Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The initial findings from the investigation indicate that a subset of illnesses may be linked to slivered onions used in the Quarter Pounder and sourced by a single supplier that serves three distribution centers. Once again, federal food safety officials are focusing on a single production facility as the suspected source of the listeria.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 17, 2025

One relates to automotive production sourcing and one to semiconductor manufacturing. The EV powered pick-up trucks originally sourced for production in Orion will reportedly now be produced at an existing Factory Zero Detroit Michigan facility. Supply Chain Matters highlights two additional significant added investments in U.S.

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QAD

DECEMBER 3, 2019

It means buying food that is sourced and/or grown within a geographical location that could be considered “local”. Some examples include sugar from Michigan grown sugar beets, cereals from midwest grain producing states, and potato products from Idaho grown potatoes. Is “eating local” the next-generation of the “organic” trend?

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Exiger Perspectives

JULY 18, 2024

Single-Source Risks: Balancing Cost-Efficiency and National Security Recent global events in Ukraine and Israel highlight the need for supply chain diversification. By reviving production at an old gold mine in Idaho, the U.S. Jeanette McMillian, Assistant Director for the NCSC's Supply Chain and Cyber Directorate 4.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

And if most of your production happens in FL, you may choose to divert sourcing to your secondary facility, say in New Jersey, during heavy produce shipping season months to avoid the heightened costs. Idaho is nearly synonymous with potatoes but that is not all the state grows. You may need to pay more to attract capacity.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Apple in talks with miners to secure cobalt supplies: sources (Reuters). Just when you though the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate was a settled matter, legislators in South Dakota, Missouri, Tennessee and Idaho are still fighting the battle. Transplace Joins Blockchain in Transport Alliance.

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Look for loads of trees leaving Oregon, and potatoes out of Idaho or North Dakota. Twin Falls, Idaho is a great source for outbound reefer loads, prior to Thanksgiving. Those other dark red areas on the Hot States map, in Montana and South Dakota, signal a shortage of trucks without a lot of available loads.

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