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- April 6 , 2012
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US Manufacturing Continues its Streak; Panama Canal Announces First Project Delay; Foxconn/Apple Workers Want More Hours, Not Less; Diesel Prices Will Keep Rising, Chuck Taylor Says
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Percent of workers at three of contract manufacturing giant Foxconn’s assembly plants for Apple products such as the iPad that wish they the opportunity to work more hours each week. That data from a survey of a 35,000 employees across the three plants by the Fair Labor Association, which was hired by Apple to do a series of independent audits at its supplier sites. Just 18% of employees say hours are too long, versus 48% who say they are about right. This is ironic because one of the main findings of the audit was that Foxconn was working employees too many hours per week (average of 56 hours).
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$5.00
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Level of diesel fuel prices that oil and energy expert Chuck Taylor, a long-time supply chain executive and CSCMP’s 2010 Distinguished Service Award Winner who know focuses on concerns over oil prices and supplies, said this week will be reached in the US before the end of 2005. Taylor fervently believes in the “Peak Oil” concept, and says the world already has reached peak oil production or will do soin the next few years.
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Number of months the opening of the Panama Canal expansion will be delayed, according to the Panama Canal Authority this week. The delay means the first tests will likely now be in December of 2014, versus the original schedule for October. The modest delay is said to be due to a main contractor being able to deliver a portion of the massive amounts of concrete needed on time. Still, the expansion has been on-schedule since the project began, and this slight delay due to contractor issues is no big deal to us. The expansion will change global logistics.
