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Best Logistics and Supply Chain Conferences to Attend in 2024

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This year, as with years in the past, there is a broad and deep line-up of supply chain and logistics conferences to attend. Industry association events are being held in the winter, spring, summer, and fall. Meanwhile, technology providers’ user events are mostly packed into the spring, so plan accordingly.

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

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Supply chain resilience is a hot topic the last few years since post-Covid issues and newsworthy incidents like the Houthi attacks in the red sea have raised awareness. The bridge collapse is a stark reminder of the vulnerability of the nation’s aging infrastructure and the importance of supply chain resilience.

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This Week in Supply Chain News (February 19 – 23)

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The Red Sea crisis impacts global supply Chains GlobalFoundries Receives $1.5 Similarly, shipments bound for New York and other East Coast ports are grappling with delays of up to 11 days. During the pandemic, a chip shortage led to disruptions in a wide variety of industries. billion award to the GlobalFoundries.

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The Electric Power Supply Chain

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At the ARC Industry Leadership Forum in February, I had the opportunity to sit down with Rick Rys, Director of Consulting at ARC Advisory Group, to discuss the electric power supply chain. First, what are the overall supply chain issues make power greener? Below are the key points from our discussion.

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Infor’s Strategy for Differentiation

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This in turn rests on developing solutions far more industry-focused than their competitors. Infor held an Innovation Summit at their headquarters in New York City on March 18 th and 19 th. billion for 2024, is the third largest supplier of enterprise resource planning software applications. Infor does as well.

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NRF 2024: Supply Chain Data

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Last week I attended the annual National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show in New York City. This year, nearly 40,000 attendees comprising 6,200 brands from all over the world headed to the Javits Center to see what new solutions and innovations software and hardware suppliers had in store for 2024 and beyond.

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Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2023

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Often times at Logistics Viewpoints, we like to look to the future and highlight the key trends that we see in a given market, or make predictions about what technologies will emerge as game changers in the new year. 5 Supply Chain Predictions for 2023 ; Dr. Madhav Durbha ( Coupa Software ) So much has changed in a year!