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This Week in Logistics News (August 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

In a recent report, IEA indicated that global battery and mineral supply chains need to expand ten-fold to meet projected critical minerals needs by 2030. The report concludes the industry needs to build 50 more lithium mines, 60 more nickel mines and 17 more cobalt mines by 2030 to meet global net carbon emissions goals.

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Insights from the C-Suite: Supply Chain People Are Making a Difference in the World

Material Handling & Logistics

The biggest challenge for supply chain professionals today is the is the accelerated pace of change, according to APICS CEO Abe Eshkenazi. Since 2006, Abe Eshkenazi has served as CEO of APICS, a trade association focused on offering research, education and certification programs in supply chain management.

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Visibility Powered Planning

BlueYonder

I recently had the honour of presenting at the annual CSCMP (Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals) conference in San Antonio, Texas. Choosing a topic can always be a challenge but in this case I had a particular theme in mind that I felt worthy, particularly in the face of industry change prevalent today.

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Hurricane Harvey Updates

Elementum

Tropical Storm Harvey has forced UPS, FedEx and the United States Postal Service to cease delivery to major swaths of Texas and Louisiana, posing disruptions in the medical, food and packaging industries. A company’s ability to rapidly ascertain which part of its supply chain has been seriously impacted is vitally important.

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Church's Chicken is Reinventing the Supply Chain

Elementum

Excellent supply chain management is the key to both. Being able to handle product development, sourcing, production, logistics, and information systems well is what makes a business’s supply chain successful. In turn, only 8% of companies with secondary or ordinary supply chains achieve above-average growth.

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20 warehouse professionals and business leaders reveal the single most important first step when designing a warehouse layout

6 River Systems

Mike Kasperski @enVistaCommerce Mike Kasperski, Managing Partner, leads enVista’s Facility Design practice and brings more than 30 years of experience in the material handling industry, including system design and implementation. You need to store inventory, so there needs to be a space allocated for storage.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon’s SAT1 fulfillment center in San Antonio, Texas is the first to deploy Titan in its operations. LSEG Workspace, a financial news and data platform, calculated inventory turnover ratios of 30 major U.S. That would represents the slowest pace of growth in five years, according to industry estimates.