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This Week in Logistics News (July 31 – August 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

Varda Space Industries secures $42m for off-planet manufacturing. ” Delays in manufacturing and distribution can have a ripple effect that can cause larger delays further down the supply chain. Amazon said pet food manufacturers are prioritizing top-selling items over niche products because of increased demand.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

And Rhode Island said last week that it plans to move forward with its own rules. California’s regulation allows credit transfers and requires manufacturers to make a growing number of zero-emission vehicles available from 2025 onward, reaching 75% of new Class 4–8 trucks for the 2035 model year.

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Consumer Packaged Goods Network Optimization: The Key to Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

Suppose a CPG brand decides to shift its manufacturing capacity from Rhode Island to a higher-cost, yet more-sustainable, alternative in Colorado. This is in addition to the ability to run many what-if scenarios to determine the impact of constraints and costs on the network.”

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Supply Chain Risk: It’s Not Whether Severe Weather, but When

Enterra Insights

”[5] Austin Becker, a maritime infrastructure resilience scholar at the University of Rhode Island, told Leslie, the pandemic is “a temporary problem,” while climate change is “long-term dire” problem. ” • Conduct a comprehensive assessment of each site’s risks. ” • Think beyond your own sites.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

In addition, several agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) require unique device identifiers (UDI) usually in the form of barcodes to contain information such as manufactured date and lot number to provide traceability. Rhode Island. Mississippi. New Hampsire. New Jersey. New Mexico. North Carolina. Washington.

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Freight Volume Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Zipline Logistics

Manufacturers, construction outfits, vehicle dealerships, and professional services are now operating at 50% capacity. As a result, retailers, manufacturers, and other businesses can resume normal operations with a 50 percent capacity restriction. . and recently allowed manufacturing work to resume; however, the?formal?order

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Everybody Needs STEM Talent

GlobalTranz

The lede refers to H-1b workers in Rhode Island, where CVS employs 314 H-1b workers, the largest H-1b hirer of in the state. But there are very good reasons why CVS needs high-skilled workers in Rhode Island. Manufacturing STEM talent' CVS is not alone. Louis, where he earned an M.A.