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E.Coli Incident Linked to McDonald’s Provides a Threshold

Supply Chain Matters

Further stated was the following: “ Out of an abundance of caution, we are also temporarily removing the Quarter Pounder from restaurants in the impacted area, including Colorado, Kansas, Utah and Wyoming, as well as portions of Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.

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Worried about Impending Tariffs? 

NC State SCRC

Bill described this as follows: We have two trade zones in Oklahoma and Houston and are under construction to produce one in Corpus Christi. The use of FTZs can be a very effective strategy to import goods, and then once they arrive, work with government agencies to find an exemption to the tariff.

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

Supply Chain Matters

This report cited informed sources indicating that the State of Oklahoma is being considered as a location for this facility but that there are no guarantees that an agreement will be reached. manufacturing facility somewhere in Oklahoma as well. based production facility. Paid subscription required).

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This Week in Supply Chain Tech- January 19 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Stardust Power Selects Oklahoma for Battery Grade Lithium Refinery Development stage U.S. producer of battery-grade lithium products, Stardust Power , announced that the company has selected a site in Muskogee, Oklahoma to construct a new battery grade lithium refinery.

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The Big Texas Chemical Freeze Raises Issues on Resiliency of the Petrochemical Supply Chain

NC State SCRC

In another example, to get access to nitrogen, this company relied on shipping it in from Oklahoma, as the pipelines were non-functional. It is a major input into LNG and other refining facilities, and is only produced in three locations worldwide: Texas, China, and Korea.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1.14 - 1.18

Freight Plus

of procurement expenditures. FedEx Freight Direct will offer heavy and hard-to-handle item delivery to last-mile destinations in Atlanta, Omaha, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Dallas with a two-hour delivery window. The state has agreed to update to. enterprise solutions. which will provide savings ranging from 5% to 20%.

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Quality Improvement in Manufacturing: Relief for Operations Manager

ThroughPut

Nothing was really in our control, and we had to make it work with existing teams & existing resources in our existing situations (during invasions, offshore on a ship, knee-deep in Oklahoma mud & the usual). As a startup supplying to Fortune 500s, the expectations are even higher, thanks to procurement standards.