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Logility Acquires Integration Solutions Provider AdapChain

Logility, an Aptean company

AdapChain’s technology speeds and simplifies the complex integration of supply chain with enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions through a proven template-based approach.

The acquisition builds on years of collaboration between AdapChain and Logility to develop an application with proven ERP templates that redefine and simplify supply chain integrations for companies around the world.

Court Rules Against Ozburn-Hessey Logistics’ Efforts to Halt Unionization

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics

The D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rebuffed OHL’s appeal of National Labor Relations Board rulings that favored the United Steelworkers union.

The United Steelworkers started organizing OHL warehouses in 2009 and narrowly won a vote by workers in May 2013, but OHL appealed and refused to recognize the union.

Maersk Still Mulling Splitting Into Two Companies

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The new “Maersk Transport” company would include the Maersk Line, APM Terminals, Maersk Tankers, Damco and Svitzer divisions. “Maersk Energy” would include Maersk Oil, Maersk Drilling and Maersk Supply Service.

Danish shipping and oil group A. P. Moller-Maersk could split up into separate companies, its chairman said on Thursday after naming Soren Skou, the head of its container business, as chief executive.

U.S. Security Panel Approves ChemChina’s Syngenta Takeover

The decision removes significant uncertainty over the takeover of the world's largest pesticides maker after the two companies agreed to a deal in February.

A U.S. national security panel has cleared ChemChina's $43 billion takeover of Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta, the companies said, boosting chances that the largest foreign acquisition ever by a Chinese company will go through.

Uber Acquires Self-Driving Truck Maker Otto, Positioning Expansion Into Trucking

Uber's moves reflect its eagerness to advance self-driving technology. If its ambitions are realized, these vehicles could over time reduce its biggest cost, paying drivers.

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Logistics Industry Faces Big Employee Recruitment Challenge

A new MHI report says the logistics business will be looking to fill about 1.4 million jobs, or roughly 270,000 per year, by 2018.

The logistics industry faces a big challenge recruiting the 1.4 million supply chain workers it will need by 2018, according to an article in Fortune.

McDonald’s Transition to Cage-Free Eggs: An Inside Look at Creating a New Supply Chain

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Experience to date indicates there are other health issues related to cage-free chickens. Free birds require more food and the air in cage-free units have higher levels of toxic components and are worse for the humans who work there.

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Featured in Food Logistics: Foodservice Industry Prepares for Big Challenges on Many Fronts

International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA)

For several years the industry has been complying with and preparing for regulations contained in the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

DP World Partners with Hyperloop on Global Ocean Cargo

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT)

Hyperloop One and DP World will work together to study the viability of using hyperloop technology to unload ocean-container cargo at the Jebel Ali port in Dubai.

Hyperloop, a concept popularized in recent years by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, is a technology for transporting people or cargo in suspended capsules through miles-long near-vacuum tubes at speeds reaching more than 700 miles per hour.

Walmart's Poultry Safety Plan Cuts Salmonella Contamination

Before the new supplier requirements went into effect, 17 percent of the chicken parts provided to Wal-Mart were positive for Salmonella. By January this year that number was cut to 5 percent.

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Fast-Food Chains Seeking Fresh Ingredients Face Big Challenges

Fast-food chains are slow boats to turn because of their massive size, so every significant change in the menu is a bigger risk than for other restaurants.

Two-and-a-half years ago, Wendy's tested a blackberry-laden Summer Berry Chicken Salad. The salad proved popular enough that plans were made to roll it out nationwide, but the berries' slow growth made them a challenging ingredient.

Food Logistics Presents the 2016 Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers List

The list provides a handy resource to transportation decision makers, giving them a snapshot of the capabilities of these companies and the geographic region(s) they serve.

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