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Top 5 Aerospace Supply Chain Disruptions of 2023

Resilinc

For example, on June 26, Lithium producer Livent Corp had a fire at its largest manufacturing plant in North Carolina. From August 25 to September 9, Timken India plans to temporarily close a plant in Jharkhand, India, for the opposite reason—low demand. A lithium compound caught fire at the 800-acre facility.

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Post-pandemic, life sciences supply chains are prioritizing resilience

Resilinc

For their upstream supply chains, the life sciences industry is focusing on reducing its dependency on India and China for bulk APIs and generic drugs. Amgen, which broke ground on a new manufacturing facility in North Carolina in March, describes its advanced technology as FleXBatch.

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Why Can’t The Supply Chain Get Rid of Abuse?

Material Handling & Logistics

Young female workers have been held captive behind the walls of garment factories in southern India. Horrific working conditions endured by children farming tobacco in North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia were reported in January of this year by Human Rights Watch. Today, seafood sold by major U.S., And the U.S.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Over 400 suppliers in China, India, the U.S. Content Summary: Trucks Platoon Across North Carolina Turnpike. This past summer Volvo Trucks North America announced a successful on-highway demonstration of its truck platooning technology. Click here to read the full story. Printer-friendly version. Last-Mile Delivery.

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When it Comes to Direct-to-Consumer Shipping, Warehouse Size Matters

BlueYonder

According to Hayley Peterson’s Business Insider article, A Trader Joe’s competitor is opening 100 stores in the US — see if it’s coming to your hometown, Lidl will open its first 20 stores this summer in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, with plans to open 100 stores over the next year.

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Winning $75K Marketing Case Competition Prize Really Was About.

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

The Times Of India. The Wake Forest Marketing Summit, a marketing case competition which took place in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, at the end of February, is going to be one of my most cherished MBA memories. UCLA Anderson Speaker Series. UCLA Anderson Homepage. UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog. UCLA Anderson Forecast.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon postpones Prime Day sale in Canada and India. The expanded waiver runs through May 31 and covers Alabama, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, parts of Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.