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

Logistics Viewpoints

Cooper is also home to a leading cancer center (MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper), the only Level II pediatric trauma center in the Delaware Valley (Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper), three urgent care centers, and more than 100 outpatient offices from Southeastern Pennsylvania to the Jersey Shore.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- October 25 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Slync to Wind Down Operations According to two published reports from supply chain focused media, freightech and Cloud based logistics visibility platform provider Slync is winding down operations and seeking an alternative form to bankruptcy. The action is termed an assignment for the benefit of the company’s creditors.

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Labor Strike Targeting U.S. Automakers- Update Five

Supply Chain Matters

On Wednesday, the labor union surprised Ford Motor with the announcement that 8,700 assembly line workers at Ford ’s largest assembly plant located in Kentucky, and reportedly producer of the automaker’s most profitable vehicles, would not report for the evening work shift. auto worker will be a tall order.”

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The Appointment of Hershey’s First CTO

Supply Chain Matters

The deal called for Hershey to acquire Weaver ‘s operations in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Whitestown, Indiana. ” Bhatia was recruited from his former leadership position as the Vice President of Supply Chain Optimization Technologies at Amazon. ” Added Perspectives We have highlighted this appointment for two reasons.

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What Exactly Is Omnichannel 2.0 and How Is It Different?

GlobalTranz

The current technology within omnichannel has led to inconsistencies and growing complexity, and instead of the iconic overarching and adoptive platform, many retailers have continued to use legacy systems through custom interfaces that lead to inefficiencies and integration problems, reports NCR.com. Omnichannel 2.0

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National Logistics Day™ 2022

Enterra Insights

With supply chain operations now in the limelight, the staff at Logistics Plus reports that National Logistics Day celebrations are beginning to catch on. The Logistics Plus staff reports, “It is estimated that the transportation and warehousing segment in the U.S. But that was not the only support. alone accounts for over 5.5

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The Supply Chain’s Groundhog Day Experience

Enterra Insights

The movie is about a cynical television weatherman named Phil Connors (played brilliantly by Bill Murray) who is assigned to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Back in early 2022, The Economist wrote that company earnings reports were filled with mentions of “covid-induced shortages.”