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Supply chain risks: The knowable unknowns that can hurt your supply chain!

Kinaxis

by Dr. Madhav Durbha CSX, one of the only two railroad operators in the USA that handles nearly all the shipments that move by train east of the Mississippi River has been experiencing serious challenges since the month of May. For example, let’s say you modeled the lead time from “supplier A” to your manufacturing facility as 7 days.

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QAD Explore 2019: Vertical Market Round-up

QAD

The city of New Orleans played quite the host this year to our growing community of manufacturers for our largest annual customer conference, Explore. While at Explore, we had a fantastic view of the Mississippi River flowing through New Orleans. Glenn Graney – Director, Industrial and High Tech. Traceability. B2B to B2C.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

In addition, several agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) require unique device identifiers (UDI) usually in the form of barcodes to contain information such as manufactured date and lot number to provide traceability. Use the form below to send us your information! Mississippi. Schedule Now.

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Talk Doesn’t Cook the Rice

Supply Chain Shaman

As they say in Mississippi, “Talk doesn’t cook the rice.” Here, I would like to share some background information on the Index and how I intend to use it in developing a higher level of research. For leaders in corporate finance, Information Technology, corporate sustainability and Supply Chain.

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[INFOGRAPHIC, REPORT, & INTERACTIVE MAP] The US Manufacturing Workforce & Making it In America

GlobalTranz

While US manufacturing has been hit hard by nearly two decades of policy failures that have damaged its international competitiveness, it remains a vital part of the U.S. The US manufacturing sector employed 12 million workers in 2013, or about 8.8 On average, non-college-educated workers in manufacturing made 10.9 employment.

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Justifying Investments in Risk Avoidance

MIT Supply Chain

To fight the phenomenon, Sun hired escorts for trailers carrying high-value Sun gear and monitored logistics personnel to reduce inside-job leaks of information about these shipments. For example, many automotive manufacturers and suppliers are members of the standards-setting automotive industry action group (AIAG).

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Tropical Storm Nate: What You Need to Know

Elementum

Four states in the Southeast have declared a state of emergency as the storm approaches including 29 counties in Florida , six counties in Mississippi , the state of Alabama , and the state of Louisiana. We’ll keep you posted as soon a new information becomes available. Evacuations Ordered. This is what we know so far.