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5 Big Themes from RILA’s LINK2019 Conference

Stord

The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)’s conference attracts retail and supply chain leaders from the biggest brands in the country, providing a forum for innovation, networking, and collaboration. If you couldn’t make it, or want to refresh your memory, here are five big themes from the 2019 conference.

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Supply Chain Leaders Prepare For The Long Haul. Caution: It Will Be Gray.

Supply Chain Shaman

The first major polio epidemic in the United States occurred in Vermont in the summer of 1894. The last case of polio in the United States was 1979. The thought of a pandemic killing over 350,000 people globally and over 100,000 in the United States in just three months is mind-numbing. Plan for disruption.

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SanMar’s Sustainability Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

A couple of weeks ago, I attended Körber Supply Chain’s Elevate User conference. SanMar is the largest wholesaler of apparel into the corporate identity, promotional product, and ad specialty space in the United States. This meant the company did not handle the product development or sourcing. degrees Celsius.

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McDonald’s Mesoamérica Supply Chain Response to COVID-19

ToolsGroup

Rafael Labbé, Supply Chain Director at Suministros y Alimentos, a distributor to McDonalds Mesoamérica, shared his company’s experience and COVID-19 supply chain response with ToolsGroup’s Kathleen Geraghty at the recent ToolsGroup virtual user conference. This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.].

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Latest Forecast For Global Trade Not Optimistic

Supply Chain Matters

Today, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) issued its latest forecast update on overall global trade, and the narrative is not encouraging or optimistic. trillion, according to the United Nations trade body. This level represents a contraction of $1.5 Last week, U.S.

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Blockchain: Preventing E. Coli Through Enhanced Traceability

Kinaxis

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that 121 people in 25 states have been infected with this particularly dangerous strain of E. Health officials narrowed the source down to romaine lettuce, but identifying which romaine lettuce from where is still a problem. First, consumers were instructed to avoid prechopped romaine lettuce.

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The Industrial Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis

Logistics Bureau

With the city in lockdown, the supply has dried up and automakers in Europe and the United States have had to pillage their stockpiles. . In the United States , automotive stocks have fallen due to a shortage of parts affecting production at the plants of General Motors, Ford, Toyota, and Fiat Chrysler. Electronics.