GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

According to weather.com, “more than 2 million Texas homes and businesses were without power Monday morning as record-breaking cold and Winter Storm Uri extended an icy grip across the central United States.” Parts of I-20 in Texas are closed. Source: NWS. UPDATE: 02.15.21. Winter weather continues to impact multiple U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

including digital control towers fueled by artificial intelligence (AI), data science and analytics, strategic product segmentation, inventory management, operations intelligence and analysis, strategic sourcing, and effective pricing and promotions management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2021

Pure Storage’s manufacturing is done at three contract manufacturing sites, two in Texas and one in the Czech Republic. Dual sourcing has also helped with partner responsiveness. Pure Storage reduced their dependency on sourcing from the Far East. Mexican sourcing also provides for tariff mitigation.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 13, 2022

His mission is to help craft the firm’s growth strategy while assisting with deal sourcing, capital raising, and the creation of value within portfolio companies. and a Research Associate at the Center for Transportation Research (at the University of Texas at Austin). Systems Engineering Consultant with Day & Zimmermann, Inc.,

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

A severe ice storm is causing significant disruption from Texas to Virginia, with Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and parts of Missouri and Illinois expected to face this storm system's most substantial impact. Source: NOAA. CNN reports that an estimated 6.5 CNN reports that an estimated 6.5

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 1, 2022

Department of Commerce International Trade Commission , the percentage of retail sales sourced from ecommerce is predicted to increase into 2024–well beyond the lockdowns that caused the initial rise in ecommerce spend. Image source: Shipping Easy. According to the U.S. There’s an added benefit as well.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 7, 2021

Pinnacle Propane is based out of Irving, Texas. Pinnacle Propane was founded in 2010 through the acquisition of several retail propane companies in Central, South and West Texas. The bulk business also involves filling the tanks of businesses that use propane as an energy source. This is also rare.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 11, 2021

A concept released by the US Air Force Research Laboratory looks at the Starship prototypes being tested by SpaceX in South Texas. For one large supermarket chain, the idea of jumping on the buy and source locally trend makes too much sense. Stop & Shop will offer local seafood at more than 100 stores this summer.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

” Corporations serve international markets, and the source of rare minerals (so critical for the evolution of the green supply chain) is primarily Asia. Others argue the demise of global sourcing; might I add caution? My response is “Hogwash.” By definition, this requires a global supply chain. A Need to Rethink Work.

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MIT Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

A curriculum for online learning that MIT CTL plans to launch next year will provide new sources of supply chain talent across the globe. MIT CTL Talent Mgmt Berkeley University of California Harvard University online education Supply chain supply chain talent crisis University of Texas System virtual classroom' Redefining education.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Channa earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Texas-Arlington and a Master of Science in Engineering Management and Information Systems from Southern Methodist University. Rabot is based in Arlington, Texas. as alternative sources of income. About Rabot.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 26, 2012

As shown in Figure 1, the cost of Texas crude has increased nearly four times in the last decade; yet, too few companies are actively modeling the trade-offs of make, source and deliver TOGETHER. One of the issues is the rising costs of commodities including the cost of oil. My preference is monthly as part of the S&OP process.).

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 18, 2021

Strategic product segmentation, sourcing and inventory management. This creates accurate real-time forecasts, senses disruptions at earliest stage, makes intelligent materials and logistics sourcing decisions, optimizes supply chain execution and minimizes delivery time and costs. Effective pricing and promotions management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2023

Planners in China rely on different data sources and operate with different business practices than those in North America. You need to model the company’s competitors, end consumers, and the demographics of customers in Texas versus New York.” There is no one source that can provide good sustainability data.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 17, 2021

Today’s Wall Street Journal article on the impact of the Texas winter storm on the petrochemical industry highlights many of the challenges that exist with this supply chain, that has been overlooked for perhaps too long. This caused disruptions to multiple industries.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 11, 2017

Besides Texas—Toyota’s new North American headquarters—other states on the companies’ shortlist are Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina, WSJ reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the potential investment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2021

From an upstream point-of-view, raw material availability, visibility, sourcing and timing will continue to be the primary areas of focus, particularly with organizations looking to mitigate any new market disruptions. Terence holds an MBA from the University of Texas, Austin and an Electrical Engineering degree at MIT.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

to the region of Texas that was affected by Hurricane Harvey, and 300 of them are in the Houston vicinity. This region of Texas is responsible for almost $600 billion in economic activity and is home to ports that trade with many countries around the world. needed to operate is not going to be there for weeks.”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

The purpose of data aggregation is, on one hand, to minimize the number of records you’ll be working with and, on the other hand, to reflect critical business patterns: order prioritization, customer segmentation, sourcing logic. If we have 1,000 customers in reality, we might use only ten customers in the model when we aggregate data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 14, 2022

Uncaptured biomethane has up to 25 times the ability to trap heat in the atmosphere compared to CO 2, but by capturing it from sources like dairy manure or food waste, studies suggest that renewable natural gas can avoid more emissions than it generates. Yard Trucks: In just a few months, we’ll be the first company in the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

As the supply chain becomes increasingly digital and collaborative , new partnerships may be formed by retailers, distributors and manufacturers to collectively source services and capitalize on economies of scale. Terence holds an MBA from the University of Texas, Austin and an Electrical Engineering degree at MIT.

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QAD

MAY 20, 2021

A 2021 winter storm in Texas stopped 80% of chemical production affecting the majority of the US’ supply of plastic polymers. A recent survey showed that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected 48% of respondents’ supply chains. 44% reported extended order fulfillment times and increased supplier prices.

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USC Consulting Group

MARCH 3, 2020

By just about every measure, natural resources such as these are significantly more efficient than legacy sources like coal, natural gas and oil. “Which energy source gets you the most power delivery for your investment dollar? As is so often the case, the answer is somewhat muddy.” Fossil fuels weak in efficiency.

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Resilinc

MAY 25, 2021

Identify best known alternate sites and/or alternate sources for your parts and materials within a specified time period, say 60 hours. Large polymer producers from LyondellBasell in Louisiana to Chevron Phillips Chemical in Texas declared the hurricane a FM event. Implement its business continuity plan (BCP).

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Tech writer David Curry explains, “As organizations continue to collect more data from an ever-expanding amount of sources, the need for proper data management is critical to ensure future success.”[2] Which systems will we use to source the data? ” • Source. Improving Data Quality. .” ” • Make.

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QAD

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Strained energy infrastructure and the transition to renewable energy: Stationary storage plays a critical role in stabilizing the grid and aligning demand and supply with intermittent renewable sources such as wind and solar. annual graphite requirements are sourced in China. The credit is contingent on the source of materials.

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QAD

APRIL 20, 2021

This hasn’t happened as evidenced by disruptions from the storms in Texas, new COVID-19 shutdowns in France and the ship that blocked the Suez Canal. For example, take strategic sourcing. The Year That Was. 2020 was a tough year. As it ended there was hope that the world would return to normal for manufacturers.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 29, 2019

We found equipment and materials that can’t be sourced locally. We once had to move a prototype oil rig from Texas to Saudi Arabia. As globalization has taken place, more things can be sourced locally. Add Apple, Google, General Motors, and Amazon together. Combined, they’re still not as big as Saudi Aramco. [06:32]

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QAD

JUNE 11, 2020

That makes it slightly less than twice the size of the US state of Texas. While it does have a history of sporadic electrical system outages, being primarily powered by thermal sources, the country is on a path to growth and sustainability in the power sector. Manufacturing in South Africa.

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QAD

JUNE 11, 2020

That makes it slightly less than twice the size of the US state of Texas. While it does have a history of sporadic electrical system outages, being primarily powered by thermal sources, the country is on a path to growth and sustainability in the power sector. Manufacturing in South Africa.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

” In the state of Texas they have an expression I think is fitting for the Elementum solution: It is, “Big hat, but no cattle.” Could we use Open Source Hadoop to process transactions across all networks with powerful in-memory processing? Could it help in track and trace?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 18, 2021

Strategic product segmentation, sourcing and inventory management. This creates accurate real-time forecasts, senses disruptions at earliest stage, makes intelligent materials and logistics sourcing decisions, optimizes supply chain execution and minimizes delivery time and costs. Effective pricing and promotions management.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 147

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2022

The Texas based Austin American Statesman reported yesterday that Samsung is considering the construction of upwards of 11 new semiconductor fabrication production facilities in the Austin, Texas area over the next two decades. Samsung ’s acknowledgement that their current effort in evaluating a broader Texas or other U.S.

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DynaSys

APRIL 16, 2020

Therefore it makes sense to examine alternative sources of less expensive supply such as the residual amounts found in disposed end products. The cost to source and salvage residual components has historically been commercially prohibitive. McKinsey Commodity Price Index. Business Continuity. So now you know.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Top 7 Scholarships for Supply Chain Management 1. COMTO North Texas Scholarship Students looking for financial support for their university education in 2024 should consider applying for this scholarship. The program targets high school seniors from minority groups residing in Texas and Fort Worth.

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Techgistics

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Congested roads are not just a mega-city problem; according to a report from the Texas Transportation Institute, Americans spent 6.9 Imagine a scenario where a vital organ needs to be transferred from one hospital to another and traffic looks like this: Source: iStockphoto.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 27, 2024

The Logistics Plus staff notes, “COVID-19 placed a spotlight on America’s logistical heroes — drivers, warehouse personnel, logistics specialists, and countless others — [who continued] to source, distribute, and deliver critical food, medical products, and personal protective equipment across [the] country [during] this time of need.”

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