Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 23, 2025
From raw material sourcing to logistics and regulatory compliance, stakeholders across the value chain will need to prepare for structural adjustments. Sourcing and Ingredient Availability A central impact of this policy is the need to replace synthetic colorants with natural alternatives. Others are expected to follow.
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 13, 2024
While onshore wind power is the largest renewable, solar is now the leading source of new electric power followed by wind (mostly onshore), which is followed by new gas power plants. New power additions have exceeded the power retirements of coal plants. Nuclear will not save the climate which needs action in the short term.
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Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 31, 2014
I live in West Virginia. Mexico has become more attractive, and many companies are looking at alternative sourcing in Latin and South America. As a result, we will have to stock fewer and fewer parts. And, the service supply chain can be redesigned to have less inventory and more uptime. Let me give you an example.
GlobalTranz
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
A severe ice storm is causing significant disruption from Texas to Virginia, with Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and parts of Missouri and Illinois expected to face this storm system's most substantial impact. Source: NOAA. CNN reports that an estimated 6.5
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 18, 2017
I grew up in the mountains of West Virginia. The confluence of new technologies–additive manufacturing, blockchain, cloud computing, cognitive computing, Internet of Things, open source analytics, robotics, sensors, and wearables– along with process possibilities is driving a new call to action.
Freight Plus
AUGUST 7, 2020
Bernardes is a professor and coordinator of the Global Supply Chain Management program at West Virginia University. Traditionally, supply chains have been conceived and managed as a discrete sequence of activities, from design, plan, and source to make, deliver, and return. After that he launched his career in academia.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 11, 2015
When I was a small child growing up in the mountains of West Virginia in the United States, on snowy days, my family would gather around the kitchen table and play board games. One of my favorites was the board game Risk. It was a turn-based board game introduced in the 1950(s). This increases risk. Figure 1: Bullwhip Impact.
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