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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. The pandemic changed that.

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Analyzing Supply Chain Risk

Enterra Insights

”[1] Risk managers have a term for these conditions: VUCA. 2] His warning begs the question: How can supply chain risk managers wake up? Tech writer Vandita Grover observes, “Big-Data and Data Analytics have made a significant contribution to serve the risk management requirements of organizations.”[3]

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Throw Back Thursday: Remembering ‘Meeting Customer Demand in a Complex Industry’ from Kinexions

Kinaxis

In this video hear, Gary Dietz, Manager, Global Logistics and Supply Integrated Supply Chain and Logistics, Kennametal, as he discusses the challenges his company faces in gaining full visibility of supply and demand, and in dealing with increasing supply chain volatility.

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What Exactly Is Omnichannel 2.0 and How Is It Different?

GlobalTranz

Better risk management strategies. Improved inventory management, reducing instances of overstocking and under stocking. According to the Wharton University of Pennsylvania , the measures to fully utilize omnichannel 2.0 Omnichannel 2.0 Flexible fulfillment options across multiple channels. End-to-end visibility.

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Supply Chain Leaders Prepare For The Long Haul. Caution: It Will Be Gray.

Supply Chain Shaman

The World Health Organization cautions that we are at the beginning of this COVID-19 risk cycles. While my town in Pennsylvania is releasing restrictions, and people are starting to gather again in large groups, I say, “We cannot be too careful.”. Global Risk Management Report Study of Risks Published in January 2020.

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The HDVI Story with Chuck Wallace

The Logistics of Logistics

Chuck started his career as a United States Air Force instructor pilot, first teaching young men and women to fly at undergraduate pilot training in Lubbock Texas, and then flying the C-130 Hercules in Frankfurt, Germany and Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. Chuck is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy. About HDVI.

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What Supply Chain Risks are Threatening Your Company?

Enterra Insights

So it comes as no surprise a joint report published by the Cranfield School of Management and Dun & Bradstreet concludes, “There are significant differences across sectors, requiring varying risk management practices across industries.”[1] This year’s top ten risks were identified as: 1. ”[8].