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Watch: Impact of the Western U.S. Megadrought on Food Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

Phil Renaud, executive director of The Risk Institute in the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University, discusses how the persistent drought in the western U.S. is forcing food supply chains to rethink their sourcing strategies, as well as pursue longer-term initiatives for coping with the effects of climate change.

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Truck drivers lack a united voice for lobbying

Truck News

Drivers are a little hard to understand in one key respect, and I say that after having spent more than 40 fulfilling years in their company: they won’t organize themselves into an effective lobbying group. Or is it that they simply can’t? Maybe it’s just an impossible dream. There are most certainly reasons why they […].

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Mass Ransomware Hack Used IT Software Flaws, Researchers Say

Supply Chain Brain

New findings differentiate the latest mass ransomware attack — which affected more than 1,000 businesses — from other recent assaults on the software supply chain.

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Westchester County Fleet Adding 40 Hybrid-Electric Buses to Mix

NGT News

The Westchester County Department of Public Works and Transportation (the Bee-Line) is purchasing 40 Xcelsior 40-foot hybrid-electric buses from New Flyer of America Inc., bringing the total number of hybrid-electric buses in the Bee-Line fleet to 279. The Bee-Line is Westchester County’s bus system, serving over 27 million passengers annually in the White Plains region […].

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Artificial Intelligence and the Transportation Industry

Artificial intelligence has quickly become a feature of everyday life: Using face ID to unlock a phone, communicating with online chatbots, and letting “smart” appliances help manage our homes are just a few of the ways that we interact with AI regularly. Forward-looking businesses are also using AI to transform their operations and gain a competitive edge.

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Industry Bosses See Price Hikes as Shortages Hamper Rebound

Supply Chain Brain

European companies are pushing up prices as supply disruptions lift costs and hamper their ability to match surging demand, according to executives.

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Culina acquisition of Stobart creates £2.2bn business

Logistics Business Magazine

Culina Group , a market-leading provider of shared-user FMCG logistics services, has acquired GreenWhiteStar Acquisitions, the parent company of Eddie Stobart. In addition to Eddie Stobart , GreenWhiteStar Acquisitions comprises Eddie Stobart Europe, iForce, The Pallet Network, and The Logistics People. With an overall turnover of more than £2.2bn, a combined workforce of around 22,000 staff, approaching 20 million sq ft of warehousing and a joint fleet of more than 5,500 vehicles, Culina Group

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Bakery supply chain faces “perfect storm”

Logistics Business Magazine

According to Paul Empson, General Manager, Bakers Basco – a joint venture representing over 55% of the UK bakery market – the UK driver shortage is putting the bakery supply chain at risk of collapse. Here, he offers his views on what this means to the baking industry as well as his thoughts on what government action needs to be taken in order to turn this around and help get the industry back on track.

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Antonov delivers 3 firetrucks on single aircraft

Logistics Business Magazine

Antonov Airlines has safely transported three Rosenbauer Panther 6×6 fire trucks on a single AN-124-100M-150 flight from the Middle East to Central Asia at short notice. The team managed to find a solution within a week to get the trucks to Central Asia after a change in circumstances meant short-notice airfreight was the only way to deliver the cargo safely and on time.

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New Tonero surpasses Stage V regulations 

Logistics Business Magazine

Toyota Material Handling Europe has optimised its engine counterbalanced truck range designed for productivity, efficiency and the environment. The Tonero Stage V includes Toyota’s leanest industrial engines, designed and produced in-house, optimising performance and driveability. The new models deliver lower fuel consumption, less maintenance but most importantly cleaner operations.

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller

As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe

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BioLNG production project at French port

Logistics Business Magazine

EveRé, operator of the multi-process household waste treatment plant commissioned by Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence, the CMA CGM Group , a world leader in shipping and logistics, Elengy, a subsidiary of Engie, operating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals at Fos-sur-Mer and TotalEnergies, a global multi-energy company that produces and supplies energy, have joined forces to study the feasibility of creating France’s first production unit for liquefied biomethane (BioLNG), a low-carbon altern

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Fives to deliver service centre for DHL

Logistics Business Magazine

Fives , one of the world’s most preferred partners for transforming supply chain facilities, announced that it has been awarded the contract to deliver DHL Express a new handling system in Neu Ulm, Germany. DHL is facing a tremendous items volume growth that is affecting its entire network of hubs and service centres in Europe: this new facility will be crucial in strengthening the delivery service in the Bavarian region.