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Thomas Cook collapse: why working capital optimization matters

Taulia

And like many companies in the travel industry, Thomas Cook had a complex supply chain spanning numerous countries – meaning the repercussions of the company’s demise will be felt far and wide. Most of the 150,000 UK holidaymakers affected by the fall of Thomas Cook have now been brought home by a major repatriation initiative.

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A Real World Humanitarian Logistics Model

MIT Supply Chain

He worked with researchers from Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, Malaga University, Spain, and Complutense University at Madrid, Spain, to develop the model. A case study based on a catastrophic flood that struck the city of Villahermosa, Mexico in 2007 provides a real-world application of the model. Publications & Video.

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How Are Counterfeit Drugs Procured?

MIT Supply Chain

The infiltration of fake medicines into the pharmaceutical supply chain is a major problem, and conventional methods for detecting fake medicines are generally inadequate. In 2007 a Panamanian prosecutor announced that at least 94 people had died from taking cough medicine contaminated with toxic syrup.

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Supply Chains Can’t Handle the Heat

Elementum

The pandemic was only a warm-up — climate change is disrupting the global supply chain. Once again, supply chain managers are on high alert, as they scramble to take actions to help mitigate the havoc that has already been wrought, and prepare for the climate related emergencies to come.

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Major Trends Impacting the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Ecosystem

Supply Chain View from the Field

The issues supply chain executives face in this environment are significant, but also represent opportunities for those who know and think about how to embrace this complexity. Supply chains have gone from local to global. One of the biggest recipients of this trend is the pharmaceutical environment. In the U.S.