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FDA Registration for Fulfillment Centers

Ship Monk

While you may not think much about these three little letters signifying the US Food and Drug Administration , they exist for the protection of all consumers. Definitely not. In general, these standards safeguard citizens against products that could be harmful to health, food-related emergencies, and bioterrorism. Exaggeration?

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Looking Back at the Thanksgiving Supply Chain: How Turkeys Were Delivered to Millions of Americans

Locus

What would Thanksgiving be without any fresh food and turkeys? If there is a special acknowledgement, it should definitely go to the field agents who delivered turkeys and fresh food before that special day. It does not have any considerations for meeting real-time and last-minute delivery needs. Just one more normal day!

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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

Watching the commercial definitely made me feel nostalgic for the good old days of 80’s cartoon mascots. The 100+ Accelerator was launched in 2018 as a global incubator program to help solve supply chain challenges across water stewardship, circular economy, sustainable agriculture, and climate action.

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Why freight is a commodity

FreightWaves SONAR

The Oxford English Dictionary provides two definitions: A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee. These definitions are broad and yet still somehow insufficient. COMEX) in 1933, where traders would meet to exchange options to buy and sell commodities.

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Lora Cecere on Supply Chain Metrics that Matter

AIMMS

And the opening chapter in the book is an actual case study about a team meeting I attended where they would have the inventory “target of the month”. Marty Kisliuk’s (Director of Global Operations, FMC Agricultural Solutions) interview in chapter 1 caused me to rewrite chapter 1 three times. Yes it is definitely a journey.

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Frontliners for refugees: Simon Denhere and Christine Khavetsa

World Food Programme Logistics

There he helped deliver food to five refugee camps along Zimbabwe’s eastern border with Mozambique, a country immersed in a civil war at the time. My team acknowledges the challenges but is highly motivated and determined to serve because we all know that WFP’s food distributions are lifesaving and cannot be stopped.”

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How to Get Your Forklift License: The Ultimate Guide [New in 2020]

Conger

Bonus Tip : The Fair Labor Standards Act prohibits anyone under 18 years old from operating forklifts in non-agricultural environments. Important definitions, like “load center” and “center of gravity”. You may have already done the research and decided that you definitely want to be a forklift driver. Formal instruction.

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