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Off to another exciting year of student-industry engagement at NC State on cutting-edge supply chain projects

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Duke Energy Sourcing Automation through AI: Sourcing Optimization through technology and artificial intelligence are becoming more readily available within the Supply Chain industry. This project is the e xtension of an executive workshop we ran last fall. Lenovo Blockchain Analysis Part 2. Lenovo Excess and Obsolete Inventory.

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Podcast: Rob Handfield on Suppliers, Data, Tech, and Talent

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He is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and US federal agencies, and a speaker with focus on the fields of strategic sourcing, supply market intelligence, and supplier development. For example, if we’re manufacturing something in China there are labour costs, the costs to ship, plus tariffs. Basically, Flex runs supply chains.

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Bio-based Products Future is Promising, but Hurdles Exist

Supply Chain View from the Field

Unfortunately, The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard-bearer for classifying businesses and sectors. As an example, Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325) encompasses a variety of chemical manufacturing codes including petrochemicals (3251), but none for biobased chemicals.