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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

The Cooper University Health Care Supply Chain Cooper University Health Care is the leading academic health system in southern New Jersey. If they were dependent, did they have East Coast distribution centers where they could preplace inventory before the strike occurred. Reacting just doesn’t work anymore.”

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TMS Optimization: Transitioning from “Nice to Have” to “Must Have”

Talking Logistics

As inventory comes into the pool network, it gives you more opportunities to dynamically adjust the optimization solve as time progresses. Beyond optimizing current execution, ‘what if’ analysis using historical and predictive data will enable companies to make more informed decisions on their future supply chains.

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IoT Speeds Over-the-Road Shipment Tracking

Talking Logistics

Amazon’s disruptive effect has put two key strains on supply chain professionals: to ensure inventory availability across a broader network of distribution points, and get product to the consumer in days, if not less. Gary received a BS from the State University of New York and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree at Moravian College.

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Bring Out the Best in Your Supply Chain

Kinaxis

The Port of New York and New Jersey was hit hard, and they “had about 24 hours’ notice before Sandy hit,” she said. In a crisis like this, Azadegan says “jobs, inventory, and profits are at stake, and beyond that, suppliers, customers, communities, and families of employees etc. Strauss-Weider Inc.,

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How New Supply Chain Technologies Are Boosting Efficiency

ShipBob

By using a combination of technologies like AI, machine learning, and predictive analytics, online brands can manage complex supply chains by automating warehouse operations, improving delivery times, easily managing inventory, optimizing third-party communication, and creating new customer experiences that increase satisfaction and boost sales.

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The Real Winner at the 2022 World Cup? Supply Chain.

BlueYonder

million and a land area of nearly 4,500 square miles — about half the size of New Jersey — Qatar is about to become an epicenter of global logistics. To earn the win, companies also need rapid, accurate capabilities in inventory availability and commitment, as well as order promising. With a population of just 2.9

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This Week in Logistics News (August 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

Fahrenheit temperature was recorded by Sicily’s agriculture-meteorological information service, SIAS, at the Syracuse station on the island’s southeast. Strong volume continues through Port of New York and New Jersey. On Wednesday, the hottest temperature ever may have been recorded on the continent of Europe.