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The Increasing Role of Climate Change in Supply Chain Disruptions

NC State SCRC

Major supply chain disruptions due to weather related incidents are on the rise, and one can’t dismiss these as a “once in a century” event any more. This event resulted in damaged to a lot of pipes that were not weatherized for a frozen winter storm.

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Hurricane Harvey Updates

Elementum

The rain has stopped in Houston, Texas, but the traumatic conditions left by Tropical Storm Harvey have not yet cleared. Tropical Storm Harvey lashed Houston, Texas — America's fourth largest city — and has proven to be extremely traumatic to tens of thousands of people and businesses. click to zoom).

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Emergency Freight: What Harvey Tells Us About Irma

DAT Solutions

Less than ten days after Hurricane Harvey, trucks are already moving freight out of Houston, with almost the same volume as before the storm. Harvey hit Houston on Friday evening, August 25, and hung over the metro area for days, dumping more than 50 inches of rain on Southeastern Texas and Southwestern Louisiana. It could take months.

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Customer Advisory – Hurricane Harvey

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Hurricane Harvey is causing catastrophic flooding in Southeast Texas, leaving the Houston metro area in a severe crisis situation. Houston area schools as well as a significant number of businesses are closed for the week and many areas are only accessible by boat or helicopter. While our Houston offices remain closed, the C.H.

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Auto Supply Chain Prophets Podcast Wrap-up: Eps. 1-5

QAD

He encourages employees at every stage of procurement and auto supply chain logistics to review QAD’s “ Delivering on the Promise of Delivery: Preventing Future Auto Supply Chain Disruptions ” and its 24 essential supply chain processes. Episode #4: Don’t Forget the Grease!

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Supply Chain Impact of Hurricane Harvey Could Be Worse than Expected

Material Handling & Logistics

They warn that Hurricane Harvey’s disruptions will ripple through the supply chain and be realized at factories and facilities far away from the impacted area. Let’s not kid ourselves—this is going to be a big supply chain disruption,” says Vakil. needed to operate is not going to be there for weeks.”.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Merchants including Dick’s Sporting Goods, Lowe’s, and Walmart say the rising stocks signal a recovery from last year’s shortages driven by supply-chain disruptions and put them in a strong position to take advantage of consumer demand this holiday shopping period.