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Aging Infrastructure
1. The I-35W bridge in Minneapolis used by 141,000 daily, was first deemed "structurally deficient" by state engineers in 1990, a designation that requires repairs but doesn't mean the bridge is unsafe. 2. Nearly…
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Port Automation & Concerns of Supply Chain Disruption
Terminal operators and shipping lines have to negotiate a new contract with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union which constitutes 14,000 workers along the entire West Coast. This could pose big problems as a…
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Supply Chain at Benetton
Benetton presents an example of how logistics is as important as style in fashion business. The company recently invested more than $160 million to streamline the supply chain of its brands. With the help…
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Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) – Carbon sequestration
Statoil, Norway’s state owned oil company, is doing two remarkable things about Sleipner T, a gas rig in the middle of North Sea. One is the integration of social democracy and oil wealth. Technicians…












