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

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Now is the time to secure your relationships with your suppliers and find creative ways to help preserve them as supply chain partners. When he moved to Michigan State, he learned more about what was going on in the industry by hanging out with executives at Bob Moczka’s industry workshops in the 1990s. What should businesses be doing?

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Bio-based Products Future is Promising, but Hurdles Exist

Supply Chain View from the Field

We were surprised to find that many states with the highest Location Quotients were not states that are typically associated with the biofuels economy, including Oregon, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Maine, and others. Insight #5: The Industry Would Benefit from a Research-Oriented Consortia. Annual reporting.