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Running on Ice: New products and facilities, oh my!

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All thawed out

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CSafe, the largest provider of a complete range of active and passive temperature-controlled shipping solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, announced the launch of its TracSafe line of real-time data loggers and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/strongrunning-on-ice-new-products-and-facilities-oh-mystrong

Tampon shortage latest impact of supply chain issues

Nearly empty store shelves show tampons are in short supply.

At the beginning of the pandemic, it was hand sanitizer and toilet paper. In recent weeks, baby formula has been hard to come by thanks to supply chain disruptions. Now, women are finding empty shelves when they go to the store to buy tampons.

Inflation on necessities and supply chain disruptions are hitting women hard. Approximately 70% of menstruating women use tampons every month. When women can find them, the feminine hygiene products have risen in price.

Bloomberg reported that average...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tampon-shortage-latest-impact-of-supply-chain-issues

FedEx, United to deliver foreign-made baby formula to Dallas

A white FedEx jet with a blue tail lifts off the runway with warehouses in the background.

A FedEx Express MD-11 freighter and a United Airlines passenger jet are scheduled to land Thursday afternoon at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport with emergency shipments of baby formula organized by the Biden administration as part of its campaign to alleviate a critical domestic food shortage for infants.

The FedEx (NYSE: FDX) charter flight from Cologne, Germany, is carrying 110,000 pounds of Nestle infant formula, which can make about 1.6 million eight-ounce bottles. 

The Department of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-united-to-deliver-foreign-made-baby-formula-to-dallas

Biden launches emergency airlift to pick up overseas baby formula

Cargo on a pallet waiting to be loaded onto a plane labeled Western Global, cargo door open on sunny day.

President Joe Biden late Wednesday mobilized an airlift of infant formula from foreign countries to the U.S. and ordered suppliers to prioritize formula manufacturers to address a severe domestic shortage that has panicked parents nationwide.

The White House said it has launched Operation Fly Formula to speed the import of baby formula and get it to stores as soon as possible. 

Biden directed the departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture to use Defense Department commercial...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/biden-launches-emergency-airlift-to-pick-up-overseas-baby-formula

How US trade policy is making the baby formula shortage worse

Partially empty shelves of infant formula with a sign alerting consumers.

Policy analysts say a series of U.S. trade restrictions, including ones engineered under the Trump administration, and lean manufacturing practices help explain why stores can’t easily replenish stocks of baby formula. The taxes and extra regulatory hoops make it expensive and difficult to import the specialized baby food.

The U.S. produces 98% of the infant formula it consumes, but that self-sufficiency is being tested by limited availability of ingredients because of supply chain disruptions,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/protectionism-red-tape-hinder-baby-formula-resupply-analysts-say

FOSC chat: Shortage of pallets driven by increase in inventory

Rachel Premack and George Brehovsky sit on the FreightWaves stage during The Future of Supply Chain event.

This fireside chat recap is from Day 1 of FreightWaves’ The Future of Supply Chain live event in Rogers, Arkansas. For more information and content from the event, click here.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Forecasting demand and moving product during the pandemic.

DETAILS: Rachel Premack, editorial director at FreightWaves, and George Brehovsky chat about the shortage of pallets, how to manage inventory efficiently and how long CHEP’s pallets can be reused.

SPEAKER: Brehovsky is the director of supply...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-shortage-of-pallets-driven-by-increase-in-inventory

FTC extends deadline for public comment on supply chain disruptions

View of half-empty shelf in a grocery store.

The Federal Trade Commission said Friday it is extending by 30 days the deadline for retailers, consumer goods suppliers, wholesalers and consumers to submit voluntary comments as part of the agency’s inquiry into supply chain disruptions. The new deadline is Feb. 28.

The agency launched the investigation in late November to understand how large companies have used their scale to circumvent supply chain bottlenecks and whether those actions contributed to empty shelves and soaring prices that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ftc-extends-deadline-for-public-comment-on-supply-chain-disruptions

McDonald’s rents cargo jets to fix french fry shortage in Japan

Close up of McDonald's french fries and carton.

Third-party logistics provider Flexport has chartered three Boeing 747 freighters to rush potatoes to Japan where McDonald’s stores are experiencing a shortage of french fries because of ocean shipping delays.

The fast-food chain last week said it was using airfreight to get around the import delays, but declined to provide any details. On Wednesday, Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen announced on Twitter that the company is helping McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) by arranging an emergency airlift of spuds from...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mcdonalds-rents-cargo-jets-to-fix-french-fry-shortage-in-japan

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