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Hurricane Harvey - Effects, Forecasts, and Operational Best Practices

Elementum

Rail freight networks operated by Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific in Texas, USA were heavily disrupted due to Hurricane Harvey, according to reports on Friday, August 25th. BNSF Railway reported that widespread flooding is causing major disruptions of service and operations in the Houston region.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

The retail giant has launched a program to recruit and train college graduates to become store managers, promising a starting wage of at least $65,000 a year and an accelerated two-year track into the top store job. This shortfall is impeding efforts to transport goods and, in doing so, further hobbling an already-delicate supply chain.

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Regulator: Moving Hazardous Chemicals by Train is Far Safer Than Trucks

Supply Chain Brain

Oberman led the transportation board in approving the $31 billion merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern, which will have steep repercussions for Chicago-area communities, citing safety as one of the chief reasons.

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Tomorrow’s Workforce must Embrace Training and Re-skilling

Enterra Insights

”[1] In a 2017 study, Didem Tuzemen, an economist at the Kansas City Fed, indicated the “decline in demand for middle-skilled work — a phenomenon dubbed ‘job polarization,’ because more positions are concentrated at the higher and lower ends — has played a role in keeping prime-age men out of the job market.”[2]

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Team Flares Chemical Gas From Derailed Train Cars in Ohio to Prevent Explosion

Supply Chain Brain

Norfolk Southern says shipments are being delayed across an area from Chicago to New York and Kansas City as workers try to clear the scene.

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

Supply Chain Matters

based Kansas City Southern , pending full regulatory approvals which is expected sometime this year. Surface Transportation Board on the merger with Kansas City Southern. . Canadian Pacific is the sixth-largest North America freight railway, and in December 2021 completed an agreement to acquire U.S.

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Philosophy

The Network Effect

For 17 years he paid his dues as an assistant coach – first at the University of Minnesota, then with the Steelers, followed by the Kansas City Chiefs, and finally back to Minnesota. Dungy however, had waited and labored hard to get his first big coaching break. His philosophy to coaching was his problem.