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Decarbonizing the Transportation Sector Will Be A Herculean Task

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2021, CO2 emissions in the transportation sector were 6% less than they were in 2005. The decline in emissions from transportation has contributed to a drop of about 20% in total carbon dioxide emissions in the United States since 2005. This just-in-case energy source will make electricity more expensive.

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Walmart in a World on Fire

Logistics Viewpoints

One of the companies she holds up as a positive example of a big company addressing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues is Walmart. A few years ago, for example, my oldest child explained to me that Walmart was a malignant force. Walmart has been on an ESG journey since 2005.

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“95 Thesis” on Kaizen Events and TPS

The Lean Thinker

These are some notes I wrote back in 2005 that I thought might be interesting here. The vast majority of our teaching should be experiential, and based in real-world situations, solving actual problems vs. examples and contrived exercises. Once again I am going through old files. Every tool, technique, etc.

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Climate Change and the Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

These come from using gasoline for driving a car or coal for heating a building, for example. For example, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into law a year ago this week. In 2005, the EU instituted a cap-and-trade system for businesses as a way to cut the emissions that drive climate change.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3-7, 2017)

Talking Logistics

In their June 2005 paper titled, “ The Effect of Supply Chain Disruptions on Long-term Shareholder Value, Profitability, and Share Price Volatility ,” Kevin Hendricks and Vinod Singhal report the following findings from their research: Disruptions have a negative across the board effect on stock price, profitability, and share price volatility.

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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill: Does It Affect the Future of Project Cargo?

MTS Logistics

A prime example is that cargo ships have drastically increased in size over the last 50 years to handle the growing need for consumer goods. For example, 68,842 bridges are considered structurally deficient, per the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Until the cost of manufacturing in the U.S.

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Energy Efficiency Is Key to Better Logistics

Material Handling and Logistics

For example, UPS is aiming to have 25% of its new vehicles run on alternative fuel or be an advanced technology vehicle, such as hybrid trucks that uses materials that improve fuel efficiency. That is part of an overall vehicle efficiency goal of a 50% reduction (from a 2005 baseline) by 2025. In the U.S.,