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Faceless AI Will Not Relegate the Social Side of Business to the Past

MIT Supply Chain

On March 31, 2012, a tank filled with highly flammable butadiene exploded in one of Evonik Industries’ chemical factories in Marl, Germany. For example, Kansas-based Invista Inc., In the end, cars continued to roll off the line even though the Evonik factory was offline until December 2012.

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Added Evidence of Emerging Regionalization of Global Supply Networks

Supply Chain Matters

The Looming Great Allocation In conjunction with the Jackson Hole Symposium held last week and organized by The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City , a research paper titled: Global Supply Chains: The Looming “Great Reallocation ” was released.

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Pull Your Own Upset

Tompkins Blog

Rather than submit, Lehigh hit Duke with all its muscle in 2012. In 2011 Virginia Commonwealth shocked Kansas. In 2010 Butler overthrew Kansas State and Syracuse. Lesson learned: get mad. From the opening tip-off, Lehigh played with surprising aggression, forcing turnover and drawing hard fouls.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Transplace delivered more than 50 customer solutions in 2012 using the CombineNet sourcing technology, in industries including consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing, and retail.

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Billion Dollar Port Plan Brings Mega-Retailer To Mexico

Elementum

The route is part of the the Kansas City Southern (KCS) network and is one of a few new options carriers like Maersk (the company Walmart contracts) have started to provide as an alternative to the West Coast port congestion. Chinese President Xi Jinping has commented on the project, calling it “the first of the Mexico-China Alliance.”.

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[INFOGRAPHIC, REPORT, & INTERACTIVE MAP] The US Manufacturing Workforce & Making it In America

GlobalTranz

percent more than similar workers in the rest of the economy in 2012–2013. percent, 136,700 jobs), and Kansas (11.9 percent) in 2012–2013. Manufacturing employs a higher share of workers without a college degree than the economy overall. On average, non-college-educated workers in manufacturing made 10.9 percent, 162,900 jobs).

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19 finest Elite internet dating sites of 2020

Veridian Solutions

Three solitary women founded Coffee Meets Bagel in 2012 to correct two primary problems they watched when you look at the online dating scene — 1) ladies have unnecessary choices to filter and 2) top quality males find it difficult producing on their own get noticed on the web. “The biochemistry ended up being fantastic. ” 10.