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Image via Flickr by opencontent Until now, companies and their executives have operated under the assumption that those suppliers with which they spend the most money are those which would impact their business the most if the supplies were disrupted. However, a new study conducted by MIT found no correlation between how much a company…
Image via Flickr by Army Medicine There has been a lot of news coverage surrounding the Ebola outbreak in Africa. About 7,000 people have been killed so far with nearly 19,000 infected. Only a couple of cases have been reported in the U.S., but it still makes people wonder why “Big Pharma” hasn’t solved the…
Image via Flickr by bfishadow Two decades ago, China started looking into building an undersea channel to connect the northern city of Dalian to the southern city of Yantai. Currently, a bay jutting inland from the East China Sea toward Beijing lies between these two cities. The tunnel will connect the Dalian and Yantai directly,…
Image via Flickr by daysofthundr46 Supply Chain Digest reporter Derek Ridenoure recently chatted with Wal-Mart supply chain executives Zach Simpson and Darren Robbins about what they see as the biggest challenges in finding vendors to meet their ever-growing needs. According to the duo, vendors are focused on the wrong things when they make product pitches to…
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Image via Flickr berkuspic One of the biggest challenges that many businesses face is figuring out the cheapest and most efficient method for shipping products to customers. Several tools are available for comparing ground shipping routes and prices, but this convenience didn’t exist for air shipping until this year. To help carriers determine fair air…