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Wake-Call for Added Resiliency Within Healthcare Supply Networks

Supply Chain Matters

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. All rights reserved.

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Winter Alert: Winter Weather Conditions Developing Across Much of the US

GlobalTranz

The Louisiana Department of Transportation reported that all state-maintained roadways, except for I-20 and I-49 (sections that remain open), in the seven-parish Northwest region were deemed impassable because of winter weather conditions. Source: NWS. All westbound lanes of I-40 near Albuquerque, NM are closed.

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Peloton’s Supply Chain Strategy Turnabout

Supply Chain Matters

This has been especially the case over the last two plus years with the onset of the global-wide Covid-19 pandemic and with consequent and unprecedented supply and transportation network disruptions. Sourcing was both a cost as well as landed cost decision factor. Timing was a further crucial factor.

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

Supply Chain Matters

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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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. The largest impacts start in the South and move their way up the US latitudinally – think Florida to Georgia to North Carolina, and Texas to California to Washington to Oregon. What is produce season?

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Antitrust and the Supply Chain: Protecting the Power of the Markets

NC State SCRC

Generally speaking, the Antitrust Division can start investigating based on just about any source of information, including complaints from private citizens. This activity spans almost every possible industry, and can focus on a variety of different activities. So, what triggers an investigation?

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Hey Mr. President, Why Can’t We Be More Like Germany?

Supply Chain View from the Field

Finally, the government in Germany is strongly pro-business, unlike our current administration which seems to view big business as not only the enemy, but the source of all that is wrong with the economy. And finally, we need to have role models for young people that drive them towards careers in supply chain, not as NBA or NFL players.

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