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Bait and Switch

Supply Chain Shaman

Source Merriam-Webster Dictionary. The gravy train is coming to an end. 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. The acronyms keep coming….

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Questions Companies with U.S.-Mexico Trade Should be Asking

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Specifically discussing how the internet of things will impact supply chains, he said: The internet of things provides companies the ability to source parts and inputs, and sell, globally. Environmental Protection Agency holds up a shipment at the port of Baltimore because they are understaffed, it impacts supply chains across the nation.

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

GTG Technology Group

The six canal bridges in Lowell, MA are in various states of disrepair and a major source of inconvenience. Increasing rail (almost 60 trains a day) and vehicle travel has caused this intersection to become a hotspot for accidents. Baltimore is one of the fastest-growing ports in the United States. Sources: [link].

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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). While the user experience is intuitive, help and training will be provided during the transition by the eMMA help desk.

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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. How do we connect all these systems with trading partners?

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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. I rode across a train track and cracked the frame of the car. There is no true end-to-end solution that enables bi-directional orchestration across deliver, make, and source processes. In 2017, when I moved, I bought an old car.