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Baltimore Bridge Collapse- A Reminder of Supply Chain Risk

Supply Chain Matters

A day has passed after a container ship lost power and crashed into a support pylon of Baltimore, Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early morning hours of March 26. miles to partially collapse into the Patapsco River that leads to the Port of Baltimore. The collision caused this massive bridge spanning 1.6 All rights reserved.

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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. I will be speaking on procurement analytics tomorrow, but got to attend a set of great sessions over the first half of the day. The first speaker was Anne Rung, Administrator from the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.

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Taming the Supply Chain. Will It Ever Be Social?

Supply Chain Shaman

It is also why I launched the Rise of Social Commerce Event at Altimeter. The ends of the supply chain–both in customer and procurement– are fragile. It believe that it will become part of the existing processes of order-to-cash and procure-to-pay. It is a beautiful day in Baltimore. Absolutely!