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Procurement Technology: An Update from Spend Matters in Baltimore

NC State SCRC

Today I travelled to Baltimore to attend the ISM/Spend matters Global Procurement Tech Summit. Cognitive systems learn behavior through education, using structured and unstructured data. I will be speaking on procurement analytics tomorrow, but got to attend a set of great sessions over the first half of the day.

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The Big Sigh

Supply Chain Shaman

I hopped on the plane in Baltimore on my way to Atlanta last week. Learn from an industry leader case study and a panel of educators. Always late, I squeezed past a middle-aged man wearing a black mask in the aisle seat and promptly fell asleep nodding my head on the window ledge. I started with, “Tell me about you. Build Teams.

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10 Books Logistics And Supply Chain Experts Need To Read

Freightos

So I made a list of logistics books that seemed like they could educate without putting me to sleep. The Wire is an incredible TV show, following the drug ecosystem in urban Baltimore and the police officers tasked with bringing it into check. And season two is all about the Port of Baltimore. What makes this different?

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Rock on!

Supply Chain Insights

They deliver pantry supplies to our small office in Baltimore <without charging us shipping> a couple of times a week. It will showcase our research, but allow anyone –even other analysts– that has educational materials or research to share their work widely. We love Amazon.

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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. With the improvements in safety, pay, educational opportunities, and other benefits, there’s never been a better time to begin a career in manufacturing.

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When The Wheels Fall Off

Supply Chain Shaman

For the prior ten years, as a city dweller in Philadelphia and Baltimore, I walked everywhere. As more and more parents stay home to wrestle with the issues of daycare and education, expect more and more manufacturing disruption. In 2017, when I moved, I bought an old car. Labor Shortages. Material Constraints. What to do?

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Labor Day 2023

Enterra Insights

One such violent episode occurred in 1877 during a strike against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. That’s a tall order for our government, our education system, and the labor movement. .” As noted above, history is littered with uprisings and violence associated with laborers protesting their working conditions.