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This Week in Logistics News (October 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now, on to this week’s logistics news. All Mars’ products in Europe to be sourced with 100% sustainable cocoa. Mars Wrigley has declared that from 2023, 100 percent of the cocoa purchased for its direct factory operations in Europe will be verified as “responsibly sourced cocoa.”

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Supply Chains and Climate Change: Adapt or Die

Enterra Insights

Inevitably, these will interrupt production, increase sourcing costs, and cut into corporate revenue.”[1] ”[3] Too few companies map their supply chains all the way to where their raw materials are sourced. Rising seas and flooding can also adversely affect logistics. Such an activity can be enlightening.

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Overcoming Supply Chain Challenges in the Beverage Industry 

Logility

Better long-term planning, supply planning, and just-in-time logistics are essential to address beverage industry supply chain challenges. Denbury, an independent energy company, sources CO 2 from Jackson Dome, a natural carbon source field in Mississippi. This shortage is caused by a couple of factors. .

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Peet’s Coffee and the Roasted Bean Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

The company has a sourcing team that vets the beans. Thus, in addition to their roasting plant with an inbound warehouse attached to it, and a warehouse for outbound finished goods in nearby Oakland, the company also has 700 reps that source their product from roughly 100 small DSD warehouses across the nation.

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Transportation Optimization: The Key to Weathering Droughts, Disasters and Other Disruptions

BlueYonder

Drought conditions at the Panama Canal are not a good match for its high water demands; it takes at least 50 million gallons of water , with some sources citing much more, to move a single ship through the 51-mile waterway. Under normal operating conditions, the Panama Canal handles 36 to 38 ships per day. But that’s just the beginning.

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Panama Canal Drought: Lower Water Levels, Higher Supply Chain Risk

Resilinc

Other waterways have also been impacted by climate change The Panama Canal is just the latest example of how climate change can impact logistics in waterways. Currently, in the US, the Mississippi and Ohio River water levels are falling at an alarming rate due to heat and lack of rainfall.

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part Two: Climate Risks

Enterra Insights

As a result, maritime shipping lies at the very heart of the global logistical system. The Associated Press reports, “Canal authorities attributed the drought to the El Niño weather phenomenon and climate change, and warned it was urgent for Panama to seek new water sources for both the canal’s operations and human consumption.

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