. Belgium, for example, is urging an EU-wide ban on use of the substances.

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EV Startups: Growing with the Shift to ACES

QAD

The reality is, change is happening too fast for many organizations and the automotive industry’s shift to ACES is an example of this! . It will require new and existing entrants to refocus and establish a new supply chain, source and build-up in new geographies. Some of us may be set up to succeed, while others not so much.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 27 – April 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, yesterday was Major League Baseball’s opening day, which turned into a rainout for my hometown Red Sox. Workers at a plant in Baltimore manufacturing two coronavirus vaccines accidentally conflated the ingredients several weeks ago, which has contaminated up to 15 million doses of the vaccine.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The following is a 5,000 word exploration of Maersk’s strategic shift to end-to-end logistics services, based on open sources. Other sources reported that DB Schenker was not the only forwarder making this shift. The free report is available in PDF with supporting spreadsheets and high-resolution infographics here.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

It might help to think of a KPI as something like an instrument on a car dashboard—a speedometer for example. Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Purchasing and supplier management. Production/manufacturing. Against a required standard of performance. Warehousing.

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