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Breakbulk Americas with Jeff Tucker

The Logistics of Logistics

Jeff Tucker and Joe Lynch discuss the Breakbulk Americas conference. Jeff is the CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide , the oldest privately-held freight brokerage in North America, specializing in notoriously complicated freight, like temperature-controlled, oversized, and high-value, high-security shipments. About Jeff Tucker.

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Editor’s Choice: Aluminum Can Shortage Defines a New Normal for Food Packaging

Logistics Viewpoints

For reference, the production of 1 ton of ingot takes about fourteen megawatt-hours of energy – typically enough to power a mid-size home for a year. The deepening power crisis has already taken 900,000 tons of smelting capacity offline in North America and Europe. However, the production of aluminum is electricity-intensive.

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Sustainable procurement: Everything You Need to Know

Precoro

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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US Food Manufacturing Success: Outsourcing MRO Supply Chain

Synovos

RS Integrated Supply, a global provider of outsourced storeroom management and procurement services, was hired to handle all indirect procurement, including storeroom management, on their behalf. Not having to manage the indirect procurement process retains advantages for the client. Interested in our services?

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US Food Mfg. Thrives After Outsourcing MRO Supply Chain:13-year Partnership Generates Millions in Savings

Synovos

RS Integrated Supply, a global provider of outsourced storeroom management and procurement services, was hired to handle all indirect procurement, including storeroom management, on their behalf. Not having to manage the indirect procurement process retains advantages for the client. Interested in our services?

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Breaking Supply Chain News- Panasonic Plans an Additional EV Battery Production Facility in the U.S.

Supply Chain Matters

These developments come five years after Panasonic began production of lithium-ion batteries at Panasonic Energy of North America (PENA) , referred to as Tesla’s Gigafactory , in Sparks, Nevada. . Part of Broader North America Based EV Supply Network Investments.

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ASCM Unveils New CTSC Certification Program

Supply Chain Matters

As such, candidates for this program can stem from finance, IT, project management or center of excellence roles, in addition to supply chain areas of procurement, planning, execution or other areas and backgrounds depending on the scope and emphasis of the transformation. We especially applaud ASCM in this approach.