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The reality of green energy: “green metal” supply chains won’t be able to keep up

NC State SCRC

What will happen to those manufacturers that can’t or won’t convert? The winners are the electrostates: first Australia which has all of the metals in the green seven; Second Chile (which has 42%. There are other risks as well: logistics in these regions (especially Africa and Chile).

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The Inevitable Introduction of Self-Driving Trucks into the Supply Chain

RFgen

Companies already use advanced robotics to manufacture products and facilitate warehouse management procedures, but will intelligent machines begin delivering materials and merchandise for supply chain operations? Forbes reported mines in Chile cart materials between locations with self-driving trucks.

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The Inevitable Introduction of Self-Driving Trucks into the Supply Chain

RFgen

Companies already use advanced robotics to manufacture products and facilitate warehouse management procedures, but will intelligent machines begin delivering materials and merchandise for supply chain operations? Forbes reported mines in Chile cart materials between locations with self-driving trucks.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In respect to logistics and transport something remarkable happened at COP26. Subnational governments like Québec in Canada and Telengana in India as well as manufacturers and fleets like DHL, Heineken and Scania are endorsing the MOU and declared that they will align with the decarbonization effort.

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What Caused the Baby Formula Shortage + 7 Ways Consumers and Companies are Coping

ToolsGroup

This made it incredibly difficult for manufacturers to accurately gauge the market size for production. The situation became dire in February of 2022 when Abbott Nutrition, one of the country’s three main powdered formula manufacturers, voluntarily recalled several formula brands and shut down its Sturgis, Michigan factory.

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Global Factory Boom Spurs Commodities Prices from Oil to Copper

Material Handling & Logistics

The strongest manufacturing activity since the aftermath of the global financial crisis is slowly draining commodities surpluses, sending prices to a 3-year high as investors pour money into everything from oil to copper. “The Wall Street banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. And freezing weather in the U.S.,

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E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index Reveals Notably Improved Cross-Ocean Transit Time for Global Freight Deliveries

E2open

Key findings from the latest e2open Ocean Shipping Index include: The top ports contributing to Export Time Performance improvement when considering all global ports are Tuticorin, India; Valparaiso, Chile; Los Angeles, U.S., Vancouver, Canada, and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.