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

Savi

First, the assembly site – the Maryland location of First Source Electronics (FSE), a division of Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. FSE did a great job negotiating with Maryland state authorities to get an exemption so they could get the parts assembled into finished kits. – was also put under shutdown orders. was no picnic.

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Collaborate to Win

ivalua

Global automatic parts leader Meritor presents a great example. Ivalua customers such as the state of Maryland saved time by launching surveys to existing suppliers of various goods and services that were not contracted for PPE but may have such items to quickly assess how much inventory is available and the certification of any suppliers.

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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.

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How to Be a Preferred Shipping Customer: Strategies for the Coming Capacity Shortage

Talking Logistics

This allows trailers to be loaded and unloaded without drivers being present and gets them back on the road faster. Mike holds a BS degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Master of Engineering degree in Supply Chain Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Establish Trailer Pools.

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Welcome to the Matrix — Maybe

Enterra Insights

” He goes on to present Bostrom’s three hypotheses and discusses the likelihood of each of them. ” He cites the work of two scientists: Max Tegmark, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and James Gates, of the University of Maryland. In the end, he raises more questions than providing definitive answers.

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The Legal Implications of Transport Visibility is NOT Good News for Truckers

NC State SCRC

Maryland has a cap on non-economic damages, but is one of very few states with a cap. Most have $1M of coverage for the carrier, because even though they did not cause the damage in many cases, they were present. Most of these cases are liability/personal injury claims. The minimum is that one must have 750K$.

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What are America’s Most Inventive Cities?

QAD

The work of these inventors has shaped the present state of many of the industries QAD’s customers and partners operate in, and we anticipate that trend continuing far into the future. Given the extent to which decades of invention have shaped QAD and our customers, let’s take a deep dive on invention and innovation.

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