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This Week in Logistics News (February 19-23, 2018)

Talking Logistics

For another case study example, see The Boston Globe: A Home Delivery and Outsourcing Failure.). Procuring logistics services is not the same as buying paper clips, yet that’s how many procurement organizations approach it. Four States Push Back on ELD Mandate.

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Could Looming Supply Chain Risks Sink Your Company?

Material Handling & Logistics

Instead of trying to cut costs silo by silo, these companies take an integrated view of operations (product design, procurement, manufacturing, supply chain management). Companies often spend large sums of money researching, developing and manufacturing products with innovative features that customers don’t value.

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Nursing Hospital and Healthcare Supply Into a New Age

Logistics Bureau

Centralisation then, is all about taking procurement and logistics out of the hands of medical professionals and placing it under its own governance structure. Rather than outsource the operation, Intermountain chose to keep control of all procurement and supply activities.