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How Locally Grown Products are Disrupting F&B Manufacturing

QAD

There is a developing trend that has been gaining steam in recent years that has the potential to seriously impact and “disrupt” food and beverage manufacturing. It means buying food that is sourced and/or grown within a geographical location that could be considered “local”. Disrupting the Larger Food and Beverage Manufacturer.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

In an interview with Supply Chain Brain, Intel highlights its new program to eliminate waste from its manufacturing process and prevent all used and returned materials from ending up in landfill. For one large supermarket chain, the idea of jumping on the buy and source locally trend makes too much sense.

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The Dangers of Counterfeit Parts in the Aerospace and Defense Industry Supply Chain

RFgen

Oversight is critical because sometimes companies defraud government contracts by including counterfeit parts in manufacturing orders. The New London Day, a Connecticut newspaper, recently reported Massachusetts resident Peter Picone was sentenced to 37 months in prison for trafficking counterfeit integrated circuits from China.

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The Dangers of Counterfeit Parts in the Aerospace and Defense Industry Supply Chain

RFgen

Oversight is critical because sometimes companies defraud government contracts by including counterfeit parts in manufacturing orders. The New London Day, a Connecticut newspaper, recently reported Massachusetts resident Peter Picone was sentenced to 37 months in prison for trafficking counterfeit integrated circuits from China.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

If President Joe Biden’s administration proceeds with the move, it could also hurt South Korean memory chip juggernauts Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and SK Hynix Inc, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity. chipmaking equipment to factories in China that manufacture advanced NAND chips. That’s all for this week.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

Deere & Company (brand name John Deere) is famed for the manufacture and supply of machinery used in agriculture, construction, and forestry, as well as diesel engines and lawn care equipment. One of the world’s largest manufacturers of computer chips, Intel needs little introduction. Deere & Company.

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Companies Say They're Ready to Move Supply Chains From China

Material Handling & Logistics

Depending on how the tariff plays out, we have alternative sources already in many places and we may have to find some additional ones," Donald Macpherson, CEO of the Illinois-based distributor of maintenance, repair and operating supplies, said during an Oct. In many cases, we already have alternative sources that are identified.

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