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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

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The Cooper University Health Care Supply Chain Cooper University Health Care is the leading academic health system in southern New Jersey. Everything from contrast dye, to tubing, to medical devices with embedded semiconductor chips would suddenly become difficult to source.

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Continued Disruption and Added Cost Inflation Reflected in Key Global Transportation and Logistics Indices in March and Q1 2022

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We now add highlights of March and Q1-2022 key global transportation and logistics indices. Global and Domestic Transportation and Logistics Indices. US Logistics Index. East Coast ports including the Port of Savannah, Charleston , and New York/New Jersey. Global Shipping.

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Maybe its time for consumers to consume less…Market Satiation as a new supply chain strategy

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Consumers continue to order and manufacturers continue to ship, but the global system is not prepared to logistically process a flow of irrational buying-selling behaviors brought on by the chaos of a pandemic. Most experts believe that the Christmas season will be marred by massive waves of product shortages.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 28 – February 3)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. The startup procured $400 million in a Series E financing round, led by One Madison Group and JS Capitol , that includes Walmart and existing investing partner SoftBank Vision Fund 1 in January 2022. Earlier this week, San Francisco-based vertical farming company Plenty Unlimited Inc.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Update April 25 2022

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China Wide COVID Restrictions Continue Resulting in Added Logistics Disruptions. According to the latest reporting from The Wall Street Journal , local authorities are increasingly focused on having both manufacturers and the country’s logistical infrastructure focused on restoring a semblance of ongoing operations.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech June 28 2022

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” Richard Zech, Founder of Avanator LLC , a logistics company an Amazon DSP services contractor indicates that the technology has been a game changer for drivers in saving time and by making navigation safer and easier. Parcel transportation and logistics services provider FedEx and freight-tracking software company FourKites Inc.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

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In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. and J-P Rodrigue (2004)).