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Wake-Call for Added Resiliency Within Healthcare Supply Networks

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Background On July 19, a devastating tornado with reported winds of upwards of 150 miles-per-hour devastated an area in eastern North Carolina. million square foot Pfizer life-saving drug production facility located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Pfizer drug manufacturing facility. and other countries.

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Toyota Changes Supply Strategy for New Battery Facility

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This week, global automaker Toyota indicated that the company would nearly double its investment in a planned battery production facility being constructed in the state of North Carolina. At the same time, inventories of unsold vehicles remain on dealer lots despite price reductions. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- October 10 2023

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is being established cooperatively by OCEMA , Georgia Ports Authority, Jacksonville Port Authority, North Carolina State Ports Authority, SACP, and CCM. with more than 75 locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina , and South Carolina. No financial details were disclosed regarding this acquisition.

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Named and Unnamed Storms and Watching the Horizon

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I live on the coast of North Carolina and in my part of the world it is officially hurricane season. At the writing of this blog, Elsa has passed by as a small, relatively uneventful rain storm and Fred has yet to form. My colleague Terry Onica recently wrote a great blog on avoiding the next semiconductor shortage.).

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7 Hospital Inventory Management Techniques to Reduce Costs

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Proper hospital inventory management can be tricky: administrators and healthcare supply chain professionals must make sure their facilities have enough product to meet demand from doctors and nurses, but not too much that it negatively impacts the hospital’s budget or takes up too much space. Collect Data from the Supply Chain.

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Peloton’s Supply Chain Strategy Turnabout

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Among the many firms we have featured in our blog commentaries, perhaps the most reader eyeballs were focused on our writings on upscale fitness equipment provider Peloton Interactive. Precor provided upwards of 625,000 square feet of manufacturing capability in Washington state and North Carolina. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters Last Week in Supply Chain Tech March 27 2023

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The Supply Chain Matters blog features our March 27, 2023 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news. Raleigh, North Carolina based First Citizens , is ranked as the 30 th largest U.S. bank and considered as one of the U.S.’s