article thumbnail

The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

I was drawn to Hunter and Amory Lovins, who advocated a strategy pairing energy efficiency with renewables, long before its current popularity. Pharmaceutical manufacturer Amgen built a new biomanufacturing plant in Singapore that uses 70% less carbon than traditional facilities.

article thumbnail

Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out?

Enterra Insights

The revolution took place a few years later and was the inspiration of a North Carolina truck driver named Malcom McLean. Conex containers evolved into modular units that could stack efficiently to store more cargo in one location.”[4]. ”[4]. Although helpful, the development of conex boxes wasn’t revolutionary.

article thumbnail

Perspectives on the Global Trade Environment: A Panel Discussion

NC State SCRC

Thermo is very much affected by Brexit, and has worked on creating strategies to deal with this. It is not so much the application of a tariff, or even leaving NAFTA, but more like “North Carolina leaving the United States!” What are the activities that you are undertaking to deal with these challenges in the short-term?

Global 52