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The Cold, Hard Facts About Cold Chain Logistics

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The post The Cold, Hard Facts About Cold Chain Logistics appeared first on Art of Procurement. The term “cold chain” was first used in 1908 to describe meat industry storage and transportation in and out of.

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Top Supply Chain Execs to Watch in 2024: IBM Consulting’s Troy Edgar

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Navy Veteran with over 30 years of experience across sectors including finance, technology, aerospace, defense and logistics, Troy Edgar leads IBM Consultings Federal Supply Chain Transformation organization, which includes asset and facility optimization and supply chain risk management. Supply chains are the backbone [.]

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Friday Flash 11/01/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Harwood, and Ashley Powers; Miller & Chevalier Chartered The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a new memorandum at the beginning of October, “Advancing the Responsible Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government” ( M-24-18 ) (the Memo), intended to help “agencies harness the power of AI.”

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Friday Flash 11/08/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Jeff Koses , Senior Procurement Executive, GSA (confirmed) John Tenaglia , Principal Director, DPCAP, DoD (confirmed) Julia Wise, Director, Procurement & Grants Policy Division, NASA (confirmed) GSA Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Panels: What’s Next? James Peake , M.D., James Peake , M.D., James Peake , M.D., James Peake , M.D.,

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Teleworking DoD employees targeted by House spending bill

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The Army will now provide administrative and logistical support to CYBERCOM. GAO said DOT needs a strong cyber risk management plan to address threats to its data and systems. The shift mainly happened because the primary location of CYBERCOM operations is at Fort Meade in Maryland, where the Army has a significant presence.

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Strategic sourcing enters a new age. Are you keeping up? (Part 2)

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Instead, today’s sourcing pros must facilitate cost improvements through a more sophisticated and complete understanding of cost management strategies involving: Materials. alternatives. alternatives. consolidation. alternatives. Financing, hedging, and currency plays. Geographic. relocation. reductions. optimization. Plant & process.

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QATAR TRADE SUMMIT 2019 – 25 – 27 November 2019

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The high level summit is conceptualized to address the long term and broad spectrum impact of Logistics and Supply Chain in the nation economic progress. Supplier Management is a growing challenge for Supply Chains.