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This Week in Logistics News (July 8 – 14)

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billion Denbury deal boosts energy transition plans On the lighter side… Truck stuck in Smugglers’ Notch, again, and Vermont plans to take action The Amazon Prime Day event, stretching across July 11 and 12, was Amazon’s largest ever Prime Day, according to Amazon. port strike Exxon’s $4.9

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5 Tips to Leverage Digital Tools to Deliver Tangible Sustainability Improvements

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Procurement Leaders Webinar. Speakers: Arnaud Malardé, Ivalua | Hélène Vermont, Michelin Group. With mounting pressure for organizations to make tangible contributions to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives, the procurement function must strategize to implement and report their collective efforts.

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The Best States to Buy a Car In!

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Here are several tips and pointers on how to keep the cost down! Note: The costs shown are verified by what your legal residence is listed under, not where you’ve purchased your vehicle. Initial Cost For Your Used Vehicle. The initial cost to purchase a new vehicle in Florida is 10 percent lower than the national average.

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Hospitals Suffer from a Lack of Market Transparency: New Evidence from a Research Project with SCWorx

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This organization is working with a number of major hospitals across the country, including Maimonides, Mayo Clinic, Baptist Health, University of Chicago, University of Vermont, and others. Hospitals cannot be successful in their quest to drive down costs unless they have data that allow them to address challenges in spend analysis.

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Boeing Lands Significant 787 Dreamliner Aircraft Deal

Supply Chain Matters

The new international air carrier is to be named Riyadh Air, which is reportedly procuring 39 Boeing 787-9 aircraft, with an option for 33 more. The nation’s existing national carrier Saudia will purchase 39 Dreamliners with an option for 10 additional. Reportedly, production of wide aisle aircraft was sold out through 2025.

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Commonwealth of Virginia Uses Ivalua’s Platform for Transformation of eVA Procurement System

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System will help improve efficiency and the purchasing experience for government employees and vendors. eVA is Virginia’s award-winning eProcurement portal, which provides a centralized, online purchasing hub for state and local agencies and more than 112,000 approved vendors who provide essential goods and services.

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Save the Planet and Secure the Global Food Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Jacobson , a professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, explains, “For many, going to the grocery store to purchase food or visiting a favorite restaurant are activities we often take for granted. However, we shouldn’t become complacent. We believe such food items will always be available.