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Supply Chain and Logistics Resolutions for 2017: 4 Things to STOP Doing This Year

Talking Logistics

With so much innovation happening in technology, it’s so easy to chase the next new shiny thing, whether it’s artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), and countless other emerging technologies. For related commentary, see “ There’s No Silver Bullet for Supply Chain Visibility ” and “ Forget Innovation, Just Execute Better ”.

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Has China lost its relevance as a production location?

Supply Chain Movement

The general price level of products made in China is rising rapidly, and it has been claimed that some of the products actually originate in North Korea. Maybe it could be time to turn the tables, and to invite your supplier in for a talk on future innovation opportunities?

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Jason Miller Blog 2: Will Intel’s investments make a dent in our dependence on foreign semiconductors?

NC State SCRC

In particular, with the majority of global production coming out of Taiwan (TSMC) and Korea (Samsung), the geopolitical risks of China and North Korea in these regions is no small worry. We will need to be patient.

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Does AI Pose an Existential Threat?

Enterra Insights

” Jonathan Welburn , a senior RAND researcher who studies emerging systemic risks, predicted, “AI will lead to a series of technological innovations, some of which we might be able to imagine now, but many that we won’t be able to imagine. ”[5] And that’s not putting Russia, Iran, and North Korea into the mix.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

The kids are back at school, we have air conditioning again, and North Korea tested a nuclear bomb yesterday. “If Everything is back to normal. If it’s not love, then it’s the bomb that will bring us together,” Morrissey sings in this week’s Song of the Week. I’m rooting for love.

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Sorry, I’m Not Sure: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2018

Talking Logistics

North Korea : The more missiles North Korea launches and tests, the greater the risk for military conflict — or worse. In short, relations between the United States and North Korea have significantly degraded this past year and it doesn’t look like things are going to improve anytime soon.

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Profiles in Leadership: Volodymyr Zelensky

Enterra Insights

141 countries condemned the invasion; only North Korea, Syria, Eritrea, and Belarus — dictatorships all — voted with Moscow. It will have long-standing ramifications and will prompt increased investments and innovations to make the system more resilient. At the U.N., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was one such system shock.

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