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Guest Post: Ignoring this Performance Metric is Risky

TMC

As I explain in my book, The Power of Resilience: How the Best Companies Manage the Unexpected (MIT Press, October 2015), companies can improve their disruption detection capabilities in a number of ways. When Cisco saw news of wildfires in Colorado in 2012, it wasn’t concerned, because it had no manufacturing or suppliers in the area.

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CPG Companies Support Regenerative Agriculture

Enterra Insights

”[1] As discussed later in this article, some large consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers are supporting the regenerative agriculture movement. Support from CPG Manufacturers. They might be surprised to learn that many large CPG manufacturers are jumping on the regenerative agriculture bandwagon. ”[3].

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The Impact New Technologies Have on the Supply Chain

BlueYonder

Additive Manufacturing/3-D Printing. In mid-October 2015, it was reported that Mercedes Benz introduced a production driverless truck. Collins Brewery to Colorado Springs, a 120-mile journey. Smart glasses have the potential to positively impact the warehouse of the future in many ways. Driverless Vehicles.

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The Impact New Technologies Have on the Supply Chain

BlueYonder

Additive Manufacturing/3-D Printing. In mid-October 2015, it was reported that Mercedes Benz introduced a production driverless truck. Collins Brewery to Colorado Springs, a 120-mile journey. Smart glasses have the potential to positively impact the warehouse of the future in many ways. Driverless Vehicles.

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Can Technology Save the American Freight System?

Elementum

Freight trucking accounts for over 70 percent of all domestic freight leaving many manufacturers scrambling to develop contingency plans. More recently, the Colorado Department of Transportation deployed an autonomous truck designed to protect road crews. A few companies claim to have found the answer.

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Oktoberfest, Methane, and Climate Change

Enterra Insights

Clearly, human activities such as oil drilling, manufacturing, farming, and so forth contribute to the methane problem — but so do our guts. 10] Barry Rabe, “ Addressing methane: Learning from Colorado ,” The Brookings Institution, 16 September 2021. [11] But what about humans? 12] Johan C.I.