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Blockchain: Reflections on a Webinar

Supply Chain Shaman

Yesterday, I spoke at the University of Tennessee Supply Chain Leaders Forum on innovation. I asked the audience for a show of hands to understand how many of the supply chain leaders in the room were testing blockchain. The Supply Chain Insights webinar series is designed as an educational forum for learning.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 3-7, 2016)

Talking Logistics

41,997 — that is how much money our team has raised so far for T1D research in our quest to help turn Type 1 into Type None. In the meantime, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: DHL Supply Chain acquires Italian Group MIT Safetrans.

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Exel announces new business with Bristol-Myers Squibb and expansion of Midwest Footprint

Supply Chain Network

It also offers close proximity to a number of key parcel and air infrastructure hubs including Indianapolis and Louisville, Ky. Bristol-Myers Squibb will continue to operate its manufacturing and research and development facilities, also located in Mount Vernon, and remains committed to the local community.

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Addressing Labor Shortages in Warehouse and DC Operations

NC State SCRC

facility at an Indianapolis, Ind., Wilson, 59, was released in 2013 he sought out training at Goodwill, where he learned to drive a forklift. Those skills led him to a part-time job at a FedEx Corp. He was promoted to a full-time job in 2017, and is now earning more than $16 an hour.

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[PROFILE] Scott Cooper '14 - Parker CMC Networking

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Applied Management Research Project:  My team and I focused on discovery of customer pain points in the online booking process for Princess Cruises.  Playing flag football against a former Indianapolis Colt was certainly a highlight, despite him crushing us. That class was unreal.