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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. 740,000 purchase orders.

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Bait and Switch

Supply Chain Shaman

Source Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Each time that they are published, the Shaman sighs and chuckles in her little apartment in Baltimore. Cloud-based analytics for sourcing and the management of supplier networks are evolving and should be embraced. This innovation is not going to come from the large players.

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Taming the Supply Chain. Will It Ever Be Social?

Supply Chain Shaman

It was earlier than even supply chain innovators. They would ask how social can impact their supply chain source, make and deliver processes. It is a beautiful day in Baltimore. I quickly found that the two topics were worlds apart. I had to learn a new language, a new set of vendors and connect with a new group of users.

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DOT Gives $500 Million in Grants to Much-Needed Infrastructure Projects

GTG Technology Group

This year, the grant program focused on projects that considered the future of transportation, making the nation’s roads safer and more innovative. The six canal bridges in Lowell, MA are in various states of disrepair and a major source of inconvenience. Baltimore is one of the fastest-growing ports in the United States.

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

TMC

Similarly, government agencies need to adopt this kind of cross-organizational approach if they are to keep pace with the growth of IoT applications and innovation within the supply chain domain. The IoT gives companies the ability to source parts and sell products globally. For example, in the U.S.,

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Maryland Department of General Services Announces eMaryland Marketplace Advantage Goes Live

ivalua

BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Department of General Services today announced the Office of State Procurement launched the state’s new e-procurement system eMaryland Marketplace Advantage (eMMA). Maryland Department of General Services Office of State Procurement launches new e-procurement system. Governor Rutherford. “It

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