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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. The port handles about 11 million tons of cargo per year, including automobiles, containers, coal, and farm products.

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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. 22,000 sourcing events. $50 An example was provided to show how a requisition can be generated in 90 seconds and drive locked in savings through a preferred source, and avoids over-specifying the requirement. Great stuff!

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Taming the Supply Chain. Will It Ever Be Social?

Supply Chain Shaman

For example, would Toyota have thought to ask the question, “Are my brakes failing?” They would ask how social can impact their supply chain source, make and deliver processes. It is a beautiful day in Baltimore. These tools only answer the questions that we know to ask. They would take the steps to be market driven.

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Will the IoT Revolution Force Government to Embrace Silo-Busting?

TMC

For example, we are expanding the tools and information available to all trading partners across the supply chain. Consider, for example, the risks posed by customs-related delays. The IoT gives companies the ability to source parts and sell products globally. For example, in the U.S., And its influence is growing.

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What are Block Chains? – Jason Busch on the Future of Money, Trust and Transparency

NC State SCRC

Jason Busch provided a great view on Block Chains, and their impact on the future of funds in the supply chain, at the Global Procurement Tech Summit in Baltimore. Jason started out by discussing the fact that a company ledger is just a source of truth. Examples include FedWire, SWIFT ACH, CHIPS, SPEI. Who has it?

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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. For example, Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) has very little to do with Transportation Planning (TMS). There is no true end-to-end solution that enables bi-directional orchestration across deliver, make, and source processes.