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This Week in Logistics News (June 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

Northbound and southbound lanes will be closed for months, according to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, who on Monday signed a disaster proclamation to free emergency funding. Instead of two championship parades, Boston fans could only sit back and watch two franchises win their first ever championships.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

The hastened work to reopen the highway, which has an average daily traffic count of nearly 160,000 vehicles, including about 13,000 trucks, was the result of collaboration between contractors, material suppliers and union workers with local, state and federal officials, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said.

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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. ”[1] They cite an SAP survey of 400 U.S.-based In addition, many more workers have left the industry this year. ” Inflation.

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Five Reasons Why Are We Not Making Progress on Inventory Management

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, I am cruising major freeways traveling from Chicago to my new home in Pennsylvania. When we ask business users open-end questions in quantitative surveys, shown in Figure 2 are the most common responses. 90, then 80, followed by 76. The highway rolls ahead of me. There are endless mile markers. It is a long day. There are many.

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The Big Sigh

Supply Chain Shaman

The oppressive heatwave is passing in Pennsylvania. If you enjoy our research, please help us by filling out our current survey. Do executives in the company have a common vision on the role of planning and the use of technology? For this let’s have a collective industry SIGH! I hope this blog helps. Have a great week!

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Groundhog Day

Supply Chain Shaman

The largest Groundhog Day in the United States is in s Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania , with Punxsutawney Phil. . We are currently doing correlations to our quantitative survey responses (over 6000 respondents) to understand which practices make the largest difference in driving Market Price to Tangible Book. It is a ritual.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

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.”. Based on our survey data, today, only 16% of supply chain flows are enabled by Supply Chain Operating Networks. A Long Road Ahead. Supply chains were ill-prepared for the pandemic.