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The Friday Report: May 10th, 2019
Pig “Ebola” Sends Shock Waves through Supply Chain The first incidence of African swine fever in China occurred last August on a farm with less than 400 hogs on the outskirts of Shenyang. Although emergency measures were implemented and the outbreak was pronounced to...
Transforming U.S. Healthcare in the New Health Economy: Part 2
In case you missed it, heavy hitters from outside the traditional healthcare industry are invading, working hard to disrupt a market that needs a makeover. From retailers like Walmart to tech giants Google, Apple and Amazon, health care, as it is currently known to...
The Friday Report: May 3rd, 2019
Will Mexico Add Tariffs as Payback for Border Slowdown? Over the past month, truck crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have been reduced to a crawl following the addition of 750 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents were reassigned to process incoming migrants...
Transforming U.S. Healthcare in the New Health Economy: Part 1
According to PwC, the New Health Economy has come of age in 2019. With bellies full of woe and worry, American patients may be seeing some light at the end of the MRI tunnel at some point within the foreseeable future. Transforming the highly complex health care and...
The Case for Pharmaceutical Serialization and Aggregation
What is pharmaceutical serialization? By assigning a unique serial number to each pharmaceutical product, goods can be identified and tracked throughout the entire pharmaceutical supply chain. Information including the product origin, shelf life and batch number...
The Friday Report: April 26th, 2019
FDA Announces Plans to Pilot New Technologies In an effort to make the pharmaceutical supply chain fully interoperable, the FDA has revealed plans to use innovative technologies to help in the track and trace of pharmaceutical products. New technologies including...
2019 U. S. Supply Chain: Warehouse Trends
U.S. Supply Chain: Warehousing Trends of 2019Ready to know the latest? 2019 is shaping up to be a year filled with pressure. From inventory levels, to the need for speed, more warehouses, more labor and more technology to the outsourcing trend that is pushing the...
The Friday Report: April 18th, 2019
Is Cybersecurity Keeping Pace with Supply Chain Technology? As most supply chain professionals know, the supply chain is highly interconnected. Knocking out a node or two can put an entire company in jeopardy. Because there are more connections that in the past,...
Impact of the Circular Supply Chain on Sustainability
Traditionally, the supply chain is linear in nature, goods are consumed and eventually discarded in the trash. The flow of goods originates with raw materials. With today’s emphasis on sustainability and reclamation of used materials, the supply chain is adapting,...
The Friday Report: April 12th, 2019
Brexit Deadline Extended to October 31st With the original deadline for the break up with the European Union now past, and numerous Parliamentary votes unsuccessful, the EU has approved an extension to October 31st. The break can actually be executed earlier if the...