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Supply Chain & Logistics News Round Up (October 7th-11th 2024)

Logistics Viewpoints

Now Let’s Get to the Supply Chain News: Hurricane Helene Disrupts IV Fluid Supply Chain Across Major East Cost Hospitals Hospitals, nursing homes, and dialysis centers across the country are running low on IV fluids after Helene forced a factory in Marion North Carolina, to shut down operations.

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The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

We must plan, source, make, and deliver differently for supply chain sustainability. Pharmaceutical manufacturer Amgen built a new biomanufacturing plant in Singapore that uses 70% less carbon than traditional facilities. These examples address the source, make, and deliver areas of supply chain. Buffering creates waste.

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Wake-Call for Added Resiliency Within Healthcare Supply Networks

Supply Chain Matters

Pfizer drug manufacturing facility. Background On July 19, a devastating tornado with reported winds of upwards of 150 miles-per-hour devastated an area in eastern North Carolina. million square foot Pfizer life-saving drug production facility located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. and other countries.

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Hurricanes Disrupt Supply Chains – Even When They Hit Remote Areas

NC State SCRC

The recent devastation wrought on Western North Carolina is devastating. The current shortage occurred when flooding flowed through western North Carolina and damaged a Baxter plant, which is now closed for cleaning. Braun site in Daytona Beach manufacture about 85 percent of the nation’s supply of IV fluids.

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Hurricane Debby Impacts US Southeast

Supply Chain Matters

The storm track is expected to meander on a course headed for Georgia and the South Carolina and North Carolina coastal regions. Reportedly, 17,000 sites are at risk and include support for manufacturing, fabrication, warehousing, distribution and materials testing.

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The Role of the JIT Delivery System in Manufacturing Logistics

Kanban Logistics

During periods of growth, manufacturers of all sizes tend to come to the same realization: they’ve run out of space for equipment and people and need to expand. Historically, manufacturers utilized what’s now referred to as a “just in case” logistics model. Enter the Just in Time (JIT) delivery system. This took up (i.e.,

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5 Lessons from the Desert for the Future of Supply Chain Resiliency

Logistics Viewpoints

The future of supply chain includes a return to dual-sourcing and other practices of redundancy to mitigate risk, but buffers don’t have to explode. Reducing reliance on scarce raw materials, reusing existing materials, and recycling those at end of life alleviates strain on sourcing in a constrained world.