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The 2022 Chlorine Shortage: Another Year of Poolmageddon

ToolsGroup

Image source: Cape Analytics. At the mercy of Hurricane Laura, the Louisiana production plant was completely eradicated. Unlike the Louisiana fire, the plant wasn’t completely leveled (minimizing the long-term impact on the chlorine shortage), but the fire still resulted in the loss of 100,000 pounds of chlorine tablets.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 19-23, 2013)

Talking Logistics

I went to Home Depot earlier this week to return a purchase, and the customer in front of me wanted to exchange a defective power tool with the same model, but he couldn’t find any on the shelf even though the store’s inventory system said 5 units were in stock. However, not all insights and intelligence reside in a database.

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What About Them Apples?

Supply Chain Shaman

Today hurricane Nate’s north winds are pushing against the bayous of Louisiana. ” At the other end of the continuum is the argument that “ Forecast error is the most important metric to improve.” Inventory strategies and processes to absorb the error. What are they seeing? ” I am in the middle.

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Hurricane Season Brings New Risks to Pandemic-stressed Supply Chain Chains

Enterra Insights

Chris Dolce ( @chrisdolcewx ) reports, “The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is off to a fast start with three named storms by early June.”[1] Brosnan notes, “Your strategy for keeping your business running during and after a hurricane is not typically something you can figure out a few days before a storm hits.

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Who’s Catching the Holiday Shopping Fever?

Enterra Insights

Lisa Rowan reports, “The National Retail Federation expects holiday retail sales to total between $727.9 ” States with consumers at the other end of the spending scale include: West Virginia ($60); Vermont ($111); Montana ($328); Louisiana ($342); and New Mexico ($373). behind Hawaii, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alaska.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 3-7, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Things that make you go “hmm”… In more relevant news… Descartes Reports Fiscal 2014 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results. Descartes reported FY14 annual revenues of $151.3 The outside of the boot was completely clean, he had his boots on the whole day, and we don’t have a dog. Adjusted EBITDA was $44.5