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MHI Annual Conference: Drone Applications in Supply Chain Beyond Package Delivery

PINC

"Commercial Drone Interest is Exploding, While Applications Inside and Outside the DC Are Here Now, before Package Delivery". I recently got back from sunny Tucson in Arizona where the MHI Annual Conference took place. Technology disruption in the supply chain has been a hot topic over the industry conferences this year.

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U.S. Announces Samsung Electronics Incentives for Semiconductor Production

Supply Chain Matters

billion grant awarded to Taiwan based TSMC to build advanced semiconductor fab capabilities in Arizona. As noted in a prior Supply Chain Matters semiconductor supply chain commentary, The Wall Street Journal had previously reported that Samsung Electronics would be doubling its planned U.S. The move follows a $6.6

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Announcing the Supply Chains to Admire for 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

I feel that topic of supply chain management is analogous to the downward cycle of the news channels. What Drives Supply Chain Excellence? I analyze supply chain management. The broader the definition of end-to-end strategy and the alignment of supply chain processes drives value.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 21 – 27)

Logistics Viewpoints

Dick’s Sporting Goods Beats Forecast in Q1 But Cautions on Inflation, Supply Chain. households across six states – Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah and Virginia. What a view. Someday I will actually step foot on that beach. And now on to this week’s news.

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Defining Supply Chain Excellence: One Column at a Time

Supply Chain Shaman

You are pissy and opinionated in this world of supply chain blandness. The term supply chain excellence is easier to say than define. I have been trying to define it as a supply chain analyst for over fifteen years. The Supply Chain Index. I find it refreshing.” I could taste it.

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UPS Strike Averted While Workers Gain Heat Protection

Logistics Viewpoints

A protracted work stoppage would have caused widespread supply chain disruptions across the U.S. Two fans would also be installed in package cars, which make up most of the company’s 93,000-vehicle fleet. There is no way that FedEx, the United States Postal Service, and regional carriers could have picked up the slack.

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Judging Supply Chain Improvement: Campbell Soup Case Study

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the course of the last two years, we at Supply Chain Insight s have worked on a methodology to gauge supply chain improvement. We named it the Supply Chain Index. We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During Background on the Supply Chain Index.