The Daily: October 13, 2021
“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”
– Earl Nightingale, American radio speaker and author
Today’s Featured Article:
“Southwest Airlines cancelled over 1,000 flights this weekend. Thousands of passengers were left stranded in airports across the country on Sunday, after a quarter of all flights never took off. Southwest blamed air traffic control issues for the cancelations, but to many, they seemed connected to Southwest's new COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which its pilots asked a court to block.”
How Vaccine Distribution Changes the Way We Think About Food Packaging | Food Logistics
Trucker wins $100k lottery after splurging on $25 ticket (cdllife.com)
Surviving Supply Chain Disruption and Rising Inflation | SupplyChainBrain
Sustainability efforts take hold among smaller businesses (dcvelocity.com)
Trucking's green movement isn't void of diesel | Transport Dive
Could self-driving cars threaten our humanity? - The Spectator World
Fuel Price Surge Poses Major Midterms Risk for Joe Biden and Democrats (newsweek.com)
East Coast port volumes rise as some importers avoid West Coast congestion | Supply Chain Dive
With airline staff at a breaking point, passengers can expect more headaches to come - CNN
“Maintenance” Featured Article:
Lifts raise bar for ergonomics in the shop | Fleet Maintenance
“Using lifts helps ensure that technicians can work safely and comfortably, reducing the number of common shoulder and back injuries, while increasing tech availability and overall retention.”
Truck Driver Performance — Prepping for Difficult (kellerencompass.com)
Vietnam’s Factory Crisis Worsens as Migrant Workers Flee | 2021-10-12 | SupplyChainBrain
Sunray Motors Debuts Solar Hybrid Vehicle System for Better Gas Mileage - NGT News
SHIPPINGInsight Conference: The Unsung Heroes of Shipping's Decarbonization (gcaptain.com)
One way to approach guaranteed driver pay in a power-only system | Overdrive (overdriveonline.com)
Why No-Code Artificial Intelligence Can Help You and Your Business Thrive (msn.com)
Infrastructure bill becoming hot potato in D.C. - TheTrucker.com
ASCM, Prologis launch warehousing certificate program (dcvelocity.com)
Crude Closes Above $80 With Energy Crisis Boosting Demand | Transport Topics (ttnews.com)
“Diversity” Featured Article:
How Diversity Helped Bring My Company Together (msn.com)
“Diversity, as defined by the Oxford Dictionary, ‘is the practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds, genders, and sexual orientations.’”
Life by anecdote | Seth's Blog (seths.blog)
Major paint supplier looks to overcome resin shortages with new Texas facility | Supply Chain Dive
Gas prices skyrocket as the global energy crisis worsens - CNN
'Lots of Money' to Be Made in Shipping’s Future Fuels | 2021-10-12 | SupplyChainBrain
Outsourcing Repair: Fleets Look to Third-Party Maintenance Services | Transport Topics (ttnews.com)
Five good things that happened in trucking | American Trucker
Equipment, workforce concerns dominate trucking's Q3 | Transport Dive
Watch: How Should Manufacturers Be Responding to Supply Chain Risk? | 2021-10-08 | SupplyChainBrain
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