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Keep up to date on what’s going on in the supply chain & logistics industry.
The Basics: FDA DSCSA and the U.S. Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
The DSCSA final deadline is looming: Is your pharma business ready?Countries across the world have expressed their concern for patients by taking action to prevent counterfeit drugs and safeguard the prescription drug supply. Brazil, China, India, and the EU...
The Friday Report: March 18th, 2022
Walmart Boosts Pay and 401K Benefit The world’s largest company by revenue in 2021, according to August Fortune 500 rankings, Walmart announced that it is continuing as planned to hire 50,000 more workers by May 1st. In September 2021, Walmart pledged to hire...
The Friday Report: March 11th, 2022
Target to Invest $5B in New Distribution Centers Target recently announced its plan to continue investing in its future growth. To continue scaling operations in 2022, Target will invest up to $5 billion. Over the past few years, Target invested billions of...
How the Ukraine Russia War Impacts Global Trade and China’s Vision
The Ukraine-Russia War has played out with live updates on screens across the world, from BBC News to ABC News and beyond. It seems as if most of the news on television and the internet either focuses on decisions by U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Ministers...
The Friday Report: February 11th, 2022
Renewable Energy Growth Continues Despite Supply Chain Disruptions The winds of change continue to blow. Deployments in the renewable energy sector picked up from 2020 to 2021 and the trend is anticipated to continue to keep pace, despite supply chain challenges....
The Friday Report: February 4th, 2022
The America COMPETES Act Supply Chain Boost Bill Passes House The U.S. Congress is moving ahead to bolster the supply chain, support American manufacturing, strengthen the economy and increase the country’s ability to compete favorably with China by passing the...
The Friday Report: January 28th, 2022
Pandemic Re-Engineering of Retail Supply Chain Prior to the pandemic, retailers tended to concentrate their efforts on bolstering profitability, throughput, and overall efficiency within operations but now priorities have shifted. Agility and resilience are now...
The Friday Report: January 21st, 2022
UPS Leverages New Strategy to Take on Covid-19 In the wake of the pandemic and its aftershock, UPS CEO Carol Tomé discussed how the company overcame these hard times with new changes. Tomé stated that supply chain experts need to move from “Just-in-Time” inventory...
The Friday Report: January 14th, 2022
Can Last-mile Delivery Get Even Better? In a global report by Bringg, 99% of retailers plan to offer same-day delivery by 2025, from the 35% that can do so today. However, only 29% of the retailers believe that they are doing well in hitting their delivery window....
The Friday Report: December 17, 2021
Demand Planning During Chip Shortage Is Easier For Dell Due To Digitalization Dell has been using a direct selling model that enhanced visibility into their operations. Dell is now focusing using a digital model to have more control over its supply chain. Dell has...