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A Call for Cross-Industry Collaboration for Better Supply Chain Resilience 

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In addition, other infrastructure repairs which impact freight transportation in and around Ashville, North Carolina are still not completed. These events impacted everything from facility operations and transportation routes to energy costs and inventory management. tallying a staggering $182 billion in damages.

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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

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In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. Supply chain visibility often means “where’s my stuff,” or the ability to trace parts in transit from the manufacturer to the final destination. What is supply chain visibility? Agility to act on transparency.

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Better Ways to Address Trade-Offs with Supply Chain Optimization

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Malcolm McLean, a trucker from North Carolina, was tired of waiting. Operational innovations like the invention of containers led to the huge growth in global value chains, and today 95% of manufactured goods move on ships. Why supply chain optimization matters. If you’re a business leader, why do you care about better math?

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The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

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Pharmaceutical manufacturer Amgen built a new biomanufacturing plant in Singapore that uses 70% less carbon than traditional facilities. Similarly, increasing the efficiency of planning and reducing waste will lay a firm foundation for greener sourcing, manufacturing and delivery. Buffering creates waste.

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How Supply Chain Orchestration Can Help Prevent Drug Shortages

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Manufacturers of these weight loss drugs face a multi-headed hydra of the three c’s: coverage, competition and capacity. Supply chain orchestration enables seamless collaboration All this tinkering undoubtedly involves effort from across the supply chain, from sales to procurement to manufacturing to distribution and more.

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Vaccinating the Supply Chain with Andrew Kelley

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Andrew is the Chief Commercial Officer at BoxLock , a company that facilitates secure vaccine transfer for biotechs, manufacturers, labs, hospitals, and clinics. The BoxLock scanner can also be used to facilitate secure vaccine transfer within biotechs, manufacturers, labs, hospitals, and clinics. About Andrew Kelley. About BoxLock.

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5 Lessons from the Desert for the Future of Supply Chain Resiliency

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Supply chains have ridden the wave of lean practices and just-in-time inventory for years, but money saved came at a cost of flexibility and supply chain resiliency, a price which was paid dearly during the pandemic. Reduce waste and aim for circular, not linear, designs.