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This Week in Logistics News (November 28 – December 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

UPS can make as much as 1,200 pounds of dry ice an hour near its Worldport air hub in Louisville, KY, and can ship it the next day to US and Canadian hospitals and clinics. Walmart is also changing one of its policies for online orders for Walmart+ members.

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A Year In Events: Looking Back At 2016 (US Edition)

EcoVadis

The conference kicked off with a powerful keynote by Lisa Jackson, VP of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives at Apple. policy experts literally speechless, and the general outlook for government policy supporting responsible business was an inevitable topic of discussion.

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The Mind-Boggling Complexities of Food Distribution (Why Optimization is Critical)

Talking Logistics

For example, here’s a description from a 2001 profile of Kroger’s food supply chain published by Louisville Business First : The frozen food portion of the order is assembled at 6:30 a.m. and loaded in the front compartment, or nose, of a multi-temperature trailer where the temperature is 20 degrees below zero.