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This Week in Logistics News (November 25 – December 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

companies to import more from countries including India, Thailand and Vietnam. As part of the inaugural meeting of the White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience, the US Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) is investing $196 million to strengthen the agricultural supply chain and lower food costs. FlexCold LLC plans to use $8.2

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Automated Data Collection Use Cases from the Food and Beverage Industry

RFgen

The food and beverage industry must adapt to disrupted supply chains, urgent consumer safety and unpredictable demand. Food and beverage companies face a unique set of challenges, including food safety concerns, traceability requirements and market spikes. The food and beverage industry is a vital part of our economy.

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Automated Data Collection Use Cases from the Food and Beverage Industry

RFgen

The food and beverage industry must adapt to disrupted supply chains, urgent consumer safety and unpredictable demand. Food and beverage companies face a unique set of challenges, including food safety concerns, traceability requirements and market spikes. The food and beverage industry is a vital part of our economy.

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Keeping it Fresh: Supply Chain of Livestock and Fresh Food

Elementum

Complexity is a major issue faced by most production-based supply chains because of the interconnected nature across global operations; and when it comes to livestock and fresh food, their perishable and voluminous nature create unique challenges that make matters significantly worse.

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Bringing It All Back Home – OTR TMS Supports Reversion to Regional Manufacturing

Supply Chain Collaborator

With trade wars and tariffs pinching operational profitability, manufacturers are looking at alternative locales like VietNam, India and, Mexico. For American manufacturers of high tech, industrial and food and beverage products, the Mexico option poses a unique opportunity.

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Q: Food vs Fuel? A: Wrong question…We need more efficient markets!

Supply Chain View from the Field

I have been working with Jay Golden at Duke University on the biobased forecasting project for the USDA, seeking to understand the current scope of the biobased product market ( focused on non-fuel, non-food products). There is hunger in the market, but it is not caused by a shortage of food. This is a misguided argument.

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5 Things You May Have Missed in Supply Chain News

BlueYonder

We’ve been hearing about food shortages at restaurants throughout the entire pandemic, but nobody is really talking about school cafeterias. What’s going on in Vietnam? Before July, COVID-19 wasn’t widespread in Vietnam, but since then, over 10,000 cases have been identified. How lunchrooms are fighting supply chain disruptions.