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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

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He provides a wide array of educational content for supply chain practitioners, including the Supply Chain Secrets channel on YouTube and a number of books, including his latest, Supply Chain Secrets. Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course.

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Podcast: Roberto Reichard on Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Capital Projects

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I had the opportunity to work in Turkey, Egypt and in Venezuela. I spent a long time with Bechtel doing large projects all around the world including Mexico, Thailand, Egypt, and India. The pressure to be more sustainable also comes from outside sources like governments, banks and customers. I then decided to go back to school.

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Interoceanic Passages

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Global Maritime Routes and Chokepoints Maritime routes are a few kilometers wide corridors that connect economic regions and cross land transportation gaps. Major routes also involve the transport of raw commodities, including petroleum, grains, minerals, and food items. In 1956, Israel, France, and Britain invaded Egypt as a result.

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