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Limestone Extraction from Florida Quarries!

Supply Chain Game Changer

This article will cover everything you need to know about limestone extraction from Florida quarries, including its history, uses, the extraction process, and more! The Increase in the Use of Limestone in Florida. In fact, Florida is the third-largest producer of limestone in the United States. Popular Quarries in Florida.

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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

Everything from contrast dye, to tubing, to medical devices with embedded semiconductor chips would suddenly become difficult to source. Many of their suppliers were using the same sub-tier manufacturers. Last summer a hurricane was coming up through the Gulf and across the Panhandle of Florida.”

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Supply Chain Design: A Tool to Help Maximize Value

Logistics Viewpoints

The purpose of data aggregation is, on one hand, to minimize the number of records you’ll be working with and, on the other hand, to reflect critical business patterns: order prioritization, customer segmentation, sourcing logic. How easy is it to open and close distribution centers or move products across manufacturing facilities?

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5 Recommendations towards a Resilient S&OP

Logistics Viewpoints

As product flows rapidly shifted and hard baked assumptions about lead times and sourcing locations were put to test, users across many organizations bypassed their planning systems and turned to excel sheets, internal data science teams or non-traditional supply chain vendors who could deliver AI based solutions at a faster turn.

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Plan your Supply Chain with Uncertainty

Adexa

Assumptions are made about supplier delivery lead-times, resource availability or transportation times that may have been valid years ago. An example would be a tornado in Florida. A warehouse in Florida may be exposed to more risk of a tornado delivering goods in Fall than any other time.

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Reflections: Building the Network of Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

Working for a large manufacturer, she was trying hard; but failing, to integrate Ariba, Elemica, and GT Nexus. To help, I set up a series of dinner meetings for Maddy to speak to other manufacturers working on similar problems. Today, retired and tan, Maddy calls me from time-to-time from Florida. Let me tell you the story.

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Delivering Green: Three Case Studies in Low-Carbon Logistics

MIT Supply Chain

Logistics is a leading source of carbon. In this case study we present two Ocean Spray initiatives – distribution network redesign and intermodal shift from road to rail – that in combination led to a 20% reduction in transportation CO 2 emissions, while achieving comparable cost savings across the transportation network.