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Episode 90 – Digital Supply Networks with Dr. Ednilson Bernardes

Freight Plus

Dr. Bernardes is a professor and coordinator of the Global Supply Chain Management program at West Virginia University. In this conversation we will discuss: Roles of Data and Technology play in our current life. Can you help explain the difference between a data scientist and someone who is just using data in their job?

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A New Red Wagon?

Supply Chain Shaman

I grew up in the mountains of West Virginia. Orbit Chart of Dow Chemical and BASF for the Period of 2006-2016 and Performance Data for the Chemical Industry. Performance Data for the Chemical Industry for 2006-2016. In my youth, my mom would frequently exclaim, “Be careful where you hook your red wagon.”

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Episode 90 – Digital Supply Networks with Dr. Ednilson Bernardes

Freight Plus

Dr. Bernardes is a professor and coordinator of the Global Supply Chain Management program at West Virginia University. In this conversation we will discuss: Roles of Data and Technology play in our current life. Can you help explain the difference between a data scientist and someone who is just using data in their job?

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Reflections on Hard Hats and Safety Shoes…

Supply Chain Shaman

I live in West Virginia. And, as always, if you fill out one of our surveys, we will keep your responses anonymous, and only share the data in aggregate. As a result, we will have to stock fewer and fewer parts. And, the service supply chain can be redesigned to have less inventory and more uptime. Let me give you an example.

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XX and XY: A Different World in Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

It is such a very different landscape than the green mountains of my farm in West Virginia or my city streets in Philadelphia. In preparation, we are finishing up research on supply chain planning excellence, big data and supply chain, supply chain talent, and digital manufacturing. Big Data Supply Chains.

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3 Ways to Get the Supply Chain Ready for Disaster

RFgen

A large thunderstorm impacting Maryland and West Virginia caused an almost 193-hour outage that affected 145,000 people. Furthermore, asking employees to revert to paper processes or manual data entry during a disaster will slow productivity to a crawl at a time when functional warehouses will need to be more efficient than normal.

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3 Ways to Get the Supply Chain Ready for Disaster

RFgen

A large thunderstorm impacting Maryland and West Virginia caused an almost 193-hour outage that affected 145,000 people. Furthermore, asking employees to revert to paper processes or manual data entry during a disaster will slow productivity to a crawl at a time when functional warehouses will need to be more efficient than normal.