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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech July 14 2022

Supply Chain Matters

based EV battery production facilities include South Korea headquartered LG Energy Solution , Samsung SDI and SK Innovation , each with a designated branded automotive partner. Other battery manufacturers that have elected to invest in U.S. Toyota has further announced plans to source an EV battery production facility in the U.S.

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Smart Supply Chains Adapt to Overcome COVID-19 Challenges

Logistics Bureau

Examples are: Samsung Electronics , which is shifting part of its domestic phone production to Vietnam due to the rapid advance of COVID-19 in South Korea. Jacket-recommended restaurant Canlis in Seattle has temporarily closed its elegant mid-century dining room. It is also airlifting parts from China to its Vietnam operations.

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China Exports Rebound Even as Western Markets Face Lockdown

Logistics Bureau

Crew changes on ships arriving from countries where there have been “severe” outbreaks of COVID-19, such as South Korea, Italy, Iran, Japan, France, Spain, Germany, the US, and the United Kingdom, are forbidden at Chinese ports except under strict quarantine conditions.

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Smart Cities and the Covid-19 Pandemic

Enterra Insights

Combs ( @vmcombs ) reports Singapore and South Korea, two countries praised for their coronavirus response, relied heavily on contact tracing. She writes, “South Korea and Singapore are taking a smart city approach to halting the spread of the coronavirus. ”[2] Veronica M.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

The company was started in 1907 as a small messenger service in Seattle with $100 in borrowed capital. CJ Logistics CJ Logistics is a Korean logistics company based in Seoul, South Korea. The company was formed in 1930 during the Japanese colonial period in Korea with a single warehouse as Chosun Rice Warehousing Co.,

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5G and the Future of Smart Cities

Enterra Insights

Parbat reports, “Globally, US carriers Verizon and AT&T are poised to start the first wave of commercial 5G launches this year, which, in turn, will be followed by operators in Japan and South Korea in 2019. Seattle; and Washington, D.C.). Seattle; and Washington, D.C.). Bernardsville, N.J.; Brockton, Mass.;