TransForm Shared Service Organization, which oversaw cybersecurity as hackers took down systems at five Ontario hospitals, including Windsor’s, has ceased supply chain services for the targeted institutions. The agency has handed over that responsibility, along with $5 million of its annual operating budget and a third of its full-time staff, to a larger shared […]
Ecommerce major Flipkart’s foray into quick commerce will be led by its senior vice president and group head of supply chain, Hemant Badri.The company is aiming to launch its quick commerce offering in July, ET had reported last week. It is in the process of setting up a chain of dark stores to do the same. Badri has spent just over three years at Flipkart. Prior to that, he was at fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) major Unilever for nearly 11 years, ending his stint there as vice president of...
Using firm-level data from the global supply network, researchers from the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) quantified countries' exposure to production losses caused by firm defaults in other countries. According to their findings, wealthy nations are only exposed to supply chain disruptions from other high-income countries, while poor and developing nations are exposed to shocks from all countries.
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Caitlin Clark has sent waves through the world of women’s sports — and the economy. The former Iowa women’s basketball guard’s skyrocketing fame generated an abundance of economic possibilities for Iowa City businesses. According to The Common Sense Institute, Clark’s success generated $82.5 million in consumer spending across the state of Iowa over the past
Soldiers from Impact Company, 328th Forward Support Company, 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment belonging to Task Force Paxton, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Pennsylvania National Guard deliver medical equipment to Djibouti Adventist Health Center, April 7, 2024, Djibouti City, Djibouti.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A member of the 1st Air Cavalry Division, Sergeant E5 Warren Wood would spend a year in Vietnam transporting everything from ammunition to wounded soldiers. In the late 1960's while the draft was in full swing, Wood had a skillset that set him on a different track heading into the conflict overseas. []
As Togo braces for its crucial elections, businesses and residents along the Togo border are feeling the brunt of tightened restrictions on movement. With the polling day looming, authorities have implemented stringent measures, impacting both commerce and personal travel. Reports from the border paint a picture of frustration and disruption. Businesses reliant on cross-border trade […]
After the bridge collapse and port closure, Baltimore International Warehousing and Transportation had to lay off most of their drivers.
DELAWARE – DelDOT is asking for the public’s input on its Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). Long Range Transportation Plan The 20-year document is federally required, and helps state officials identify priorities to improve on. The plan also helps them make the framework for those policies to become possible. “The discretion is kind of left to the states for how
Congo‘s government is questioning Apple about the tech company’s knowledge of “blood minerals” from a conflict zone in the African country that could be smuggled into its supply chains and is demanding answers within three weeks. A group of international lawyers representing Congo said Thursday that they sent letters to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook and its French subsidiary this week, raising concerns about human rights violations involving the minerals extracted from mines in the country’s troubled...
Congo’s government is questioning Apple about the tech company’s knowledge of “blood minerals” from a conflict zone in the African country that could be smuggled into its supply chains and is demanding answers within three weeks.