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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. We did not have temperatures above freezing until Thursday.

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2019 Logistics & Supply Chain Events to Attend in the US

EazyStock

Are you interested in expanding your knowledge on the latest trends and technologies within the supply chain industry? EazyStock has complied a new list of the top 2019 Supply Chain events that you can’t afford to miss. ProMat is where manufacturing and supply chain professionals come to find their supply chain WOW.

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

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights continued evidence that the U.S. Supply chain pressures reportedly eased to the greatest extent in 14 years. West Coast ports in favor of other ports such as Houston and major U.S. That stated, there are some new signs of optimism. percentage points below the March value of 51.1.

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2019 Conferences for Consumer Goods Professionals

Alloy

Many of these are geared toward a specific audience, such as sales or supply chain. 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. 7–10, ISM2019 (Houston, TX) Apr.

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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. One attendee I spoke to worked in the supply chain division for a large petroleum refining, marketing, and transportation company. During my time at the conference, a few things came to light. Manual Processes Run Rampant.

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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. Paul B: Put simply, tariffs disrupt supply chains!

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

6 River Systems

There’s no question that innovative technologies aid in logistics and supply chain management, but when it comes to the many labor-intensive processes that take place in the warehouse, some fear that robots could make human warehouse workers obsolete. She is now an Editor at Aggregage for the site Supply Chain Brief.