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Winter Alert: Winter Weather Conditions Developing Across Much of the US

GlobalTranz

Parts of I-44 are closed near Oklahoma City, OK. Parts of I-35 in Oklahoma are closed. Source: NWS. Wind chill advisories extend as far south as Oklahoma, with wind chills as low as -10 degrees Fahrenheit possible through Saturday. I-10 is closed from Baton Rouge, LA to Lafayette, LA due to ice and accidents.

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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

To demonstrate, one California autonomous vehicle company, TuSimple, tested the efficacy of long-haul driverless vehicles in a recent trek from Nogales, Arizona to Oklahoma City, shaving 10 hours (42%) off of what would otherwise be a 24-hour trip. In a word, it’s data.

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Good-bye siloed, functional planner. Hello storm chasing network planner.

Kinaxis

2013 – Massive tornado packing 200 mph winds in the Oklahoma City area. They may be too busy looking at constraint challenges or alternate sources of supply. Let’s just look at some events: 2017 – Hurricane Irma (plus others). 2016 – Hurricane Matthew (plus others). 2015 – Nepal earthquake, 7.8 See 2014 side note). I’ll stop there.

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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). EV production facilities.

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Fearless Females of Supply Chain: Overcoming the Seeds of Doubt

BlueYonder

Our supply chain team works primarily from our headquarters in Oklahoma City, but we also spend a decent amount of time out in our stores and with our merchandising team. We have a fuel purchasing group called Musket, a fuel distribution group called Gemini, and an alternative fueling business called Trillium.

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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. As a result of this exposure, more companies are beginning to explore using biobased chemicals as alternative sources of supply.

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