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The 2022 Chlorine Shortage: Another Year of Poolmageddon

ToolsGroup

A combo of pandemic-related increased demand, and the tragic destruction of a key chlorine manufacturer have led to 2022’s swimming pool chlorine shortage. Image source: Cape Analytics. Image Source: Nola. Chlorine production was burned again in January 2022, when yet another fire damaged a pool supply plant in New Jersey.

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CEO Inna Kuznetsova Named a 2022 Women in Supply Chain Award Winner

ToolsGroup

20, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in AI-driven retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, is proud to announce that CEO Inna Kuznetsova has been selected as a recipient of the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 2022 Women in Supply Chain award. BOSTON — Sept. About ToolsGroup.

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The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022: What It Means for the Future of Manufacturing

ivalua

On August 9th, 2022 the US CHIPS and Science Act, now more commonly known as the CHIPS Act, was passed into law. 2022) Source. This Federal funding initiative is the largest investment in public R&D and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education in U.S. According to 2020 data, the U.S.

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Mid-Year Assessment of 2022 Supply Chain Predictions- Part One

Supply Chain Matters

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog shares a mid-year assessment of previously published 2022 predictions for industry supply chains published at the beginning of 2022. economy in 2022 have been ratcheted down to just over 2 percent. Economic Outlook Significantly Changed.

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“I heard you on the wireless back in ’52”: Generative AI from an educational perspective

NC State SCRC

Handfield (2022) argues that “AI inherently has risks and rewards, and we need to be able to understand the right applications for employing AI that balance these factors”. More importantly, beyond education and the classroom, key skills relating to leadership, problem-solving, decision-making, and negotiation are developed.

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Demand Planning: Whipped And Chained by Tradition

Supply Chain Shaman

Bullwhip Effect at LKQ Europe Summer 2022 Testing So, why do we not measure it? I observed companies use the beer game as an educational tool or a social networking activity. Go to the source. Use the visualization in network design models to educate teams on why they should care. And how do we measure it? (Is

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

At the end of the presentation, I asked Allyson her perspective on open source analytics. Separate and different projects, few companies leveraged new technologies to improve visibility for cross-functional decision-making across source, make and deliver. September 2021-March 2022. March 2022-Onward. Massive Disruption.