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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore being struck by the Dali and collapsing is an unpredictable disruption to the supply chains of several industries including automobiles, coal, and agricultural machinery. Coal industry: The Port of Baltimore is the largest coal port in the country, handling about 20 million tons of coal per year.

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Taming the Supply Chain. Will It Ever Be Social?

Supply Chain Shaman

Last month, I was at a chemical manufacturer, and the Chief Supply Chain Officer walked me to the elevator. It is a beautiful day in Baltimore. Instead, the supply chain organizations are investing in bigger, better and faster ERP systems and they let the digital marketing organization continue their work in isolation. We use Yammer.

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Welcome to Wilmington!

Arkieva

Located in New Castle County, we are a jump, skip and a hop from cities like Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. One in our industry cannot think of Wilmington, Delaware without making an association to the Chemical Company E.I Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware with almost 71,000 residents.

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5 Facts About American Manufacturing & 3 Reasons to Work In Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

In February, the company, founded in 1968 in Brooklyn and later moved to Baltimore by Greenblatt, announced a new expansion. For a long time, manufacturing work had a high level of risk, particularly in jobs where strong chemicals or heavy parts assembly was involved.

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Memorial Day 2022

Enterra Insights

vets who were exposed to the poisonous chemical while serving and later died.” She writes, “The number of Vietnam veterans affected by the chemical Agent Orange is astonishing. ” A specialist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, told Thomson and his wife that his cancer had been caused by exposure.

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