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A Holistic Smart City Strategy Requires a Digital Twin

Enterra Insights

Without a holistic vision and strategy, technologies purchased to enhance one city system might not be compatible with technology utilized to enhance other urban systems. The post A Holistic Smart City Strategy Requires a Digital Twin first appeared on Enterra Solutions. 7] Goldstein, op.

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Two Automakers Make Senior Supply Chain and Procurement Executive Leadership Changes

Supply Chain Matters

billion has been raised from an initial public offering, with corporate strategy aiming to focus on acquiring adequate manufacturing capacity and demonstrating capability and actual delivery of designed vehicles to the market in order to garner a first-mover advantage in the EV market segment. Stellantis Senior Procurement Leadership Change.

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The Most Overlooked DC Performance Strategy

Logistics Viewpoints

Companies must also offer a healthy workplace which listens to their workforce and offers modern tools that keep workers happy in addition to being productive. Instead of looking at technology as a pure productivity solution, companies can benefit from exploring ways to use technology for employee retention.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

According to Richard Guebert, from the Illinois Farm Bureau, the cost of fertilizer is surging. And while the price he is paid for his grain will rise, too, “prices will reach a point where no one can afford to purchase them.”. As Guebert said, “last year, fertilizer was $510 a ton last year; this year, it’s $1,508.

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Rivian’s Missed 2022 Production Performance and Executive Turnover

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights reports that Rivian Automotive fell short of its 2022 vehicle production goal and that several top executives have departed the company, including the company’s purchasing head. In December 2021, the company announced plans to invest in a second U.S. production facility to be located east of Atlanta, Georgia.

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Rivian Automotive’s 2022 Performance and Planned 2023 Objectives

Supply Chain Matters

Background In a mid-January posting, we alerted our readers to reports that Rivian Automotive fell short of its 2022 vehicle production goal and that several top executives had departed the company, including the company’s purchasing head. Reported net operating loss for the fiscal year was $6.8 billion as compared to $4.7 billion in 2021.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

Because of the food giant’s size, their sustainability strategy also is very broad. Scope 2 emissions are indirect emissions from purchased energy. The long-term agreement will initially enroll corn, soy and wheat farmers across Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Nebraska, with the opportunity for future expansion.