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How 2011 Prepared Us for Today

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The Japanese Earthquake of 2011 and resulting tsunami are not exactly top of mind these days. On Friday March 11, 2011, at about 2:45PM local time, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan struck. You may remember the death and destruction from 2011 and draw a connection to the toll of the current coronavirus pandemic.

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Who said supply chains are boring?: Mini Supply Chain Problems at.

Supply Chains Rock

Who said supply chains are boring? Whenever I tell a friend, colleague or family member about my job as soon as the words "supply chain" are muttered I immediately see glassy eyes followed by a yawn or two. Tuesday, January 04, 2011. Mini Supply Chain Problems at Mini. China Supply Chain Council.

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Little-Known Suppliers Poised to Benefit from Apple iPhone

Material Handling & Logistics

Apple is scouring the global electronics supply chain for tools and services in response to major hardware upgrades to the iPhone. It was the late 1990s, and entrepreneurs Steven Abramson and Sidney Rosenblatt were pitching an electronics giant on their new flat-screen technology. It didn’t go well. is valued at $5.4