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Hurricane Harvey - Effects, Forecasts, and Operational Best Practices

Elementum

Catch up on the effects and forecasts of Tropical Storm Harvey below: EFFECTS. Authorities forecast the winds brought by the storm to reach 185 kph or higher. Kansas City Southern suspended train operations between Kendleton and Laredo, while Union Pacific reduced the movement of trains along the areas to be hit by the storm.

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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

Logistics Viewpoints

Let’s say visibility allows you to locate some bolts on a truck in Kansas and learn they will be late because of a raw materials shortage delaying your supplier, because one of their suppliers went bankrupt. For example, it can be more effective to make a series of forecasts, accounting for a range of outcomes from aggressive to conservative.

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Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices

Logistics Viewpoints

She considered where she could get more, factoring in that it was Saturday night at 10:00 pm, she lived alone in Kansas City, and she’d be driving by herself. If it has, newer AI-powered forecasting approaches can improve demand estimates, providing planners inputs into how persistent that change will be using demand sensing.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech July 14 2022

Supply Chain Matters

a Panasonic Group company, and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly jointly announced yesterday that the state of Kansas will be a new location for a proposed US-based lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility, pending approval by Panasonic Holdings Corporation Board of Directors. Panasonic Energy Co., is critical to help meet demand.”

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COVID-19 and Ukraine Conflict Global Supply Chain News Capsule March 23 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Foxconn Forecasts Challenging Operating Environment This Year. based Kansas City Southern , pending full regulatory approvals which is expected sometime this year. Surface Transportation Board on the merger with Kansas City Southern. . Foxconn Forecasts Challenging Operating Environment This Year.

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Excessive heat hits the food supply chain

Resilinc

Even though we’re only one week into summer 2022, excessive heat is already damaging agricultural production across the globe, from mangos and wheat in India to cattle in Kansas and chilis in New Mexico. In Europe, extreme heat has hammered much of the continent since mid-June, breaking records in France.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 21 – 27)

Logistics Viewpoints

The automaker on Thursday confirmed its Oakville Assembly Plant in Canada and Kansas City Assembly Plant in Missouri will be down the week of Aug. Kansas City assembles the F-150. The storm is expected to be at hurricane strength when it is forecast to hit the US Gulf Coast this weekend. That’s all for this week.