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Drugmakers Face Puerto Rico Factory Challenges with Shattered Infrastructure

Material Handling & Logistics

Many are still trying to locate employees and find ways to move products and supplies around often-impassable roads. Drugmakers rode out Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, but keeping plants running while the devastated island picks up the pieces is likely to be tougher. Many of Puerto Rico’s 3.4

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Walgreens’ Digital Commerce Evolution: Microservices to the Rescue

Logistics Viewpoints

Brian Amend, Senior Director of Supply Chain Systems at Walgreens. Walgreens is a large drug store chain. This is a large public company with 8,900 stores in the US, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands. Mr. Amend is the senior director of supply chain systems at Walgreens. They generated $132.5

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Blockchain & Supply Chain Visibility: Will Blockchain Finally Eliminate Supply Chain Black Swans?

GlobalTranz

Supply chain risk is at the forefront of supply chain executives’ minds. Proper risk management can help supply chains navigate the complexities of post-hurricane recovery and increase productivity. Supply chain black swans occur without warning, and recovery can last months.

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7 Steps to Weatherproof Your Supply Chain for Extreme Weather

Resilinc

The same is true for your supply chain. When severe weather strikes, it’s often too late to “go shopping for supplies”. In this blog, we’ll discuss how you can prep for severe weather by building a more resilient, weatherproof supply chain in seven steps. #1 One customer in particular successfully secured $1.5

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Supply Chain Efficiency or Resiliency

Adexa

Your supply chain is not any different. According to McKinsey, we are experiencing supply chain disruptions of a month or more every 3.7 In 2018 alone, the five most disruptive supply chain events affected more than 2,000 sites worldwide, and factories took 22 to 29 weeks to recover.

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3 Minute Explainer: An Introduction to Foreign-Trade Zones

QAD

There are FTZs in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. FTZs allow companies to reduce duties owed and enhance supply chain performance , all while remaining globally competitive and keeping jobs and capital domestically. FTZs are similar to its global counterparts, Free Trade Zones.

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Patient-centric networks at the heart of pharmaceutical supply chain management: Lessons from LogiPharma Europe 2018

Kinaxis

Here are some key takeaways from a content-rich, fun and exciting pharma supply chain conference. Patient-centric networks are reshaping pharma supply chains. In this instance, the supply chain begins and ends with a specific patient, providing an extreme example of personalized medicine.