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This Week in Logistics News (November 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

Oklahoma Sen. That would represents the slowest pace of growth in five years, according to industry estimates. But the defense industry — the beneficiary of the movement — says now is the wrong time. Yet the politics is crashing into the reality facing the defense industry. “Stand your butt up!”

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This Week in Supply Chain Tech- January 19 2024

Supply Chain Matters

We are further including key highlights of equity investments in rather promising new industry focused direct materials technologies. TrusTrace Secures $24 Million Growth Investment Fashion industry product traceability and compliance technology provider TrusTrace announced a$24 million growth investment.

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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

Driver shortages have become even more of a reality in the supply chain industry for a number of reasons, chief among them being the sharp rise in demand. But the industry is watching as the technology opens new opportunities for safety, savings and speed long-haul, raising curiosity on the strength of a compelling business case.

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ThroughPut Inc. Appoints Retired Brigadier General Ronald Jolly, U.S Air Force, to Advisory Board

ThroughPut

the Industrial AI Supply Chain pioneer, today announced the addition of retired U.S I look forward to working with and learning from this incredibly talented team to leverage Artificial Intelligence to find solutions to improve supply chain management nuances and associated industry challenges, today and in the future.”

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The Big Texas Chemical Freeze Raises Issues on Resiliency of the Petrochemical Supply Chain

NC State SCRC

Today’s Wall Street Journal article on the impact of the Texas winter storm on the petrochemical industry highlights many of the challenges that exist with this supply chain, that has been overlooked for perhaps too long. The delayed impacts of the petrochemical industry was urgent after the freeze.

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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.

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The PPE Shortage Nightmare is Far From Over – It’s About to Get Worse

NC State SCRC

Recent data that I obtained from a source identifies just how bad this problem continues to be. This is particularly bad in states like Hawaii, Indiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Utah. Sourcing of PPE has never been more important. Think again. In addition, about 16% of acute care centers have severe shortages of nurses and aides.