Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
On February 2, in a small town in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania on Gobbler’s Knob, an unsuspecting furry Groundhog is plucked from a burrow to predict the weather for the rest of the winter. Today, I hosted the monthly call for the Network of Networks group. Over the decades, I watched the consolidation of industry groups.
Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Cooper is also home to a leading cancer center (MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper), the only Level II pediatric trauma center in the Delaware Valley (Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper), three urgent care centers, and more than 100 outpatient offices from Southeastern Pennsylvania to the Jersey Shore.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 2, 2020
While my town in Pennsylvania is releasing restrictions, and people are starting to gather again in large groups, I say, “We cannot be too careful.”. Supply chain management as a discipline—a set of flows combining the processes of source, make and deliver together to drive value– is relatively new. A Long Road Ahead.
Supply Chain Matters
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Upwards of 4,000 UAW workers at Volvo’s Mack truck manufacturing facilities in Florida, Maryland and Pennsylvania went on strike after rejecting a tentative five year contract agreement that included a reported 19 percent wage increase. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.
Unleashed
JULY 25, 2021
From reducing the quantity of on hand foodstuffs to JIT inventory control – or less food delivered more frequently – optimising inventory control assists businesses to better manage food waste and reduce it at the source. Community groups, local food banks and soup kitchens collect and redistribute foodstuff to people in need.
Supply Chain View from the Field
APRIL 10, 2014
What that means is that just as traditional sources of supply are in decline, sources that only a decade ago were uneconomical to recover are now in play, thanks to advancements in technologies such as horizontal drilling. You’ve probably heard about the Marcellus and Utica shale plays in nearby Pennsylvania and Ohio.
RFgen
APRIL 6, 2016
A report created by the Material Handling Industry trade group concluded supply chains will need to hire 270,000 employees per year between 2014 and 2018, according to Fortune. Satisfied workers often make excellent sources for future talent references. Finding the right candidate is easier when you launch public training resources.
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