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The Promise and Peril of Generative AI for Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

The keys to succeeding in AI As a trio of economists argue in a pair of books, most recently Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence , we seek predictions where there is uncertainty. The pace is moving so quickly that no one can possibly keep up. So instead I want to direct attention to what I do know.

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Logistics Woes Start People Thinking About Christmas in July

Enterra Insights

… Christmas in July started [88] years ago on July 24th and 25th in 1933 at a girls’ camp called Keystone Camp in Brevard, North Carolina.”[1] 1] Katherine Owen, “ The Real Story Behind Christmas in July Started in North Carolina ,” Southern Living, July 2017. [2] Even the U.S. Footnotes. [1]

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Boeing’s Production Quality Crisis Significantly Escalates

Supply Chain Matters

The center fuselage and other structural components for the wide body Airbus 350 are produced at Spirit’s facilities in North Carolina and in Prestwick, Scotland. Separate reports further indicate that air travel booking sites are indicating that flyers are paying added attention to the aircraft associated with individual flights.

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Some positive signs, but warehouse labor shortage continues

Kanban Logistics

million warehouse and storage employees on the books that month. At Kanban Logistics, an Eastern-North-Carolina-based 3PL provider, we take pride in our low employee turnover rates. According to a recent article in Supply Chain Dive , warehouse employment hit a new high in July.

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How E-Commerce Is Reinventing the Humble Warehouse

MIT Supply Chain

Impact on cityscapes As I describe in my new book The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy Beyond Covid-19 , the changing face of warehousing is helping to change the face of cities. can model the outcome of scenarios such as different warehouse configurations.

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Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out?

Enterra Insights

He says it’s the antiquated booking system that’s gumming up the works. The revolution took place a few years later and was the inspiration of a North Carolina truck driver named Malcom McLean. Schrap told us normally truckers make an appointment to return an empty container before picking up a full one. ”[4].

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

NC State SCRC

The centerpiece of the Antitrust division that drives much of their activity is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, a statute that has been on the books since 1890. And in some cases, markets don’t operate in an environment of open competition, due to various backroom deals and shenanigans taking place….