- 1. The Global Supply Chain Needs Tech Boost
- (News)
- The global supply chain is in need of a serious technology upgrade, reports Forbes. I’ve often spoken about the manual state of the global supply chain, but many in the industry are still unaware of ...
- 2. China's Heat Wave and Zero-Covid Policy Felt World Wide in the Supply Chain Industr
- (Supply)
- ... manufacturer Honda is toying with the idea of creating a separate supply chain outside of China. A Honda spokesperson stated, “The review of the supply chain from China and risk hedging are elements that ...
- 3. Baby Formula is Latest Casualty of Supply Chain Crisis
- (Retail)
- ... to work diligently with our supplier partners to best meet customer demands," Walgreens spokesperson Emily Hartwig-Mekstan told CNN. Recent recalls have made the crisis worse with three brands recalling ...
- 4. State of Emergence in Georgia
- (Logistics)
- ... pledged support for truckers through the federal Trucking Action Plan. In a press conference late last year President Biden spoke directly to truck drivers stating – “You all quit, everything comes to ...
- 5. Small Is The New Big In Supply Chain Management
- (Supply)
- ... is based on the “hub and spoke” (large factory farms delivering to regional distribution centers, who then deliver to locations in their territory). The first problem with this model: It relies on economies ...
- 6. Due to a Fractured Supply Chain - Thousands of Vaccines are Wasted
- (Supply)
- ... the vaccine itself. According to Pfizer’s spokeswoman Amy Rose, “We [Pfizerhttps://www.fox35orlando.com/news/thousands-of-wasted-vaccines-reported-in-florida">Fox News estimates Florida alone has wasted ...
- 7. Supply Chain Causes Disruption to Covid-19 Vaccine Delivery
- (Supply)
- ... explained Pfizer’s spokeswoman Amy Rose in a statement last week referring to the time it took to source the raw materials that were needed to create each shot. A silver lining in the supply chain disruption ...
- 8. USPS Struggles to Deliver Election Ballots
- (Logistics)
- ... USPS will be able to deliver their ballots on time. "No. 1 priority between now and the November election is the secure, timely delivery of the nation's Election Mail," spokeswoman Martha Johnson said ...
- 9. Fire Rips Through Amazon's Distribution Center in Redlands, C
- (Logistics)
- ... in the area were unable to control the blaze which looked like a scene out of a doomsday movie. Thankfully, there were no casualties and as of now no injuries reported. Spokesperson for Amazon, Lisa Levandowski ...
- 10. Supply Chain is Turning to AI Amid Covid-19
- (Technology)
- ... lives at risk. RightHand’s head of product and marketing spoke generally to Reuters stating, “If you’re going to have limited people in the building, the last thing you want them to do is a simple task ...
- 11. Drivers' HOS Laws are Relaxed for the First Time in 82 Years
- (Logistics)
- ... the reduced HOS laws are in effect until after the National Emergency has ended or on April 12, 2020 – which ever comes first. In a statement to Business Insider, Sean McNally, the spokesperson for the ...
- 12. How Will the Global Supply Chain Be Impacted
- (News)
- Global supply chain expert answers questions on how Covid-19 will impact the world’s supply chain, reports Phys Org. With fears about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) impacting the economy and global ...
- 13. Supply Chain Industry on Edge as Coronavirus Continues to Spread
- (Supply)
- ... supply chain.” A few months later – her fears may actually come to fruition. The FDA assured the public that there is no shortage of drugs but an FDA spokesperson declared, "If a potential shortage or ...
- 14. Supply Chain Virtual Summit Recap
- (Supply)
- On February 6, Infor opened the doors to their Supply Chain Virtual Summit where Supply Chain experts spoke about current issues and trends in the industry. While completely online – the summit offered ...
- 15. Effects of Tariffs on the US Supply Chain
- (Supply)
- ... China’s growth was down, spokesman Mao Shengyong from China’s National Bureau of Statistics stated, “Economic conditions are still severe both at home and abroad, the global economic growth is slowing ...
- 16. WalMart ex-CEO's Supply Chain Lesson
- (News)
- When WalMart's most successful CEO of recent years decides he wants to share some supply chain lessons, I reckon we ought to listen. Mike Duke spoke at a recent Gartner conference and was generous in the ...
- 17. Electronic Invoicing Is Hot In Chile
- (Management)
- ... the Chilean Head of Taxpayer Support and Assistance and IRS spokesperson of that country’s e-invoicing program calls his nation’s electronic invoicing system among the world’s most successful. Ricardo ...
- 18. The Hub and Spoke Procurement Model
- (News)
- Procurement is accelerating its efforts to provide greater value to their business partners. They're not just the transaction processors, folks.In a Spend Matters article, Diptarup Chakraborti explains ...
- 19. SAP's Future Directio
- (News)
- SAP's CEO Bill McDermott recently spoke at their yearly Sapphire conference. It's always instructive to hear what an industry or technology leader is thinking. SAP wants to simplify things, but is also moving ...
- 20. The Approaching Supply Chain Apocalypse
- (Supply)
- Last week I spoke with GXS VP Steve Scala about some of the company’s reasons for discontinuing the practice of daisychaining. Putting aside the rest of the arguments about why the company is taking this ...
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