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Supply Chain Matters Labor Day Salute

Supply Chain Matters

During these past four years, Labor Day has taken on a special meaning in the toil and efforts of deemed essential supply chain and production workers who risked their own health in ensuring that necessary food, medicines and other essential goods reached their destinations.

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Tesla Raises Pay Levels for California Production Workers

Supply Chain Matters

The situation was described as dockworkers refusing to unload vehicles arriving by ship; union members at independent repair shops having stopped servicing vehicles, while postal workers refusing to deliver Tesla related mail including license plates.

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Tesla Hikes Wages for Nevada Gigafactory Workers

Supply Chain Matters

The situation is described as dockworkers refusing to unload vehicles arriving by ship; union members at independent repair shops having stopped servicing vehicles, while postal workers have stop delivering Tesla related mail including license plates.

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What Should Supply Chain Management Teams Anticipate in 2023 and Beyond- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

That will have a direct impact on the dynamics of global container shipping, airfreight and logistics networks. Our overall theme for industry and global supply chains for 2023 is a Year of Adaptation, Realignment and Response to Economic and Geopolitical Forces. Overall Themes for the Year 2023.

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Behind the Numbers of the SCRC Supply Management Index

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The impact of supply chain disruptions, although difficult to quantify, can be costly. A study investigated stock market reactions when firms publicly announced that they were experiencing supply chain glitches or disruptions causing production or shipping delays.

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Teamsters Labor Union Ratifies UPS Labor Agreement

Supply Chain Matters

About $3 billion of the forecast reduction is attributed to weaker industry demand and lower shipping volumes while $1 billion is attributed to volume diversion. The adjusted operating margin is forecasted to be 11.8 percent at year end, compared to the 13.2 reported for Q2 ending. In the labor negotiations involving U.S.