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Improving DoD's Supply Chain
According to Executive Business, Exiger and Alion Science & Technology will work together on a Department of Defense project that will improve the DoD’s supply chain.
Alion Science and Technology has awarded Exiger a $9.9M subcontract to implement an artificial intelligence-based technology that will work to help the Department of Defense screen vendors and monitor risks across the supply chain.
Read more...Contactless Supply Chain Needed
The disruptions felt in supply chains due to the pandemic only reinforce the need for contactless supply chains,reports Tech HQ.
The events of the last three or so months have revealed just how delicate our reliance on complex production and logistics really is and how, despite advanced technology seeping into them, how they are still very much dependent on a healthy, mobile and human workforce.
Read more...Supply Chain Company Receives Funding
Supply chain technology company, Mercado has received 2.5 million dollars in new funding, reports the Dallas Morning News.
Mercado, a Dallas-based supply chain technology company, will use a new $2.5 million investment to ramp up its marketing and sales efforts.
Read more...Tracking the Blood Supply
It could be possible to use blockchain to track blood donations through the supply chain, reports Coin Telegraph.
A system in which health officials would be able to track blood donations from vein-to-vein in real-time, given the complexities of the blood supply chain, may sound impossible.
Read more...Warehouse Management Systems in More Demand
The pandemic has shown that companies need better warehouse management systems, but the pandemic has also disrupted the traditional way that companies acquire new systems, reports Supply Chain Dive.
Before the coronavirus pandemic, many retailers saw warehouse management systems (WMS) as an important investment area. The State of Retailing Online 2020 report from the National Retail Federation and Forrester found 73% of retailers are investing in WMS.
Read more...Electronics Supply Chain Slows Down
Slowed by the global pandemic the electronics supply chain is now facing slow downs due to a trade war, reports Supply Chain Dive.
This year has been an uphill battle for the electronics sector. A March McKinsey study cautioned that electronics companies could stock out by April due to coronavirus-driven factory shutdowns in China and extended lead times.
Read more...Supply Chain Not Ready for Vaccine
The supply chains that would ensure that the eventual Covid19 vaccine reached its destination is woefully underprepared for the task, reports Japan Times.
The industries that shepherd goods around the world on ships, planes and trucks acknowledge they aren’t ready to handle the epic challenges of shipping an eventual COVID-19 vaccine from drugmakers to billions of people.
Read more...Apple Reduces Supply Chain Carbon Footprint
According to Supply Chain, Apple will reach net-zero in its supply chain earlier than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has mandated.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has set targets for the corporations of the world, and Apple’s new carbon footprint goals will have the company reaching net-zero in its supply chain 20 years earlier than the IPCC targets.
Read more...Problems in the Healthcare Supply Chain
According to Dev Discourse, the pandemic has exposed critical problems with the healthcare supply chain.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced governments to acknowledge the unpleasant problems with healthcare supply chains as many countries, including the richest ones on the planet, were battered with shortages of critical pharmaceuticals and medical supplies needed to fight back against the outbreak.
Read more...Keeping Food Supply Chain Moving
The FDA is working to update dn protect the nation's food supply chain, reports Supermarket News.
The Food & Drug Administration today unveiled the New Era of Smarter Food Safety, a strategic blueprint to bolster protection of the nation’s food supply that builds on the nearly decade-old Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
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