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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech July 14 2022

Supply Chain Matters

In this regular edition of our featured column, Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , we provide highlights of two noteworthy supply chain management focused technology development efforts which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based multi-industry supply chain readership. Panasonic Energy Co.,

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Added Evidence of Emerging Regionalization of Global Supply Networks

Supply Chain Matters

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group, via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog calls reader attention to two recently published research papers that address evidence of ongoing shifts in global supply component and end production sourcing. The above seems to imply, from our lens, the movement toward China Plus sourcing activity.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

Scope 1 emissions include direct emissions from the company’s owned and controlled sources. Supplier relationships need to move from transactional deals to true sourcing partnerships with their most important suppliers. PepsiCo has farmers they directly source from. Scope 2 emissions are indirect emissions from purchased energy.

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Major Commercial Aircraft Supply Network Disruption Now Avoided

Supply Chain Matters

This rejection was noted by Reuters as sending a shockwave through the industry. Spirit announced it will begin restoring operations at its Wichita , Kansas facility today, Friday, June 30, and begin to fully resume production on Wednesday, July 5., On Thursday of last week, Spirit suspended all production operations.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Labor and management work out deal at Port of LA/Long Beach ( Logistics Management ). Transplace delivered more than 50 customer solutions in 2012 using the CombineNet sourcing technology, in industries including consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing, and retail. Song of the Week: “Miracle Mile” by Cold War Kids.

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

Supply Chain Matters

In this Supply Chain Matters March 23 rd edition of our COVID-19 and Ukraine Conflict News Capsule, we provide updates to ongoing industry supply chain developments and disruptions of concern to our reading audience. based Kansas City Southern , pending full regulatory approvals which is expected sometime this year. Canadian and U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 17 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. billion to one-up rival’s bid for Kansas City Southern railway. In total, the company will source enough renewable energy in Europe to power the equivalent of more than two million homes a year. As of June 2020, Amazon sourced about 42 percent of its global energy needs from renewables.