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How the Push for Greener Supply Chains Is Affecting Sourcing Strategies

Supply Chain Brain

The luster of China as a source of low-cost production has been progressively fading, and the push for more responsible supply chains extends well beyond measuring carbon emissions.

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Unilode goes green with electric trucks from Briggs

Logistics Business Magazine

Unilode Aviation Solutions, a leading service provider to the aviation sector, is the latest business to invest in electrification with Briggs Equipment following the introduction of electric Hyster trucks to its Heathrow site. The new forklifts replace a fleet of gas machines and will allow Unilode to deliver on its sustainability targets and reduce environmental impact.

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Choked-Up Yards and Trailer Shortages Box in America’s Truckers

Supply Chain Brain

Truckers are coping with choked-up freight facilities and troublesome equipment shortages, as bottlenecks at U.S. seaports and warehouses ripple across distribution channels to Chicago.

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Climate Change Could Worsen Supply Chain Turmoil

Supply Chain Brain

Natural disasters such as droughts, hurricanes and wildfires are becoming more frequent and are likely to wreak sporadic havoc on global supply chains.

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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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Watch: Mitigating Disruption in the Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

Capacity restraints and inflation concerns are easing in the transportation sector, says John Haber, chief strategy officer at Transportation Insight.

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U.S. Shift on Child Labor May Scramble EV Sector

Supply Chain Brain

The Biden administration declared Oct. 6 that batteries from China may be tainted by child labor, a move that could upend the electric vehicle industry.

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