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

NC State SCRC

As plants slowly restart, it will take months for inventories to recover, with prices likely only returning to normal levels in June, said Joel Morales, analyst at IHS Markit.” In another example, to get access to nitrogen, this company relied on shipping it in from Oklahoma, as the pipelines were non-functional.

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How to Reduce Shipping Costs: 8 Effective Ways

Ware2Go

But the same package sent only 107 miles from Oklahoma City to Tulsa would be Zone 2. As a result, storing inventory closer to customers will eliminate shipping to higher zones, lowering time in transit (TNT) and improving shipping speeds. The higher the zone, the more expensive an order is to ship. Establish Rigorous Packout SOP’s.

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Trends 2019: Food

Enterra Insights

Researchers from Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. ”[6] Also on the rise, according to many sources, is the consumption of insect proteins, veggie meats, and lab-grown proteins. Benchmark analysts note, “Chefs are looking for new sources of protein. Regional flavors. Bon appetite! Footnotes. [1]

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Good-bye siloed, functional planner. Hello storm chasing network planner.

Kinaxis

Supply chain planners (I’m lumping in all the silos, including demand, supply, inventory and capacity planning) today are dealing with challenges that were unimaginable when Lotus notes were the next big thing. 2013 – Massive tornado packing 200 mph winds in the Oklahoma City area. Times have changed. 2015 – Nepal earthquake, 7.8

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This Week in Logistics News (November 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

Oklahoma Sen. LSEG Workspace, a financial news and data platform, calculated inventory turnover ratios of 30 major U.S. “Stand your butt up!” These aren’t the words we are used to hearing at a Senate hearing, but that’s exactly what we heard earlier this week. retailers for Reuters.

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Perspectives on the Global Trade Environment: A Panel Discussion

NC State SCRC

The goal is to create redundant sources based on supplier-specific and country-of-origin, to ensure that each product category has redundancy as a form of insurance on the supply chain. Example might include free trade zones, mapping of supplier material flows, multi-sourcing, business continuity planning, etc.).

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