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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. Ione resolved on the spot to quit and never smoked again, illustrating it is never too late to change. A change to one link (e.g. on-time delivery). A change to one link (e.g.

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PepsiCo’s Massive, Complex, and Difficult Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Logistics Viewpoints

294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021. In 2021, the company-owned fleet accounted for nearly 30% of their global Scope 1 and 2 emissions. Scope 2 emissions are indirect emissions from purchased energy. The company has tens of thousands of suppliers globally.

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The Backorder, March 20 2024

Unleashed

In this issue: The latest in global supply chain news 5 secrets you can steal for better cash flow Growth advice from the founder of a healthy soda brand Job opportunities from Fujitsu, Tesla, and more In the supply chain headlines Manufacturing profit margins recovering. Learn more in the latest Manufacturing Health Index report.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

Starting this week, customers across the US will begin to see custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian delivering their Amazon packages , with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. to get online orders to doors quicker and at a lower cost.

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Trends 2019: Food

Enterra Insights

Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center (FAPC) predict, “From tried-and-true barbecue sauces and flavorful potato recipes with a twist, food developers are becoming inspired by Kansas City barbecue, Southern Appalachian pimento cheese, Made in Oklahoma salsas and other areas from sea to shining sea. ”[4]. .

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Tomorrow’s Workforce must Embrace Training and Re-skilling

Enterra Insights

Shelly Hagan ( @shellykhagan ) reports, “Men in their prime working years have left the labor force at an astonishing rate and they may never return if the state of the U.S. Some prime age workers, feeling they have no place in this new technology-based world, have simply dropped out of the workforce. job market holds.”[1]

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Top 5 Aerospace Supply Chain Disruptions of 2023

Resilinc

This exclusive data comes from EventWatch AI , Resilinc’s 24/7 AI-powered, global event monitoring platform, which collects information and monitors news on 400 different types of disruptions across 104 million global sources. On June 25, around 6,000 workers at Spirit AeroSystems went on strike in Kansas. billion.