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Who said supply chains are boring?: How would you ship 500 trees.

Supply Chains Rock

How would you ship 500 trees to Iraq? Basically, her organization worked with a nursery and collected 400 trees from Long Island, New York and 100 from California and had them shipped via DHL to the US troops in Iraq. Search This Blog. Blog Archive. Blog Archive. About.com - Martins Logistics Blog.

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Doing Business in Turkey

QAD

Turkey’s merchant marine boasts 1,234 vessels, including 57 bulk carriers, 54 container ships, 363 general cargo ships, 124 oil tankers and 636 other vessels. Regardless of the shipping mode required, it is easy to move goods to and from Turkey. The post Doing Business in Turkey appeared first on QAD Blog. in services.

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SCRC Supply Chain Index contributes again to the 2021 Wall Street Journal Top 250 Best Managed Companies

NC State SCRC

In an earlier blog , I explained how the SCRC supply chain index was formed, and how it provides meaningful insights into the Innovation and Sustainability categories of the WSJ index, by assessing the level of innovation and sustainability within an organization’s supply chain. Johnson and Johnson. Cisco Systems. Procter and Gamble.

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Quality Improvement in Manufacturing: Relief for Operations Manager

ThroughPut

Nothing was really in our control, and we had to make it work with existing teams & existing resources in our existing situations (during invasions, offshore on a ship, knee-deep in Oklahoma mud & the usual). Trips to places like Iraq during 2015 made me realize how little people had, and how 90% of the world was in that state.

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How Will Climate Change Impact Supply Chains in 2024?

Resilinc

With more disruptions on the horizon, we’ve laid out the key climate change issues for 2024 in this blog with practical insights and strategies to navigate these challenges. This drought impacted hydropower, disrupted shipping, and affected five million people in southern China, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

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How the Coronavirus is underscoring the relevance of Global Supply Chain throughput: From the Frontlines of Yokohama, Milan, and Southern Florida

ThroughPut

Sitting with Board Members and Investors in New York City, I had just seen the first news about the Yokohama ship. During the meeting, my attention was on the cruise ship not too far from me in the bay, and how the infected were being treated there.

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Why Operations Managers & Entrepreneurs are fighting the same battles

ThroughPut

Nothing was really in our control, and we had to make it work with existing teams & existing resources in our existing situations (during invasions, offshore on a ship, knee-deep in Oklahoma mud & the usual). Trips to places like Iraq during 2015 made me realize how little people had, and how 90% of the world was in that state.