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Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution – Possibly the Most Important Supply Chain

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Source: US DoD. Pfizer’s plan utilizes strategic transportation partners to ship by air to major hubs and then distribute by ground transportation to dosing locations. FedEx and UPS will be the partners responsible for vaccine transportation. Covid-19 vaccine distribution is headline news across the country.

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Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution – Possibly the Most Important Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Pfizer’s plan utilizes strategic transportation partners to ship by air to major hubs and then distribute by ground transportation to dosing locations. FedEx and UPS will be the partners responsible for vaccine transportation. McKesson is serving as a centralized distributor of the Moderna vaccine and the associated supply kits.

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Generative AI: Cheat Code to a More Competitive Supply Chain Business?

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Using computer algorithms, the AI program searches various connected inputs from all available sources to generate human-looking content in the form of text, images, audio, and other synthetic (created) data that is of value to the user. A transportation manager comes in to start the day. No pointing, clicking, or typing is involved.

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Winter Storm Alert: Ice Storms in the Making Across the US

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Source: NOAA. The impacts of this serve ice storm can last for days and will disrupt transportation in the region. Louisville, KY. CNN reports that an estimated 6.5 million people are at risk of possible power outages, with over 80,000 customers across Kentucky and West Virginia already without power as of Thursday morning.

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The Mind-Boggling Complexities of Food Distribution (Why Optimization is Critical)

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Why doesn’t the ice cream melt when it gets transported from the factory? For example, here’s a description from a 2001 profile of Kroger’s food supply chain published by Louisville Business First : The frozen food portion of the order is assembled at 6:30 a.m. How does the store know how much to order?

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Easier than reducing carbon footprint – 5 Steps to make a dent in the Huge and Hidden Cost of CPG Sustainability

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LTL gets even trickier according to a report by the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. . with the production of quality products creating less waste, the ‘scorecards’ for source reduction targets are met, provided to mass retailers and promoted but there are no metrics dealing with in-transit shipping damage. The Author.

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Which States are Making the Grade in Logistics?

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Kentucky offers the UPS World Port in Louisville, DHL Americas hub in Northern Kentucky and several large FedEx ground hubs throughout Kentucky. Media Type. Media Credit. Goose Island. Privacy Settings. anonymous user. DataTable subpages. Media Image. transactionID. 38d9ea9f-b140-445d-b6d6-fd29825e5b7a. Printer-friendly version. Media Type.