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Award-winning Midwest Logistics Provider Announces Expansion

Found in 247 News & Content,
with a score of 5.35

…by BioSpace. The state boasts more than 850 life science companies and the second highest concentration of biopharmaceutical jobs in the nation, according to The Indiana Economic Development Corporation. “Today more Hoosiers are working than at any time in our state’s 200-year history because of the commitment of companies like MD Logistics,” said Victor Smith, Indiana Secretary of Commerce. “Indiana is experiencing tremendous growth in emerging areas like information technology and life sciences, which now contributes $59 million to our state’s economy each year and supports related industries.” With the new location, MD Logistics will be able to better serve…

Esri

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with a score of 4.75

Esri inspires and enables people to positively impact their future through a deeper, geographic understanding of the changing world around them. Esri has cultivated collaborative relationships with partners who share our commitment to solving Earth’s most pressing challenges with geographic expertise and rational resolve. Esri pursues mapping and spatial analysis for understanding our world with visionary products and services that define the science of GIS. ArcGIS is a complete system for designing and managing solutions through the application of geographic knowledge. Esri helps you build and manage great information products by providing the ultimate platform for geospatial integration and application.

NASA Asks American (Logistics) Companies to Deliver Supplies for the Artemis Moon Missions

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with a score of 3.96

…respond to a Request for Proposals to deliver cargo, science experiments and supplies to the Gateway to support Artemis missions to the lunar surface. Commercial supply services will support the agency’s Artemis lunar exploration program which includes sending the first woman and the next man to surface of the Moon within five years and preparing for human exploration of Mars. The agency is seeking capabilities from American companies to deliver a logistics spacecraft with pressurized and unpressurized cargo to the Gateway for six months of docked operations followed by automatic disposal. The logistics spacecraft must launch on a commercial rocket.…

Risk Management Solution Highlights Importance of Resilience in International Commerce Supply Chains

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with a score of 3.83

…contract logistics, has partnered with its sister company DHL Supply Chain, the world’s leading logistics company, to launch a new risk management solution. DHL Resilience360 is a unique tool that enables businesses to turn supply chain disruption and global, environmental and socio-political volatility into a competitive advantage by providing a holistic, end-to-end supply chain view along with real-time risk visibility. With the support of DHL Resilience360, customers can avoid production stops and lost sales by redirecting resources and adopting alternative strategies when a disruption occurs; considerably supporting their financial stability and potentially capturing sales and market share from their competitors.…

Gaining Supply Chain Efficiency With Artificial Intelligence

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with a score of 3.55

Supply Chain & Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) will change the way you think about your supply chain and supply chain efficiency. Today’s supply chain complexities demand additional support. You cannot afford to pass up on automating at least some of the processes. And no, you don’t have to have robots replacing all your human workers at your facility. AI goes beyond just robots to include automated processes in computers and more. Implementing AI in your supply chain will make your life easier and your business more streamlined. Increased Supply Chain Efficiency Means Maintenance Made Easy Maintaining your equipment requires…

Making Supply Chains Sexy to Gen Z with Program Director Jack Buffington

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with a score of 3.55

…research is focused on the development of a 21st-century supply chain and the closed-loop supply chain system. He has held various executive- and managerial-level positions in industry and consulting in supply chain, operations, information technology and finance, and he has served on many supply chain association boards. In 2010, he completed a PhD specializing in supply chain, innovation and material science at the Lulea University of Technology in Lulea, Sweden, and was a post-doctoral researcher at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. After getting his PhD in Sweden, the most sustainable country in the world, Jack Buffington…

Mapping the Logistics of Megacities

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with a score of 3.42

…to more and more of the world’s people, the supply chains that bring essential supplies to these crowded populations will become increasingly complex. To help manage these logistics, researchers at MIT’s Megacities Logistics Lab have gathered data — collected by 11 MIT students paired with local students around the world — on representative neighborhoods in Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Beijing, Santiago, Sao Paulo, Kuala Lumpur and Madrid. Now that data has been made available online, at no cost, in an open-access pool of information that’s graphically represented on city maps. Edgar Blanco, research director at MIT’s Center for Transportation…

The Covid Vaccine Story Inspires Hope in a Pandemic-Wracked World

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with a score of 3.21

…new book, A Shot in the Arm — How Science, Engineering, and Supply Chains Converged to Vaccinate the World (MIT CTL Media), the key is improving the “knowledge supply chain” through education and unbiased information. Blueprints for Crisis Management We are awash with stories about the dark side of the pandemic. But there are uplifting stories too, especially the one about the development and distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine. In A Shot in the Arm, I tell the tale of how bold innovation, risk-taking, and interdisciplinary teamwork produced revolutionary vaccines and delivered them to the world. It’s an inspiring journey…

80% of Supply Chain Executives Cannot Track the Movement of Materials Across Their Networks

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with a score of 3.16

Verusen Unveils 2022 State of the Supply Chain Research Findings It has been an incredibly trying year for manufacturers operating complex and global supply chains as a combination of factors has hindered the smooth functioning of their businesses. Eighty percent of supply chain executives polled in a recent survey revealed they cannot digitally track the movement of direct and indirect materials across their enterprise network. This is one of the eye-opening findings from the just-released 2022 State of Supply Chain Management report from supply chain innovator Verusen, a global leader in materials intelligence. Verusen’s annual survey explores supply chain professionals'…

MD Logistics Celebrates 20 Years in Business and 20 Years of Growth

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with a score of 3.13

…solutions for many clients, primarily focused in the life sciences and retail fulfillment industries. Today, MD Logistics has a strategic partnership with SEKO Logistics for freight forwarding services and also provides brokered transportation services via its sister company, MD Express. “In many ways we are a reflection of our customers’ needs,” said Mark Sell, co-founder and president of MD Logistics. “We have always tried to listen to and anticipate what they require, and then work to provide the appropriate solution. We have learned that if you take care of your customers, they will take care of you.” A strong example…

Modernizing Supply Chains Critical to Operational Efficiencies & Global Competitiveness

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with a score of 3.13

Every dollar and every minute businesses spend on the supply chain helps make every link in that supply chain more durable. That was the message from U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue at a recent confab of supply chain experts in Washington on May 27. “It is time to build tomorrow’s networks today,” Donohue told more than 100 officials. “Everything we’re doing in technology, business and trade is all about the supply chain,” Donohue said. “The supply chain is a major artery of our economy,” Donohue said. “Most of the products we use daily from cars…

Supply Chain Re-Engineering: How Does The Supply Chain Move On From A Global Pandemic?

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with a score of 2.87

Supply Chain Re-Engineering The advent of a global economy transformed the way we purchase goods. This meant that items could be both sourced and manufactured around the world, requiring an interconnected global supply chain to keep the constant flow of goods, moving from continent to continent and customer to consumer. A year ago this month, the supply chain’s around the world halted as the COVID-19 pandemic stretched to all corners of the globe, resulting in delays and out of stocks of critical health and consumer goods. The early days of the pandemic, forever altered the way in which supply chains…

U.S. Dept. of Commerce Partners with USC Marshall Center to Advance Nation’s Supply Chain

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with a score of 2.80

…efficiency by adopting new technologies that will provide more information on the flow of goods to port users and stakeholders,” said U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker. “The ability to move cargo quickly through our ports is critical to national and regional trade, economic growth, and our nation’s overall competitiveness.” The partnership with USC Marshall will allow for collaboration on digitalization of the nation’s supply chains, including applications related to IoT (Internet of Things). The first formal event of the partnership will be the Port Community IT Systems Exhibition and Technology Challenge at USC on Nov. 18-20. The gathering will open…

Real-Time Supply Chain Visibility & Connectivity

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with a score of 2.76

Through the rich integration of experienced supply chain professionals, world class technology, and customer insights, C.H. Robinson is reinventing global supply chains by making them more prescriptive, automated and efficient. Navisphere Vision continues to advance the powerful and proven capabilities of C.H. Robinson’s proprietary Navisphere technology platform. Microsoft, an innovator in fulfillment and logistics capabilities and a customer of C.H. Robinson’s TMC division, has been using Navisphere Vision since its alpha release in 2016. “Navisphere Vision helps us understand the things that we couldn’t before. It provides the visualization that connects data and the real-time events that are happening within…

The Pharmaceutical COVID-19 Tracking & Visibility Challenges

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with a score of 2.66

Supply Chain Visibility One of the truly amazing things about supply chain visibility is how adaptive this technology is to the needs of the industry you’re in. Nowhere are the requirements stricter than in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry. Not only are these products often more sensitive to temperature changes than the typical cold chain shipment - they’re also much more valuable. Both in terms of dollars spent and lives saved, losing a shipment due to an exception in temperature tolerance is unacceptable. Especially in the middle of a pandemic, with life-saving vaccines shipping out every day, the margin…

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