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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- October 10 2023

Supply Chain Matters

In this October 10, 2023 2023 edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Technology we provide our capsule highlights of investments announced by supply chain management focused tech providers. A firm’s competitive edge depends on its ability to work with third parties efficiently, safely, and swiftly.”

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

Hasbro plans to further hike prices of toys, warns of $100 million Russia hit. South Carolina prohibits importation of some birds due to avian flu. Supply chain cyberattacks jumped 51% in 2021. The Covid pandemic continues to slow down global economies and supply chains.

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Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

I helped create the first North American chapter of BVL International in the Carolinas, and we hosted two meetings at Volvo in North Carolina and Thyssen-Krupp in South Carolina. We just finished hosting over 150 executives at our Supply Chain Resource Cooperative, with a theme on Supply Chain Analytics.

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Skillfully Managing Manufacturing Reshoring Projects

GlobalTranz

The new, automated factory may demand a different style of building from the current foreign location and careful planning and engineering before the move plans are announced. Otis attempted a reshoring project, bringing production from Mexico to South Carolina. An Example. Consider Otis Elevator.

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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. It is a lucrative job for truckers due to its high demand. Demand spikes while crop growers hustle to pick and deliver with maximum freshness. Knowing these timelines is crucial to supply chain planning.

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Manufacturing and the Titanium Economy

Enterra Insights

These companies provide a recipe for both stability and long-term, profitable growth, while also strengthening the backbone of an economic supply chain that has been under siege for several years.”[2]. With freight, insurance, and labor costs rising around the world, there is a strong economic case for more domestic manufacturing.

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[INFOGRAPHIC, REPORT, & INTERACTIVE MAP] The US Manufacturing Workforce & Making it In America

GlobalTranz

Manufacturing provides a significant source of demand for goods and services in other sectors of the economy, and these sales to other industries are not captured in measures of manufacturing sector GDP but are counted in the broader measure of its gross output. US Manufacturing Interactive Footprint Map. trillion in GDP (12.5