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The Next Frontier in Food Logistics with Alexis Mizell-Pleasant

The Logistics of Logistics

She has a background in journalism and a diverse resume of experience in many communications roles for companies like the Medical University of South Carolina, Amazon, and a major non-profit in the city of Charleston, SC. She holds a master’s degree in communication from Johns Hopkins University and she is a U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

South Carolina prohibits importation of some birds due to avian flu. Of these 37 projects, 23 are in the US, which brings Amazon’s total clean energy procurement in the US from 7.2 Amazon on path to reach 100% renewable energy by 2025. USPS slowing first-class package delivery to lower costs. GW to 10.4

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up September 1 2023

Supply Chain Matters

The storm then rapidly moved up to the coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina , to include coastal areas that include the Ports of Savannah and Charleston. Various industry procurement, product management and operations teams will likely be monitoring the effects of all of these significant storms in the days and weeks to come.

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Ford’s Announced Plans to Operate a Battery Plant in Michigan

Supply Chain Matters

states of Kentucky and South Carolina , along with Mexico. This battery maker announced initial plans in August of last year to either invest or have a direct presence in the U.S. and automakers mentioned were BMW , Tesla , Ford Motor , along with unnamed prospects. Sites that were mentioned included the U.S. trade interests.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up- February 24 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Further reported was that Boeing CFO Brain West had indicated last week that 787 production was paused at the North Charlestown, South Carolina facility to address issues related to fuselages built by supplier Spirit AeroSystems. Boeing has declined to comment to multiple publications regarding the temporary delivery suspension.

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Key Automotive Attractions and Pit Stops at Explore 2019

QAD

QAD EE Cloud Deployment for Caterpillar Foundry in South Carolina. Procure to Pay – A Day in the Life. Adient and QAD will share their experience of building a global core model for QAD Automation Solutions and then successfully rolling it out globally.

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The Aftermath of Hurricane Ian for Multi-Industry Supply Chains

Supply Chain Matters

After crossing the State of Florida, depositing a reported 10 to in excess of 20 inches of rainfall to some areas, the storm reformed as a Category One force and made another landfall in coastal South Carolina bringing high winds and flooding to the Carolina’s and other states.