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Economic Aspects of Supply Chains

American Global Logistics

They encompass a vast ecosystem of industries and sectors that work together to deliver the right products at the right time, place, cost, quantity, and quality. The supply chain supports an additional 770,000 jobs, comprising 31%, of North Carolina's workforce. business logistics amounts to 9.1% of the country's GDP or $2.3

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Bio-based Products Future is Promising, but Hurdles Exist

Supply Chain View from the Field

Manufacturers go through a certification process that has been developed in a partnership with ASTM International to ensure quality control and consistent results. Since 2011, the USDA BioPreferred voluntary label has been in the market place and now has been applied to more than 20,000 certified products.

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Perspectives on the Global Trade Environment: A Panel Discussion

NC State SCRC

It is not so much the application of a tariff, or even leaving NAFTA, but more like “North Carolina leaving the United States!” In making contry of orgin comparisons, there are often a lot of ignored factors in other countries that come into play.

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“Culture eats strategy for breakfast”: The argument for creating an analytics culture

NC State SCRC

This study may be useful to all analytics-driven managers because studies comparing companies against each other often fail to find suitable metrics that provide an apple-to-apple comparison. Consistent data quality and taxonomy where data values and column definitions are consistent acrossthe.

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Procurement Digitization: The Key To Price Transparency And Healthcare Transformation

ivalua

As a result, price comparison – a cornerstone of the market economy – is simply unavailable for those seeking healthcare. It is not just that prices vary significantly, but also the bundling of services included in specific items varies, which can make side by side price comparisons deceptive.

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Procurement Digitization: The Key To Price Transparency And Healthcare Transformation

ivalua

As a result, price comparison – a cornerstone of the market economy – is simply unavailable for those seeking healthcare. It is not just that prices vary significantly, but also the bundling of services included in specific items varies, which can make side by side price comparisons deceptive.