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Blockchain: Preventing E. Coli Through Enhanced Traceability

Kinaxis

Consider that in mid-April, the earliest signs of an outbreak of the disease surfaced in New Jersey. Bioterrorism Act of 2002 (mandating that businesses keep records of the prior handler and the next handler) and the Food Safety and Modernization Act, food is still very hard to trace. Then on May 2nd, the U.S.

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Doing Business in Switzerland

QAD

Although the country is a UN member, and became a member of NATO in 2002, it retains its commitment to neutrality. At 41,277 sq km, it is slightly less than twice the size of the US state of New Jersey. Switzerland is east of France and north of Italy, also bordered by Austria, Liechtenstein and Germany.

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Ready For the Next Port Crisis?

Talking Logistics

Those same words were said when the ports were shut down for 10 days in 2002 , and again in December 2012 when 600 clerks went on strike , shutting down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for 8 days. The serious and negative impacts this dispute left on the economy demonstrates why we cannot let this happen again.”.

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Podcast: Scott Donachie and Daniel Robin on the Evolution of Zero Waste

Requis

I saw the struggles a friend of mine had with his door-to-door compost collection business in New Jersey. I did a lot of research and found out that in New Jersey alone there are over 400 dormant landfills, and there’s a huge issue with waste.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

SCMDOJO

Logistics was first applied and recognised in military operations, its most significant impact is felt through the functions of production, distribution and consumption (Rodrigue and Slack, 2002). 2002) “Logistics and National Security. New Jersey: John Willey & Sons Inc. Neil Southern. 2]Hesse, M. 3]Rodrigue, J.-P.,

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Guest Commentary: TMS – Customizable and in the Cloud

Talking Logistics

Brian joined MercuryGate in 2002 and has 25 years of experience in leading-edge technology initiatives. Brian received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Cornell University and a master’s degree in Computer Science from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. What will you do with that kind of power?

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Deutsche Post started acquiring shares of the company in 1998 and completed its acquisition of DHL by 2002, expanding the brand ‘DHL’ to its other services. The company was started in Vineland, New Jersey as a national hauling company by Israel Brown in 1932. To this day, NFI Industries is privately held by the Brown family.