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Shorter Supply Chains are Upending Globalization Patterns

Enterra Insights

She writes, “Uncertainty will never go away; in fact, today it feels like it’s only getting worse — pandemics, military invasions, economic downturns, labor shortages, political dysfunction, and increasingly severe weather.” ” What is her solution for addressing this uncertainty?

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When It Comes to Planning, Please Vote with Ike!

Supply Chain Shaman

Eisenhower was a military officer and statesman. The 34th president of the United States (1953 to 1961.). I work with a group that has a sub-team focused on cost, one on customer service, and one on inventory, but lack alignment on a standard definition of supply chain excellence. Days of Inventory Shifts.

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ThroughPut Inc Wins US Air Force Contract to Enhance AI and Data-Driven Operational Command and Control

ThroughPut

an industrial artificial intelligence (AI) supply chain pioneer, announces it has been awarded a contract to work with the United States Air Force. Despite the growing adoption of AI across industries over the past decades, military intelligence has yet to accelerate data use and literacy across all fields, deployments, and operations.

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Trucker protest over COVID vaccines: an update

Resilinc

If there were any doubts about how thoroughly dependent the United States and Canada are on their trucking fleets and cross-border trade, the truckers’ protests of the past three weeks have made it clear: trucks are the lifeblood of North American commerce. and Canada. .” ” SCRM Best Practices.

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Drones in Distribution: Thinking Inside the Box

Logistics Bureau

There are a few hurdles to be overcome before drones in distribution become a widespread commercial reality, not least of them being the safety aspect and risk of conflict with general aviation users—in other words, pilots of private, military and commercial aircraft. That’s not to say that the day won’t come.

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Eliminate Supply Chain Waste with New Technologies: Our Top Picks

AFFLINK

Along the same lines we have drones , which are essentially a version of the unmanned aerial vehicles that the United States military has been using for many years. Better visibility into your inventory almost always equates to a better allocation of resources, improving both efficiency and cost effectiveness in one fell swoop.

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This Week in Supply Chain News (February 19 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

On March 21, 1864, an ancestor of Biden got in a knife fight with another man in a Union military encampment. The most significant delays are evident in shipments originating from Asian ports destined for Western Europe and the East Coast of the United States. inventory was down 4.5%, Sam’s was down over 8%.