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Data Privacy Day 2024

Enterra Insights

In 2009, the United States House of Representatives officially recognized National Data Privacy Day. It was consumer advocacy that stirred governments into acting to protect personal data. wrote, “Big data and AI are infamously providing corporations and governments with the means to know us ‘better than we know ourselves.’

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Pretty Is as Pretty Does?

Supply Chain Shaman

The package and the process of package development is a major source of corporate waste. It is a major supply chain constraint, and the source of many product recalls. To compare, in 2009, shortly after the release of the Wal-Mart scorecards, in a similar study, it was 39%. The third issue is regional/global governance.

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A time of transition: 3 key trends for oil & gas in 2018

DELMIA Quintiq

Natural gas is a suitable source of energy to fuel the need for heat and the power, making it an influential player on the market. Low carbon sources and natural gas meet 85% of the increase in global demand. Sources: Information from presentations IP Week (International Petroleum 2018). NATURAL GAS. FUEL FOR FUTURE.

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

source: tradingeconomics.com. Since 2009, when Herlitz Inventory Management was founded, annual inflation has been below 3 percent in the US. Government shutdown. source: thebalance.com. Have we lost the knowledge of how to be profitable during periods of high inflation? Katrina, Bankruptcy Act. Bernanke became Fed Chair.

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Q&A on the Supply Chains to Admire

Supply Chain Shaman

Here we share the answers to the questions that we get the most often about this research: What is the source of data? Which companies were considered in the study? The NAICS designation was developed by the US Federal Government to characterize groups of companies within an industry.

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Re-thinking the Strategic National Stockpile

NC State SCRC

Senate Subcommittee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, along with three other witnesses. For instance, the supply of N95 masks in the SNS consisted of inventory acquired during the 2009 SARS epidemic. For this reason, it is critical that the US Government develop a new SNS – one that we have called the SNS 2.0.

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Limestone Extraction from Florida Quarries!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The Division of State Lands regulates all surface lands in Florida that the federal government or private individuals do not own. The state has been working to increase the safety of blasting operations since 2009, when a series of blasts in Polk County killed four workers and injured others. Conclusion.

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