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Data Privacy Day 2024

Enterra Insights

Data Privacy Day (initially Data Protection Day) was initiated in 2006 by the Council of Europe. In the Unites States, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA); the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act (COPRA), and the SAFE DATA Act. With enough data from enough sources, it can be easy enough to triangulate and determine who is who.”[6]

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7 Best Supply Chain Books of All Time

Supply Chain Opz

Therefore, the challenge to establish the ranking method is to find a more economical data source and the unbiased metrics. In short, Nielsen provides the point of sales data from various retail outlets and gross sales quantity will be summarized. Anyway, the access to this database costs an arm and a leg. References - Moed, H.

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SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

Supply Chain Shaman

Source: Dictionary.com. Founded in 1988 in Milpitas, California, SanDisk is publicly traded on NASDAQ with 8,600 employees globally, and market capitalization in 2015 over $13B. Orbit Chart for SanDisk for 2006-2014. Platitude: a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound.

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The Future of Nuclear Power: Is There One?

Enterra Insights

The Economist recalls, “The earthquake cut the plant off from outside sources of electricity. In 2006, Gates help found TerraPower, LLC, in partnership with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy. As a result, the second challenge is to build replacement nuclear plants acceptable to regulators, environmentalists, and the general public.

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Using Green Patents to Create a More Sustainable Business

EcoVadis

The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index (CEPGI), which has been tracking green patent trends since 2002, has reported upward trends of green patents in economies around the world , such as Germany, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, as well as in the United States, including in Michigan, California, and Texas. Source: CEPGI.

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From Model X to Project Titan: A Closer Look at the New Auto Manufacturing

Elementum

Then, in 2006, a Silicon Valley startup called Tesla Motors announced that it would be producing a luxury electric sports car that could potentially run for more than 200 miles on a single charge. With its new gigafactory centralizing the manufacturing process, Tesla Motors is one of the largest automotive employer in California.

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Good News for Holiday Coffee Lovers — More Investment in Responsible Coffee Supply Chains

SupplyShift

Worldwide coffee consumption is expected to triple by 2050 (from today’s impressive rate of 600 billion cups a year) while global coffee production is under threat from a variety of sources. Polystyrene cups — also known by the brand name Styrofoam — have already been pulled from Dunkin’ Donuts stores in California, Hawaii and New York.