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Globalization? Or Globaloney?

Supply Chain Insights

How trade lines and connectivity are facing more friction in international trade today than before the 2007 recession, and that trade lanes are changing. She has degrees in journalism and socialism (seriously) from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an MBA from Boston University.

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An Uneven Road Ahead for Driverless Vehicles

CH Robinson Transportfolio

There were subsequent challenges in 2005 and 2007. Today’s Google self-driving car is not far removed from the vehicles that competed in the DARPA Challenge in 2007, according to Sertac Karaman, Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Fast Lane Technology.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech September 8 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Co-founded in 2017 by CEO Kevin Frechette, COO Tarek Alaruri, and CTO Victor Kushch, the company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and has offices in New York and Poland. Founded in 2007 , Inspirage is headquartered in Bellevue, WA with offices across North America, Europe and Asia.

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STEM Education won’t Improve unless We Compel Change

Enterra Insights

He explains: “The intellectual farsightedness of Massachusetts officials stands on the shoulders of the 1993 Education Reform Act’s (MERA) legislative co-authors Tom Birmingham and Mark Roosevelt, together with Gov. ” He reports Massachusetts test scores are beginning to decline. The results speak for themselves.

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An Uneven Road Ahead for Driverless Vehicles

TMC

There were subsequent challenges in 2005 and 2007. Today’s Google self-driving car is not far removed from the vehicles that competed in the DARPA Challenge in 2007, according to Sertac Karaman, Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Fast Lane Technology.

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Are You Ready for the Sharing Economy?

MIT Supply Chain

In October 2007, Brian Chesky, a recent college grad, gave up his job hunt in Los Angeles to stay with a friend in San Francisco. [i] At the start of the economic downturn in 2007, individuals strapped for cash turned to alternative methods of fulfilling their needs without making purchasing new products. Pooled resources.

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STEM-ulating Education

Enterra Insights

Jamie Gass, Director for School Reform at the Pioneer Institute, reports back in 1993 Massachusetts enacted an Education Reform Act (MERA) setting high standards for math and science.[2] The result: “Massachusetts now has essentially the same math and science standards as Arkansas.” .” That good news.

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