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Hurricane Florence: What We Know About the Year's First Major Storm

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It will deliver tropical-storm-level winds by noon Thursday to North Carolina's coast, and hurricane-force winds and dangerous storm surges by late Thursday or early Friday. Additionally, category 2 storm Helene, currently off the coast of Africa, is expected to crawl towards Europe after losing speed.

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Hurricane Florence: What You Need to Know About the Year's First Major Storm

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It will deliver tropical-storm-level winds by noon Thursday to North Carolina's coast, and hurricane-force winds and dangerous storm surges by late Thursday or early Friday. Additionally, category 2 storm Helene, currently off the coast of Africa, is expected to crawl towards Europe after losing speed.

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Boeing’s Production Quality Crisis Significantly Escalates

Supply Chain Matters

The center fuselage and other structural components for the wide body Airbus 350 are produced at Spirit’s facilities in North Carolina and in Prestwick, Scotland. Supply contracts involve the wing structures for the Airbus A220 aircraft family that are produced in a facility in Belfast, Ireland.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

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cities have launched Smart City Logistics innovations and protocols, following the lead of Europe and Asia. ? Supply Chain Innovators of 2013 : paperless food chain, VLMs, cold chain fleet management, and more. Warehouse Automation. Media Type. Privacy Settings. anonymous user. DataTable subpages. Media Image. transactionID. Media Type.

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Is The Creative Class Coming To A City Near You?

Supply Chain Insights

Aside from a short stint living in Europe, I’ve always lived in Boston, MA. This is more than just birds of a feather flocking together in a few places on the planet (Silicon Valley, Boston’s Route 128, The Triangle in North Carolina, Austin, Seattle, Bangalore, Dublin and Sweden to name a few) and having an impact.

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Hey Mr. President, Why Can’t We Be More Like Germany?

Supply Chain View from the Field

Recent statements from a New York Times article show that Germany is the envy of Europe for economic reasons as well. Finally, the government in Germany is strongly pro-business, unlike our current administration which seems to view big business as not only the enemy, but the source of all that is wrong with the economy.

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Duke Energy CEO Talks About Leadership

Supply Chain View from the Field

For the average customer in North Carolina, he or she pays about $3 a day for electricity. This price is 40% below the price on the West Coast, and 70% below the price in Europe. One of the biggest challenges in the developing world is the lack of reliable energy platforms, and we often take this for granted.