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

Logistics Viewpoints

The shortage has not impacted Charlottesville’s other major healthcare provider, Sentara Health as this organization sources its IV solutions from a different manufacturer. UVa Health said it is working on reducing any unnecessary waste of IV products, including IV fluids, dialysis fluids, parenteral nutrition, and irrigation fluids.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

However, for one man in Maryland, none of that matters. The 65-year-old Accekeek, Maryland man bought 15 identical tickets for the same lottery drawing. “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” This quote is often attributed to Albert Einstein, but apparently, he never actually said it.

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Supply Chain Risk: It’s Not Whether Severe Weather, but When

Enterra Insights

”[1] To learn how much of a concern climate change is becoming for supply chain operations, Resilinc partnered with the University of Maryland and other academics to answer questions like: “How exposed is our global supply chain network? Which critical sites have the highest exposure in terms of revenue impact? .”[10]

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Conquering the Explosion of Supply Chain Planning Data

Logility

Structured and unstructured data including that from social media, Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain sources continue to stream in but much is left untouched. A University of Maryland/DHL study found the demand-to-supply ratio of available supply chain jobs to qualified individuals is 6 to 1. Organizations are simply overwhelmed.

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Bringing Science to ‘Sell By’ Dates

Enterra Insights

A study, conducted by researchers from various departments in the University of Maryland’s College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, concluded, “Food is lost or wasted at different stages of the food production, consumption, and supply chain. ”[1] Although food safety is a real concern, so is food waste. ”[2].

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Rwanda Heads Technology Revolution in Africa

The Network Effect

It’s small (about the size of Maryland), landlocked, and mountainous. ” Source: ReCode.net. In fact, in some cases it is leapfrogging many first world countries in the race to do business, smarter, cheaper, better. Rwanda is at a distinct disadvantage. There’s not much in the way of natural resources. New York Times.

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Collaborate to Win

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I don’t source goods and services, I source relationships”. Only 2% of respondents said improving collaboration with suppliers was not an important or crucial priority for the coming year. So how can collaboration be improved, to reach more suppliers at greater depth? “I The first is people.