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Ocean Shipping and Global Trade 2023

American Global Logistics

Ocean Shipping: Trends and Innovations in Global Trade Looking toward the future, several trends and innovations have emerged to shape the ocean shipping industry in 2023. The gains in port activity go beyond New York/New Jersey. examples include vessel construction, crew training, and environmental protection.

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Maybe its time for consumers to consume less…Market Satiation as a new supply chain strategy

NC State SCRC

The New Jersey-based company said it expects supply-availability issues to begin to abate in the first half of 2022 for most of its brands. Another approach is to begin to consider new and innovative ways to influence consumer demand in times of supply chain disruptions.

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Alexander Graham Bell and the Evolution of Communications

QAD

And the effects of the use of mobile devices and enabled communications on manufacturing, for example, have been staggering. Martin Cooper made the first cell phone call on April 3, 1973, from midtown Manhattan to Bell Labs in New Jersey, saying something along the lines of “I’m just calling to see if it sounds good on your end.”.

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Podcast: Scott Donachie and Daniel Robin on the Evolution of Zero Waste

Requis

I saw the struggles a friend of mine had with his door-to-door compost collection business in New Jersey. I did a lot of research and found out that in New Jersey alone there are over 400 dormant landfills, and there’s a huge issue with waste. That’s another good business model innovation.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech June 28 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Traverse City, Michigan based provider Starboard provides an innovative and interactive digital twin of a physical supply chain network leveraging gaming technology to allow users to explore what-if supply chain and business scenarios. Current areas served is in an area of New Jersey suburbs, and eventually to regions across the U.S.

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Is Disruption a Dirty Word?

QAD

When looking at all of the existing disruptions out there, and then the onslaught of COVID-19, we see that we are racing headlong into new ground, complete with new risks, and hopefully, with new opportunities. Highly adaptive, intuitive, and easy-to-implement tools are winning the day.

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Sports Jerseys and Lifetime Returns Policy

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

If the jersey style never changes (for example, the Minnesota Timberwolves changed their jersey design and logo before the 2017-2018 season – see Figure 2) or player never changes teams, then the investment has long-term value. Figure 2: The Minnesota Timberwolves changed their jersey design and logo in 2017 [2].