Milk Price Cycles in the U.S. Dairy Supply Chain and Their Management Implications

Agribusiness ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 507-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles F. Nicholson ◽  
Mark W. Stephenson
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Management Implications ◽  
The U.S

US trade policy is putting at risk the sustainability of the generic/biosimilar industry and the drug supply chain

2021 ◽  
pp. 174113432199431
Author(s):  
María Fabiana Jorge
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Trade Policy ◽  
Pharmaceutical Products ◽  
Drug Supply ◽  
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients ◽  
Pharmaceutical Ingredients ◽  
Us Trade Policy ◽  
Drug Supply Chain ◽  
Security Concern ◽  
The U.S

With the outbreak of the Coronavirus there is a new realization of the vulnerabilities of the U.S. drug supply chain. However, while such concerns may have been amplified by the pandemic, they preceded Covid-19 and were well documented before 2020. Indeed, in past years the U.S. Congress held several hearings addressing potential vulnerabilities in the U.S. drug supply chain, in part due to the increasing dependency on China as a dominant supplier of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and some finished pharmaceutical products. These vulnerabilities go well beyond health policy and constitute a national security concern. The article addresses how U.S. trade policy plays a significant role in shaping the pharmaceutical industry at home and abroad and is in part responsible for some of the current vulnerabilities of the U.S. drug supply chain.

Foreign Employment, Income Shifting, and Tax Uncertainty

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine D. Drake ◽  
Nathan C. Goldman ◽  
Frank Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Selection Bias ◽  
Lower Degree ◽  
Income Shifting ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Tax Uncertainty

We examine the effect of foreign employment on two outcomes-income shifting and the tax uncertainty of foreign transactions. Using a hand-collected sample of employment disclosures, we partition our sample into firm-years with a higher or lower degree of foreign employment. Using two distinct income shifting models, we document that, on average, a high degree of foreign employment is associated with greater tax-motivated income shifting out of the U.S. We also posit and find that a high degree of foreign employment enhances the economic substance of foreign transactions, reducing the tax uncertainty associated with foreign income. We conduct additional analyses to mitigate selection bias concerns, and we use exogenous changes to the costs and benefits of income shifting using foreign employment to strengthen identification. Our results highlight firms' use of employees as part of a tax-efficient supply chain and how foreign employment enhances income shifting opportunities between jurisdictions.

scholarly journals Chain Reaction

2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (10) ◽  
pp. 30-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan S. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Rolling Stock ◽  
Industrial Equipment ◽  
Special Report ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
The U.S

For 30 years, additive manufacturing has made all sorts of promises. Yet machines remained slow, materials expensive, and printers too inconsistent for critical parts. And additive was costly. Today, however, the technology is turning that past on its head. While additive manufacturing is usually the most expensive way to make any part, it makes economic sense for supply chains. Which is why manufacturers of everything from aircraft and rolling stock to appliances, industrial equipment, and medical devices are looking at 3-D supply chain solutions—as are the U.S. Marines and UPS. This special report looks at how additive manufacturing is disrupting business models and transforming supply chains.

Developing and Implementing a Port Fluidity Performance Measurement Methodology using Automatic Identification System Data

2018 ◽  
Vol 2672 (11) ◽  
pp. 30-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. James Kruse ◽  
Kenneth N. Mitchell ◽  
Patricia K. DiJoseph ◽  
Dong Hun Kang ◽  
David L. Schrank ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Travel Time ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Automatic Identification ◽  
Identification System ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Supply Chain Performance ◽  
Travel Time Reliability ◽  
Automatic Identification System ◽  
The U.S

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is responsible for the maintenance of federally authorized navigation channels and associated infrastructure. As such, USACE requires objective performance measures for determining the level of service being provided by the hundreds of maintained navigation projects nationwide. To this end, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center partnered with Texas A&M Transportation Institute to develop a freight fluidity assessment framework for coastal ports. The goal was to use archival automatic identification system (AIS) data to develop and demonstrate how ports can be objectively compared in relation to fluidity, or the turnaround time reliability of oceangoing vessels. The framework allows USACE to evaluate maintained navigation project conditions alongside port system performance indices, thereby providing insight into questions of required maintained channel dimensions. The freight fluidity concept focuses on supply chain performance measures such as travel time reliability and end-to-end shipping costs. Although there are numerous research efforts underway to implement freight fluidity, this is the first known application to U.S. ports. This paper covers AIS data inputs, quality control, and performance measures development, and also provides a demonstration application of the methodology at the Port of Mobile, Alabama, highlighting travel time and travel time reliability operating statistics for the overall port area. This work provides foundational knowledge to practitioners and port stakeholders looking to improve supply chain performance and is also valuable for researchers interested in the development and application of multimodal freight fluidity performance measures.

E-Collaboration at Celadon Trucking Services

2017 ◽  
pp. 124-130
Author(s):  
Leiza Nochebuena-Evans ◽  
Lina M. De La Garza
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Electronic Collaboration ◽  
The World ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
Trucking Company ◽  
Determinant Factor ◽  
The U.S

Technology has influenced industries around the world. Not only is the use of technology essential to the success of a business, but the continuous improvement of technology is a determinant factor in obtaining a competitive advantage. Electronic collaboration (e-collaboration) has made a presence in the supply chain of international trade. The logistics industry, in particular the area of trucking, has to continuously improve their technology and use e-collaboration in order to continue having a profitable advantage in a highly regulated and competitive arena. Some methods of e-collaboration used by a particular trucking company along the U.S.—Mexico border will be discussed.

Supply Chain Hardware Integrity for Electronics Defense (SHIELD) Using Small “Dielets”

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (1) ◽  
pp. 000699-000704
Author(s):  
Len Chorosinski ◽  
Venky Sundaram ◽  
Klaus Wolter ◽  
Richard Calatayud ◽  
Parrish Ralston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Department Of Defense ◽  
Near Field ◽  
General Overview ◽  
Electronic Parts ◽  
Cryptographic Techniques ◽  
Secure Server ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Host Component

Abstract Under the DARPA/MTO SHIELD program, a Northrop Grumman led team is developing a supply chain traceability and authentication method to protect against the growing threat of counterfeit electronic parts. The foundation of our SHIELD solution is an advanced 100μm × 100μm × 20μm near-field RFID “dielet” fabricated on 14nm CMOS. This dielet will be embedded in a host component's packaging and provides a hardware root-of-trust through the integration of advanced key protection and cryptographic techniques. Throughout the life-cycle of the host component, the authenticity can be verified using an RF probe to energize and communicate with the dielet, performing a cryptographic challenge and providing a response to a centralized secure server and SHIELD authenticity database. This paper provides a general overview of the dielet design, packaging, and host component insertion. This research was developed with funding from the DARPA. The views, opinions and/or findings expressed are those of the author and should not be interpreted as representing the official views or policies of the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government.

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