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This Week in Logistics News (July 31 – August 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

Pet food shortages leave owners on the hunt for kibble and cat treats. Amazon’s Whole Foods to add delivery charges. Varda Space Industries secures $42m for off-planet manufacturing. ” Delays in manufacturing and distribution can have a ripple effect that can cause larger delays further down the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Risk: It’s Not Whether Severe Weather, but When

Enterra Insights

”[3] Of greatest concern may be disruptions to food production. ”[5] Austin Becker, a maritime infrastructure resilience scholar at the University of Rhode Island, told Leslie, the pandemic is “a temporary problem,” while climate change is “long-term dire” problem. ” • Think beyond your own sites.

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How Can Paper Producers Rise to the Production Challenge?

USC Consulting Group

The novel coronavirus has produced a lot of uncertainty, and for manufacturers in the pulp and paper industry, that includes uncertainty related to demand. “During the COVID-19 outbreak, corrugated packaging materials are essential for the transport of food, medicines, and medical equipment,” the authors wrote.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

In addition, several agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) require unique device identifiers (UDI) usually in the form of barcodes to contain information such as manufactured date and lot number to provide traceability. Rhode Island. Mississippi. New Hampsire. New Jersey. New Mexico. North Carolina.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

The ongoing pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions, along with the Russia-Ukraine war, limited available supplies of cocoa, edible oil, and other food ingredients. Samsung has two big factories in China while SK Hynix Inc is buying Intel Corp’s NAND flash memory chips manufacturing business in China. That’s all for this week.

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Do Freight Shipping Prices Vary by State?

Freight Center

Most of the state’s food is imported, and therefore there are several refrigerated shipments that come into the state on a regular basis. Phoenix and Tuscon are Arizona’s freight activity centers for consumer goods and manufacturing. This is due to the automobile and industrial manufacturing industries in the state. Mississippi.

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Do Freight Shipping Prices Vary by State?

Freight Center

Most of the state’s food is imported, and therefore there are several refrigerated shipments that come into the state on a regular basis. Phoenix and Tuscon are Arizona’s freight activity centers for consumer goods and manufacturing. This is due to the automobile and industrial manufacturing industries in the state. Mississippi.