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Supply Chain Preparedness Lessons Learned: The Gulf Coast Refineries and the Texas Storm

NC State SCRC

I interviewed some individuals who work in the Houston area and learned more about what happened. One supply chain executive shared with me some of the challenges they experienced during the Texas Winter Storm that hit last week. “It was hell.

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2019 Logistics & Supply Chain Events to Attend in the US

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Houston, Texas. ISM2019 is an annual event hosted by The Institute for Supply Chain Management (ISM). At this event, you will get the opportunity to be part of a huge network of more than 2,500 global supply chain and procurement professionals. Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference.

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2019 Conferences for Consumer Goods Professionals

Alloy

24–27, LINK2019: RILA’s Retail Supply Chain Conference (Orlando, FL) Mar. 7–10, ISM2019 (Houston, TX) Apr. 16–17, NextGen Supply Chain Conference (Chicago, IL) Apr. 10–12, eft 3PL & Supply Chain Summit (Atlanta, GA) Jun. 15–18, CSCMP Edge Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition (Anaheim, CA) Sep.

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U.S. Freight Logistics Industry Recession Continues with Some Hopeful Signs

Supply Chain Matters

West Coast ports in favor of other ports such as Houston and major U.S. The open question is whether such declines reflect a return to pre-pandemic shipping volumes. A further open question is whether businesses will continue to route imports away from major U.S. East Coast ports.

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Road Report: 2018 OPEX Oil and Gas Summit

TrackVia

I recently had the opportunity to attend the Operational Excellence in Oil and Gas Summit held in Houston. During one conversation, a supply chain executive discussed his desire to digitize in order to leverage data better and thus make his supply chain division more efficient. Manual Processes Run Rampant.

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29 warehouse & automation experts share insights on how warehouse robots will impact industry employment

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Charlie Wilgus @Lucas_Group Charlie Wilgus is the General Manager of the Manufacturing & Supply Chain Executive Search Division at Lucas Group , North America’s premier executive search firm. “I’d want to know how it would impact…” …labor.

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Perspectives on the Global Trade Environment: A Panel Discussion

NC State SCRC

As the global environment is shifting based on political debates, EU/British negotiations, tariffs driven by the Trump administration, as well as the sudden shifts in country-level policies, supply chain executives and planners are working to plan for future uncertainties.

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