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The Pandemic Motivates Changes in the Food Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

The novel coronavirus outbreak piqued interest in supply chain operations, particularly in the food supply chain. As a result, most employees in the food supply chain were considered essential workers and ensuring their safety became a national priority. COVID-driven actions in the food supply chain.

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Lean Six Sigma for SMEs: A Path to Continuous Improvement

SCMDOJO

– JIT deliveries cause congestion in the supply chain which leads to delays, pollution, shortage of workers, etc. Closing the Research Gap Further research is needed to develop tailored deployment models and guidelines specifically designed for SMEs. 2005), Strengthening Six Sigma for service implementations, Thesis (Ph.D.)–Lancaster

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Adapting Pharmaceutical Companies’ Distribution and Supply Networks

Jaggaer

Pharmaceutical companies have complex supply chains that are often not optimized to their full potential. From source materials to distribution, the supply network must be carefully streamlined to produce the best results possible. Drug Discovery Today also emphasizes the changing markets these companies are distributing to.

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Central Planning Engines: Lessons from Leibniz

Arkieva

I had the unique opportunity to attend the Dagstuhl Seminar “Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Supply Chains” , which focused on managing the end to end supply chain or demand supply network, as Intel refers to it. For years the human was an afterthought in supply chain modeling.

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How Hong Kong is Enhancing its Sustainability Efforts

EcoVadis

target, mitigation, adaptation and resilience) with detailed actions illustrated as follow: Highlight of the Climate Action Plan includes the newly announced carbon reduction targets, which included a 65%-70% per capita carbon reduction by 2030 against the 2005 baseline. The target is more ambitious that the China’s national target.

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An Uneven Road Ahead for Driverless Vehicles

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Recently, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will issue guidelines for driverless cars by the middle of this summer. There were subsequent challenges in 2005 and 2007. None of the robotic cars successfully finished the race. Fast Lane Technology.