March 2020 - Page 43 of 637 - Supply Chain Council of European Union

Tech startup extends help to Indian shrimp farmers navigating bleak new coronavirus landscape

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by scceuMarch 30, 20200610

As India becomes the latest country to go into lockdown, Indian tech startup Aquaconnect has launched a helpline for Indian shrimp farmers to help navigate...

News

Sony’s electronics supply chain impacted by COVID-19 instability

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by scceuMarch 30, 20200478

Sony has announced that the coronavirus outbreak has hampered its supply chain, resulting in a wide-ranging impact across its electronics business. According to a statement...

Procurement

NSW procurement portal shuttered as new ‘buying experience’ comes out of beta

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by scceuMarch 30, 20200520

Credit: Dreamstime The NSW state government’s procurement portal, ProcurePoint, is set to be decommissioned this week as its replacement, a “new guided buying experience” for...

Procurement

White House Pays Clothing Makers to Churn Out Millions of Masks

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by scceuMarch 30, 20200590

(Bloomberg News/TNS) – Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 5:28 pm | ד’ ניסן תש”פ With gold-standard N95 respirators in critically short supply at hospitals, underwear and T-shirt...

Transportation

Breakthrough for Chinese citrus exports

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by scceuMarch 30, 20200541

Citrus grown in Zhongxian County, in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, has been exported to Singapore, with freight duration expected to take 13 days. Refrigerated containers...

News

Remarks by President Trump in a Meeting with Supply Chain Distributors on COVID-19

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by scceuMarch 30, 20200516

Cabinet Room 4:06 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. First of all, I’d like to congratulate the Army Corps of Engineers and...

Operations

Factory Sports adds an ‘e’

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by scceuMarch 30, 20200553

The world is facing unprecedented times. Dining rooms have become offices. Family rooms have become classrooms. Small businesses and family owned restaurants have been forced...

Freight

Canadian companies retool to meet demands on front lines of pandemic

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by scceuMarch 30, 20200551

George Courey Inc., a supplier of medical garments based in Laval, Que., is already familiar with the health-care sector but has also had to make...

Supply Chain Risk

White House Outlines 5G Security Strategy, Warns of ‘High-Risk’ Vendors

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by scceuMarch 30, 20200632

The United States needs to lead the development of 5G wireless network standards, assess any vulnerabilities to hacking, and address national security dangers posed by...

Distribution

Local charities take up student meal distribution

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by scceuMarch 30, 20200476

While the school district is on spring break this week, the Lincoln Parish Fund has partnered with the Boys and Girls Club of North Louisiana...