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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. Background The Council of Supply Chain Resilience met for the first time this month. What is supply chain resilience? Think this is possible? The reason?

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Hyper-Collaboration in Life Sciences Creates Supply Chain Opportunities

Logility

From repurposed therapies to novel vaccines, the normal timeline of R&D has been accelerated beyond measure.” — Dr. Steve Arlington, president of The Pistoia Alliance. The consortium model alone saw a nine-fold increase between 2005 and 2014 versus the prior decade, with 334 new consortia formed, versus just 34 from 1995 to 2004.

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Nestlé USA and Enterra Solutions Sign Multi-Year Cognitive Computing Agreement

Enterra Insights

Our initial efforts are focused on the implementation of an Autonomous Demand Insights module within the Enterra Category Management Intelligent System (ECMIS) as well as the application of the Enterra Enterprise Cognitive System across the Nestlé USA retail partner network.

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Top 5 Markets for Dynamic Warehousing Demand

FLEXE

We’re seeing high demand for dynamic warehousing in many of those markets and that may be a small bellwether of where the expansion is occurring. If you’re a warehouse manager and you currently have unused space, the high demand for dynamic warehouse space in your region may be a great opportunity for you.

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Top 5 Markets for Dynamic Warehousing Demand

FLEXE

We’re seeing high demand for dynamic warehousing in many of those markets and that may be a small bellwether of where the expansion is occurring.</p> If you’re a warehouse manager and you currently have unused space, the high demand for dynamic warehouse space in your region may be a great opportunity for you.</p>

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Hurricane Harvey Updates

Elementum

in Arlington and Toyota Motor Corp. Goods made with plastics based on petrochemicals such as ethylene and propylene could face sporadic supply chain disruptions and retail price increases in the coming weeks, PetroChem Wire executive editor Kathy Hall said. Auto production in Texas, led by General Motors Co. FedEx Corp.

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How Returns Management Works: Process, Tips, & Best Practices

Unleashed

One paper from the University of Texas at Arlington suggests that lenience may yield better results than strictness. Reverse logistics , on the other hand, is a returns management activity focused on the process of ensuring returns can be moved along the supply chain in the most cost-effective way.