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Charge Me Up! Energy Storage Development – A Fast Emerging Technology Needed for Sustainability

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

A recent report in AZO Cleantech goes into the detail on how promising research showed aluminum-sulfur battery design has really come along. BBC reported recently on how this was being applied in Finland for storing wind and solar power in a community using 100 tons of low-grade sand and a giant, silo looking storage building.

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DiManEx Contributes to Find the Business Case for Digital Spare Parts in VTT Study

DiManEx

The report finds compelling business cases for spare part digitization and provides recommendations on the use of Additive Manufacturing (AM) in the aftermarket. According to the report, tools like Supply Chain Inspector are “very valuable and welcome” to capture the value of digital spare parts and analyze data effectively.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

The Hummingbird has made hundreds of thousands of deliveries in Dallas suburbs, Virginia, Australia and Finland. last month from a year earlier, according to the latest Consumer Price Index report from the US Labor Department. Inflation remains on a tear, especially when it comes to food costs which rose 10.4% Consumer prices jumped 9.1%

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Tesla Raises Pay Levels for California Production Workers

Supply Chain Matters

According to a published report from Bloomberg , “ All US production associates, material handlers and quality inspectors are getting a “market adjustment pay increase” to kick off the new year, according to a flyer posted at Tesla’s facility in Fremont, California. ” up to $34.50 per hour on the high end. up to $34.50

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon plans to build delivery robot tech in Finland. Amazon has announced that it plans to develop new technology for its autonomous delivery vehicles in Helsinki, Finland. Venues outside the greater Tokyo metropolitan area would allow small numbers of spectators, and the policy for the Paralympics will be decided next month.

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Iptor achieves multiple success in Nordics

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Iptor, the Swedish-based, global provider enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, planning and logistics software and services, reports exceptional success in Norway, Sweden and Finland in the first half of 2020.

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Eurozone Economy Now in Technical Recession

Supply Chain Matters

This week, European and international business media is reporting that Europe’ s economy entered into recession in the first quarter of this year. The agency had previously reported in the first quarter GDP had grown in the first quarter, albeit slightly. percent in Q1 , having further declined in Q4-2022 after new revisions.

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