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A Coronavirus Supply Chain Success Story: Public-Private Team Effort to Get Logistics Tech to 1st Responders

Savi

million are the first large-scale purchases of the new Savi PDK III. Contingency Planning & Coronavirus: Overcoming Manufacturing Supply Chain Disruption During a Pandemic. It involves a number of suppliers working together to manufacture dozens of kit components, assemble all of those pieces, and test the completed units.

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Doing Business in Belgium

QAD

state of Maryland with 30,528 sq km of area. Manufacturing in Belgium. Manufacturing in Belgium. Manufacturing accounts for about 22 percent of the GDP. Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. The country is about the size of the U.S. Its climate is temperate, with mild winters and cool summers.

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From Lab to Arm: Supply Chain Journey of the COVID-19 Vaccines

BlueYonder

We recently had two industry and supply chain experts join us to discuss this topic during a LinkedIn Live session: Fab Brasca, Blue Yonder GVP of Global Solutions, and Suresh Acharya, Blue Yonder Scientific Advisor and the University of Maryland Professor in Business Analytics. Below is an excerpt of the conversation.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

However, for one man in Maryland, none of that matters. The 65-year-old Accekeek, Maryland man bought 15 identical tickets for the same lottery drawing. Full-to-bursting warehouses means fewer orders for manufacturers, which translates into lower levels of business activity and, ultimately, weaker growth. 11 release.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

Based on the stock’s value after the announcement, that would represent a $61 million purchase worth about 10 percent of the company. Samsung has two big factories in China while SK Hynix Inc is buying Intel Corp’s NAND flash memory chips manufacturing business in China. That’s all for this week.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

I saw an interesting story earlier this week about how a police department in a small Maryland city is using drones in its effort to thwart illegal dirt bike riding within city limits. I have written about drones a lot here in the past, and all the practical (and often times impractical) applications they have been used for.

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5 Facts About American Manufacturing & 3 Reasons to Work In Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

They are a great company and very representative of the pride of American Manufacturing. We are featuring two of their quick blog posts below that are relevant to the state of American Manufacturing today: the real facts about the industry and why someone should work in manufacturing. Manufacturers Can Thrive Against All Comers."