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Winter Storm Alert: Ice Storms in the Making Across the US

GlobalTranz

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

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Episode 90 – Digital Supply Networks with Dr. Ednilson Bernardes

Freight Plus

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.

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Thanksgiving 2018

Enterra Insights

At the original Thanksgiving feast, the pickings were much slimmer and all ingredients were sourced locally. 1] She note there are only two known historical sources describing the three-day long feast shared by the Pilgrims and Wampanoag natives at Plymouth Colony in 1621.

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Episode 90 – Digital Supply Networks with Dr. Ednilson Bernardes

Freight Plus

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.

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A New Red Wagon?

Supply Chain Shaman

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.

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Reflections on Hard Hats and Safety Shoes…

Supply Chain Shaman

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.

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Supply Chain: The True Game of Risk

Supply Chain Shaman

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.