Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 18, 2024

Since our inception as a supply chain management focused blog in 2018, Supply Chain Matters has continually provided examples and perspectives regarding what can be best described as an industry dysfunctional supply chain that is replete with key stakeholder conflicts. This is not a new phenomenon. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S.

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Resilinc

MARCH 7, 2023

Take this example: when category 5 Hurricane Maria was approaching Puerto Rico in 2017, suppliers and critical FDA-regulated materials were threatened. With this visibility, our customers initiated a dual-sourcing effort to secure supplies ahead of time. Plan to hold extra inventory at other sites.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 15, 2019

For example, the catastrophic Tohoku earthquake and tsunami a few years ago resulted in a massive US$210 billion in costs for Japan. In a similar fashion, when Puerto Rico was struck by Hurricane Maria last year, the supply chain of two of the island’s most important industries—pharmaceuticals and medical devices—ground to a complete halt.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 31, 2022

Collaborating with its crowd-sourced last-mile delivery subsidiary, Shipt, orders are sorted "hyper-locally down to the neighborhood level, providing a fast, efficient, reliable and low-cost delivery option," Mulligan said. Costco, for example, acquired Innovel Solutions in 2020. Innovel is now rebranded as Costco Logistics.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In March 2020, Real Estate Investor/Tax Analyst Carlos Colon (a Philadelphia native, raised in Puerto Rico) decided to bring an idea of his to life; one which was building in his heart for a long period of time. The Creator (God) is the greatest source of energy that there is. What is your Strategy? How Does ThankX Work?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

A shortage of pharmaceuticals in Puerto Rico. If we look back at history, 70% of companies implemented Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI), however two-decades later only 1% of companies use VMI processes to drive a better demand signal. Let’s take an example. Inventory strategies and processes to absorb the error.

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