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The Supply Chain’s Groundhog Day Experience

Enterra Insights

The movie is about a cynical television weatherman named Phil Connors (played brilliantly by Bill Murray) who is assigned to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. ”[3] The China Problem. Most of the short-term problems are located in China. It became too long.”[4] 4] Labor Shortages.

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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

Cooper is also home to a leading cancer center (MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper), the only Level II pediatric trauma center in the Delaware Valley (Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper), three urgent care centers, and more than 100 outpatient offices from Southeastern Pennsylvania to the Jersey Shore. But there was a cost to this.

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The Christmas Tree Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

And the trees were introduced in China and Japan in the 19th and 20th centuries. the majority of trees are grown in Oregon, followed by North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Washington. The vast majority of artificial trees, 80%, are manufactured in China for export worldwide. In the U.S.

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The Big Sigh

Supply Chain Shaman

My lead times increased from China from 93 to 210 days, and I am not able to properly plan.” The oppressive heatwave is passing in Pennsylvania. I know it is a tough environment.” ” He took off his mask, and sighed, “Supply chains are tougher to manage today than during the pandemic. I hope this blog helps.

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Best-Cost vs. Least-Cost Sourcing

Talking Logistics

The “reshoring” of manufacturing operations from China and elsewhere to the United States continues to make headlines. And earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal published an article about how the toy maker K’Nex has moved most of its manufacturing operations from China to its factory in Pennsylvania.

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31 Motivations for Reshoring Manufacturing & Updated Reshoring Stats

GlobalTranz

Many were eager to secure market share in regions of India, China, and other countries where they expected to stimulate demand for their products. Manufacturing in China currently affords only 5% cost savings over the U.S. in China and elsewhere, is a serious deterrent from operating there. energy costs have dropped.

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Accessing Bathrooms

Cathy Roberson

But, it looks like state legislation for bathroom access for truck drivers in Pennsylvania is still pending. Meanwhile, a couple of states are taking matters into their own hands… I may be mistaken but I believe the state of Washington is the first state to require bathroom access to truck drivers at ports effective June 9, 2022.

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