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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

territorial waters off the coast of South Carolina. Jennifer Park, collective action manager at The Sustainability Consortium, told MIT News that the project is an example of pre-competitive collaboration and an interesting approach to brand sustainability goals. On February 4, the U.S. Air Force shot down the balloon over U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

South Carolina Ports breaks all-time container record. For example, in Jackson, Mississippi, we partnered with the Jackson Housing Authority to set up in a community center for a low-income senior housing unit where we administered nearly 2,000 vaccinations to vulnerable seniors.”. US trade deficit jumps 4.8 percent to $71.1

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What Steph Curry and LeBron James Can Teach Us About Innovation

GlobalTranz

“You have to see this kid from Davidson,” said my friends who had brought me to a small college gym in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in 2008, as I watched a midseason college basketball game of little importance. These incremental innovations allow the “LeBron” product to gain market share from the competition.

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Skillfully Managing Manufacturing Reshoring Projects

GlobalTranz

Innovation and Automation. Before a company selects a location for a new production facility, the initial innovation and automation work should be completed. This work will identify what new and innovative products will be produced in the new facility and how that production will be automated. An Example.

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Manufacturing and the Titanium Economy

Enterra Insights

He writes, “Media coverage has almost entirely overlooked a resurgence that’s well underway: Much of the industrial sector is thriving, often brimming with innovators in a relentless drive for innovation and a zeal to deploy new technology that rivals the Silicon Valley leaders known as FAANG: Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google.”

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Say Customer Service and Mean It

Supply Chain Shaman

The two primary manufacturing sites are located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Irmo, South Carolina. The core innovation since it’s founding in 1987 – DualAir adjustability – allows each sleeper to adjust his or her own Sleep Number® setting to their ideal level of firmness, enabling optimal comfort and high-quality sleep.

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Time for Value Chain 4.0?

Supply Chain Shaman

His belief is that there was less follow-on innovation from the third industrial revolution. ” As I turned down my bed, amused by the coverage of the primary election results of South Carolina and Nevada on CNN. For me it would enable the use of digital innovation to drive greater value in value networks.