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

Logistics Viewpoints

The Cooper University Health Care Supply Chain Cooper University Health Care is the leading academic health system in southern New Jersey. Many of their suppliers were using the same sub-tier manufacturers. The i-Score helps procurement leaders quickly assess the overall health of their extended supply chains.

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

NC State SCRC

The current set of supply chain disruptions is being set off by a combination of COVID cases and energy disruptions in manufacturing hubs around the world, labor shortages, lack of capital infrastructure investment, misaligned transportation resources ( a lack of containers, ships, and trucks), and surges in consumer demand.

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2022: A Look in the Rearview Mirror–Part I

American Global Logistics

We had a hangover from the pandemic: Which led to continued inventory shortages, closures of manufacturing plants in China, congested ports, and underemployment. This was evident with the creation of a new report from the New York Federal Reserve. That report is the Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSCPI).

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2019 Logistics & Supply Chain Events to Attend in the US

EazyStock

ProMat is where manufacturing and supply chain professionals come to find their supply chain WOW. At this event, you will get the opportunity to be part of a huge network of more than 2,500 global supply chain and procurement professionals. Princeton, New Jersey. www.iwla.com. PROMAT 2019. April 8-11, 2019. Dallas, Texas.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Update April 25 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The COVID 19 restrictions impacting areas of China ’s largest cities and manufacturing regions continue and have extended into their fifth week. The manufacturing areas most impacted currently include areas around Shanghai , Jiangsu and Jilin provinces.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up- August 17 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Added Manufacturing Disruption in China. Last week after a series of manufacturing and product design flaws impacted the deliveries of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner wide-body aircraft since 2020, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cleared the way to resume airline deliveries of previously ordered aircraft.

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

Supply Chain Matters

Similarly, factories in areas of Shanghai , Shenzhen and Jalin provinces have had to restrict workers to manufacturing campuses in order to maintain operations. East Coast ports including the Port of Savannah, Charleston , and New York/New Jersey. US Logistics Index.