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[INFOGRAPHIC] Alexander Hamilton: A US Manufacturing Visionary

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: This is a blog and infographic from The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP). manufacturers to help the>m create and retain jobs, increase profits, and save time and money. Alexander Hamilton: The First Government Expert & Champion on Manufacturing.

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Anita Arts: “A supply chain manager can no longer sit in an ivory tower

Supply Chain Movement

The British company is owner of Unitymedia KabelBW (Germany), UPC (The Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary and Romania), VTR (Chile) and Liberty (Puerto Rico). because there are only three major companies left who manufacturer such chipsets.”.

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The Tesla Semi Truck Will Change Freight

Freightos

Diverting resources to fix Model 3 bottlenecks & increase battery production for Puerto Rico & other affected areas. Meet the Tesla Semi Truck. Many major truck manufacturers are now investing in electric rigs, with one projection having them reaching a 25% market share by 2025. Now it’s turn for the big rigs.

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3 Minute Explainer: An Introduction to Foreign-Trade Zones

QAD

The FTZ program has expanded in recent decades to meet the needs of the rapidly growing global trade environment. There are FTZs in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Almost any merchandise can be manufactured in an FTZ with a few exceptions. FTZs are similar to its global counterparts, Free Trade Zones.

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7 Steps to Weatherproof Your Supply Chain for Extreme Weather

Resilinc

Take this example: when category 5 Hurricane Maria was approaching Puerto Rico in 2017, suppliers and critical FDA-regulated materials were threatened. million worth of IV bag inventory (at the time Puerto Rico was the sole source of these bags for the majority of US-based healthcare providers).

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Supply Chains Finally Get the Attention They Deserve

Enterra Insights

Yesterday, President Joe Biden held the inaugural meeting of a new cabinet-level council focused on supply chain issues. Ahead of the meeting, the President indicated his would initiate nearly 30 new actions to strengthen America’s supply chains. Creating a smart manufacturing plan.

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Leadership Personified: Ken Frazier, CEO of Merck

NC State SCRC

I had the opportunity to hear Ken Frazier, CEO of Merck, speak at the SC50 meeting. We were bringing jets into distribute pallets of water to people in Puerto Rico, for example. When asked about being the first person to resign from Trump’s Manufacturing Council earlier this year, Ken was very circumspect about this. “In