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Bringing Science to ‘Sell By’ Dates

Enterra Insights

A study, conducted by researchers from various departments in the University of Maryland’s College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, concluded, “Food is lost or wasted at different stages of the food production, consumption, and supply chain. ”[1] Although food safety is a real concern, so is food waste.

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Supply Chain Risk: It’s Not Whether Severe Weather, but When

Enterra Insights

”[1] To learn how much of a concern climate change is becoming for supply chain operations, Resilinc partnered with the University of Maryland and other academics to answer questions like: “How exposed is our global supply chain network? Which critical sites have the highest exposure in terms of revenue impact?

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A Coronavirus Supply Chain Success Story: Public-Private Team Effort to Get Logistics Tech to 1st Responders

Savi

Contingency Planning & Coronavirus: Overcoming Manufacturing Supply Chain Disruption During a Pandemic. It involves a number of suppliers working together to manufacture dozens of kit components, assemble all of those pieces, and test the completed units. Manufacturing plants were shutting down.

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Labor Strike Targeting U.S. Automakers- Update Five

Supply Chain Matters

Ford has elected to partner with South Korean based battery manufacturer SK Innovation , in building and the joint operating of three battery production facilities, two in Kentucky and one in Tennessee. Both of these U.S. states support to right-to-work laws that make it very difficult for labor unions to organize workers.

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech April 4 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Founded in 2002 with over 100 consultants and based in Boulder, Colorado , Spinnaker SCA designs and builds agile supply chains for leading brands across Consumer Staples, High Tech, Industrial Manufacturing, Retail & Apparel, Medical Devices, and Distribution Industries.

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Doing Business in Belgium

QAD

state of Maryland with 30,528 sq km of area. Manufacturing in Belgium. Manufacturing in Belgium. Manufacturing accounts for about 22 percent of the GDP. Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. The country is about the size of the U.S. Its climate is temperate, with mild winters and cool summers.

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From Lab to Arm: Supply Chain Journey of the COVID-19 Vaccines

BlueYonder

We recently had two industry and supply chain experts join us to discuss this topic during a LinkedIn Live session: Fab Brasca, Blue Yonder GVP of Global Solutions, and Suresh Acharya, Blue Yonder Scientific Advisor and the University of Maryland Professor in Business Analytics. Below is an excerpt of the conversation. Essential Enablers.