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Supply Chain Shortages Hit the Customer Where it Hurts

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2017, a chicken farm affiliated with Tyson Foods discovered a flock had been contaminated. To avoid a full-on outbreak, all farms within six miles of the affected farm in Tennessee were quarantined. Over the last 6 years, avian flu has continued to make headlines and disrupt the market. This included about 30 farms.

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Win-Win Value Chain Scenarios Require Collaboration

Enterra Insights

3] Bertrand Moingeon, “ Transversal management: how to break out organizational silos ,” LinkedIn, 1 April 2017. [4] ”[1] They add, “End-to-end optimization is not easy. Robinson, “ Five Ways to Collaborate More Effectively in the Supply Chain ,” Raconteur, 12 March 2019. [3]

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5 Best Logistics Books to Keep Within Reach

Supply Chain Opz

Goldsby is an award-winning professor and Chair in Logistics at the Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee-Knoxville. To get a full picture of "integrated logistics management", you need to read it with another book like "The Supply Chain Revolution." Author Credentials: The main author, Thomas J. Reference - Flöthmann, C., &

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Autokiniton Leverages QAD Cloud for Rapid Disaster Recovery

QAD

That said, Autokiniton, the second-largest Body-In-White and vehicle-frame supplier in North America, was as ready as any business could be when an EF-3 tornado struck its Eastgate Plant in Tennessee and damaged another nearby. In 2017, only 6% of ERP deployments took place in the cloud, compared to 65% in 2022.

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Collaboration Key in Creating Competitive Advantages Through Supply Chains

Supply Chain Network

BOSTON, MA, October, 27, 2017 – Research recently published by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Global Supply Chain Institute , and sponsored by Maine Pointe , identifies collaboration as one of six key elements of creating competitive advantages through supply chains.

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Showcase Your Company's Supply Chain Excellence — Three Days to Submit

Supply Chain Brain

Finalists are asked to present their case studies at CSCMP's 2018 EDGE Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. 2017 Winners and Finalists. Submissions consist of case studies describing your company's supply chain innovation that emphasize innovative and measurable results. Submissions. You must be a CSCMP member to submit a case study.

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Disruptive Times Require Adaptive Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

The staff notes, “As a result of the expansion of its direct-to-consumer business, Nike is moving away from aggregating inventory in one central warehouse in Memphis, Tennessee, to putting product in facilities closer to the customer.” ” Supply & Demand Chain Executive , 14 June 2017. [3] Footnotes. [1]