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How the Coronavirus is underscoring the relevance of Global Supply Chain throughput: From the Frontlines of Yokohama, Milan, and Southern Florida

ThroughPut

Logic would say that a visible American tech startup should be staying put in Silicon Valley, cancelling all international commitments with Italy, Japan and other international contacts, and waiting to let the coronavirus situation play-out. I’ll start with Japan. So I took a red-eye flight from New York City to Tokyo.

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The Christmas Tree Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

And the trees were introduced in China and Japan in the 19th and 20th centuries. the majority of trees are grown in Oregon, followed by North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Washington. It was also popularized in England and the rest of Europe in the 19th century. In the U.S.

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Sustainable Food Waste Management for Food Industry SMEs

Unleashed

For example in Japan foodstuffs and by-products containing animal-origin protein undergo rigorous treatment to kill the pathogens that cause disease. The risk of spoilage and spreading of disease meant local farmers could no longer collect the ‘pigswill’ to feed their livestock.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

Did You Know That … Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). China surpasses Japan as the world’s second largest economy. Risks include delays, pilfering, damage and loss. Significance. 0 TEUs 0 meters long.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). China surpasses Japan as the world’s second largest economy. Risks include delays, pilfering, damage and loss. Did You Know That …. Significance. Significance.

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

GlobalTranz

The top 10 states ranked by total manufacturing employment in 2013 are California (1,251,400 jobs), Texas (871,700 jobs), Ohio (662,100 jobs), Illinois (579,600 jobs), Pennsylvania (563,500 jobs), Michigan (555,300 jobs), Indiana (491,900 jobs), Wisconsin (458,400 jobs), New York (455,100 jobs), and North Carolina (442,500 jobs).

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ThroughPut Inc. Appoints World-Renowned Just-in-Time, Lean & Kaizen Expert Mr. Takao Sakai to Executive Advisory Board

ThroughPut

While he performed technical consulting for Toyota Motor, Honda sent many of his fellow workers into the company for the purpose of establishing an automobile industry in Japan. These concepts are technically complex and hard to translate often outside of Japan. Those that Kotaro Honda advised were called Honda School Leaders.