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Reshoring Optimism, But Not Much Else

GlobalTranz

However, there is no evidence that America’s manufacturing woes have magically worked themselves out, or that a significant number of jobs that left for China and Mexico are being shipped back. The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation will soon have a special report on their website next month for download on Reshoring.

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The Top Dozen Supply Chain Innovations of All-Time

Operations and Supply Chain Management

The Top Dozen Supply Chain Innovations of All-Time I am very keen on the subject of supply chain innovation right now, for a variety of reasons. First, CEOs across the globe are putting innovation as the top or near top priority for the companies they run. But I would argue that supply chain innovation is not well understood.

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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

from Washington University St. Louis, M.S. For example, a certain product is ready to be shipped from the manufacturing facility. This is especially costly in today’s real-time world where one-day shipping and instant gratification are the norm. Air Force Institute of Technology and Ph.D. University of North Texas.

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Nursing Hospital and Healthcare Supply Into a New Age

Logistics Bureau

Different material types are then consolidated and shipped to the organisation’s hospitals and other medical facilities. Among other accolades, the company’s innovative approach took its operation to number 3 in the 2015 Gartner list of top 25 healthcare supply chains. Shipment cross-docking and consolidation.

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Free Trade: Why U.S. Trade With Mexico and China Could Not Be More Different

GlobalTranz

The United States and Mexico form a high wage/low wage partnership, bringing complementary labor forces, investments, innovation capacity, and industry strengths together to be able to compete globally. Meanwhile, China is labeled an Innovation Mercantilist, making modest contributions but severely detracting from global innovation.

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