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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. Then there are the implications for various industry supply chains.

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Taming the Supply Chain. Will It Ever Be Social?

Supply Chain Shaman

The supply chain is knotted. Yesterday, @DamarqueViews asked me a question on twitter: “What do you think are the greatest barriers in the adoption of social technology in the supply chain?” I find the evolution of social technologies, and the promise of social, exciting for the supply chain.

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Partnering is a Win-Win-Win: Meet Len Ostroff

crisp

Role: SVP of Partnerships Lives in: Suburbs of Baltimore, MD Favorite grocery store product: Anything dark chocolate (he also has a special hiding place in the kitchen for Oreos). Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President of Global Supply and Partnerships at Criteo, a global advertising technology company.

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28-year-old Supply Chain Major Living in London on $227,000/year

Operations and Supply Chain Management

This 28-year-old Supply Chain major lives on $227,000 a year in London—here’s how she spends her money. But she never imagined that within six months of moving to London from Baltimore, Maryland, in September 2019, she would find herself living and working abroad amid a pandemic. to London, England in September 2019.

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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. “We believe that cognitive computing is going to change industries and the way work gets done –and we can deploy systems that learn and become smarter through time and perform the jobs we do. 22,000 sourcing events. $50

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 11.5-11.9

Freight Plus

ELDs have changed the way that carriers score their partners and shippers with long detention times are losing capacity in the form of time, rejected loads, and partnerships. We’ve used our transportation management system to make load times a critical metric for us.”. Hunt believes its owed. Boston Herald.

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Port of Baltimore Bridge Collapse Update

Supply Chain Matters

It has been just over two weeks since 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 , blocking the main shipping channel that leads to the Port of Baltimore.