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Washington Begins VPP Process
According to Washington Technology, the General Services Administration has started phase 1 of their verified products portal.
The General Services Administration recently issued an RFI regarding their catalog management processes and product data details. What is driving this market research, and why should OEMs care?
Read more...Small Businesses Can Improve Supply Chain Management
According to the Herald Dispatch, small businesses are often at a disadvantage regarding supply chain management.
Small businesses can be at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to supply chain management during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Avinandan Mukherjee, Dean of the Lewis College of Business at Marshall University that is home of the Brad D. Smith Schools of Business.
Read more...Government Cracks Down of Risky Vendors
New regulations from the Office of Management and Budget give agencies the tools to bar companies that pose a security risk to the federal supply chain, reports Washington Technology.
The Office of Management and Budget has released an interim regulation outlining the interagency process that will allow agencies to bar companies from federal contracting when they constitute a supply chain security risk.
Read more...The Complexity of the Vaccine Supply Chain
According to USA Today, the vaccine supply chain is incredibly complex.
We don’t know when a COVID-19 vaccine will arrive, but we’re starting to know how it will be distributed. Interviews with logistics experts, immunization professionals and pharmaceutical distribution specialists, together with recent U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention planning documents, give a clearer picture of how coronavirus vaccines will get from manufacturers into the arms of millions of Americans.
Read more...Government Seeks to Secure Supply Chain
Recent cracks in the US microelectronics supply chain have lead the Defense Department to use its DARPA program to find ways to secure the US supply chain, reports HPC Wire.
A three-year-old Defense Department electronics initiative is bearing fruit in the form of public-private partnerships in areas ranging from post-Moore’s law chip architectures to the growing national security requirement of securing the microelectronics supply chain.
Read more...Can The Supply Chain Handle a Vaccine
According to Forbes, the next big test of the world’s supply chains is distributing the vaccine.
Remember when hand sanitizers and toilet paper became a metaphor for safety in March? When we all thought there was a supply chain crisis when we weren’t allowed to buy two maxi packs at once in the store?
Read more...Schools Feel Supply Chain Crunch
The heavy demand for technology products during the pandemic has strained the supply chain, leaving some schools scrambling for technology, reports the Oklahoman.
Unexpected delays in technology deliveries have cut close to the start of the school year, potentially affecting hundreds of Oklahoma students.
Read more...Can the Supply Chain Handle the Vaccine?
According to Japan Times, while researchers are racing to create a Covid-19 vaccine not much is being done to ensure that the cold supply chain can handle the logistics of shipping the vaccine world wide.
We’ve already seen the costs of supply-chain failures during the COVID-19 pandemic: Delays in the production of simple nasal swabs slowed testing by months even as the pandemic exploded in the U.S.
Read more...Making the Supply Chain More Intelligent
Craft, an enterprise intelligence company, has secured funding to begin building its “supply chain intelligence” platform, reports Tech Crunch.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chains have suddenly become hot. Who knew that would ever happen? The race to secure PPE, ventilators and minor things like food was and still is an enormous issue.
Read more...Automating Supplier Onboarding
A UK based grocery has automated its supplier onboarding process, reports MarTech Series.
OpenText announced that Co-op Group, a leading UK-based grocery retailer, has automated supplier on-boarding for some of its suppliers with OpenText Trading Grid.
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