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Strong Supply Chains Required For an Economic Rebound: Six Steps To Take

Supply Chain Shaman

My first focus was on China sourcing. The healthcare value chain was slow to respond—the majority of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) was in Chinese warehouses. China was the source of over 90% of PPE.) As I watch the news and work on client documents in my quarantine, I try to manage my emotions. Recovery Team.

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Five Tips on Sourcing Products From China

EMERGE App

Google a phrase like “sourcing products from China” and you’ll instantly be faced by almost 39 million results! This underscores the importance of China being the world’s manufacturing hub in the past decade, and most likely for the next few decades. Introduction. Products are the lifeline of your business.

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These Three Technologies are Hot, But Are Supply Chains Adopting Them?

Logistics Bureau

Pundits claim that blockchain technology , a distributed and immutable system for documenting transactions, will disrupt the supply chain industry substantially over the next ten years or so. Other sources highlight several hurdles obstructing the uptake of blockchain applications. Are Businesses Busy with Blockchain?

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50 expert tips on supply chain management

6 River Systems

Warehouse managers face numerous challenges, as well, such as the need to keep goods flowing in and out of the facility while enabling associates to practice social distancing measures. . China trade war has already put regionalization of manufacturing back on the table. Develop alternative sources and diversify value chains.

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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively.

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Navigating Regulatory Compliance: A Deep Dive Into QMS Compliance for Medical Devices

Arena Solutions

And we will be meeting in person on May 1st and 2nd at DeviceTalks Boston. Usually it’s a formalized system that documents all your processes, your procedures, your responsibilities for achieving quality policies, and objectives. So, your document management system. Registration for that is open. So, what is QMS?