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AI and the Future of Supply Chain with Yossi Sheffi

The Logistics of Logistics

His latest books include The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy Beyond Covid-19 (2020) and A Shot in the Arm: How Science, Engineering, and Supply Chains Converged to Vaccinate the World (2021). His latest book, The Magic Conveyor Belt: Supply Chains, A.I., and The Future of Work, was released in April 2023.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

Congress established the program in 2021 through the BIL and dedicated $5 billion to the program over a five-year period. Teradyne , a supplier of semiconductor testing equipment, pulled manufacturing worth about $1 billion out of China last year, a Teradyne spokesperson said on Monday, after U.S.

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New Balance’s Added U.S. Manufacturing Presence

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights this week’s announcement from athletic footwear designer and manufacturer New Balance of the grand opening of this company’s fifth production facility in North America. In a published Supply Chain Matters at the time , we pointed out that despite knowledge that manufacturing shoes in the U.S.

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How Women Could Drive Further Growth in Manufacturing

DELMIA Quintiq

Despite the effects that recent disruptions have had on global economies, the manufacturing sector continues to exhibit strong growth with its production output growing to $41.9 trillion in 2021, up from $39.3 In the United States alone, there are over 900,000 open jobs in manufacturing. trillion in 2020 [i].

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Trends 2022: Food and Beverage

Enterra Insights

Peter Grinspoon, a primary care physician on staff at Massachusetts General Hospital, explains, “CBD, or cannabidiol, is the second most prevalent active ingredient in cannabis (marijuana). And, according the Food Dive staff, manufacturers are trying to make their products healthier. ” Enterra Insights, 3 September 2021. [12]

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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

Metropolitan Bostonians take a lot of pride in the marathon as a major part of Patriots Day celebrations across Massachusetts. Seagate sold the drives to Huawei between August 2020 and September 2021 despite an August 2020 rule that restricted sales of certain foreign items made with US technology to the company.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

million attempts in 2021 and 6 million in 2020, it said. More than 30,000 shoppers across the Northeast have used Flashfood via Stop & Shop since the partnership kicked off in 2021, resulting in nearly $500,000 in grocery savings and over 233,280 pounds of food being saved from landfills. This is down from 2.5 in a statement. “On