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What is Supply Chain Innovation? Separating the Reality from the Hype

MIT Supply Chain

For many companies supply chain innovation (SCI) is a key source of competitive advantage. The Crossroads 2013 conference, Supply Chain as Future Enabler , takes place on June 26, 2013, on the MIT campus. The lack of clarity is more than an academic issue.

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How to Harness the Economic Power of Logistics Clusters

MIT Supply Chain

This post will be published in the fall 2013 issue of MIT CTL’s online newsletter Supply Chain Frontiers. Fast forward to 2013, and the strategy’s success is plainly visible. Subscribe to Frontiers here. The Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC), Zaragoza, Spain, is celebrating its 10 th anniversary this week.

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When You Focus on Getting the Best Deal Insead of Developing the Best Relationship

Talking Logistics

CCM) a 115-year-old interiors supplier based in Massachusetts, filed bankruptcy Thursday and blamed the move on an unprofitable contract with GM that has drained it of $30,000 a day since 2013 [emphasis mine]. And how can General Motors let this relationship with a single-sourced, critical parts supplier deteriorate and fail?

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US Shoppers and Chinese Suppliers Face Hit from Trump Levy

Material Handling & Logistics

consumers -- from Under Armour leggings to Bath & Body Works shower gel and Samsonite luggage -- are sourced from Chinese or Hong Kong-based companies and factories, fueling the $450 billion in Chinese goods imported to America annually. based pork giant Smithfield Foods in 2013 -- gets about 57% of its revenue from the U.S.

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Will the Nuclear Power Sector Make a Resurgence? Part Three

Enterra Insights

However, the nuclear waste challenge remains a problem — especially if proponents want to convince people that nuclear power is a “clean” energy source. Most people recognize that renewable sources of energy are better for the environment than burning fossil fuels. We won’t even come close.” ”[3].