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From Athlete To Executive: Navigating Healthcare’s Competitive Landscape
Navigating healthcare’s competitive landscape requires innovative solutions addressing care quality and affordability. CapExpert is a game-changer in outpatient healthcare. It enhances asset management, ensuring the best care for patients. Luke Johnson, Co-Founder and CEO of CapExpert, spoke with Highway to Health’s David Kemp on how CapExpert enhances asset management, bridging visibility gaps and streamlining […]
How do Noise-Canceling Microphones Work?
Have you ever wondered how noise-canceling microphones work? This brief product video from Icom provides the answer. Icom’s advanced F7000 Series P25 radios, along with select IDAS models like the F3400D boast cutting-edge noise-canceling microphone technology. Icom achieves noise canceling through the AMBE+2 vocoder, distinguishing between speech and background noise, converting the former into […]
The SOC Landscape is Seeing a Gradual Change as Professionals Pivot from GSOC to CSOC
Professionals from the GSOC environment are moving over to the CSOC landscape, and this is a very noticeable change and sign of the SOC industry’s evolution. The transition unveils an unprecedented layer of similarities and experiences, clarified by the willingness to be the learner in the room. As the world moves toward navigating […]
The Northeast is Prepping its Highways for Electric Trucking. Experts Say Energy Storage Infrastructure is a First Priority.
As the electrification of diesel-powered trucks increases along the Northeast’s major freight corridors, there is an imminent need for major transmission upgrades and expansion of vehicle charging infrastructure. A key part of that strategy will likely include preparing state highways for electric trucking and its high energy loads. National Grid, the New York and Massachusetts-based […]
Truck Parking Crisis Gets Renewed Legislator Attention Amid Supply Chain Woes
By now, every working professional is well aware of the significance of a stable, resilient and dynamic supply chain. COVID, geopolitical crises and freak accidents made sure of that. Most of the acute supply chain disruptions felt in the US happened to the chain on an international level rather than a domestic one. While of […]
Today’s Trends in Trucking and Supply Chain
When it comes to global supply chain issues, there is no greater source than FreightWaves, the largest media and market-level data provider in the logistics and supply-chain industry. Tyler Kern welcomed Craig Fuller, CEO & Founder of FreightWaves, to Resources for the Road for a brain-picking session on what’s happening in logistics today, and […]
A Year in Review with Weston LaBar
“The supply chain is an ecosystem, only as strong as its weakest link. Solutions need to benefit everyone, and that’s where technology and data come into play.” The supply chain story of 2021 was, unfortunately, a sequel to 2020. The weaknesses linger, but the future can be different by applying data and modernizing the framework. […]
As Export Values Rise, American Farmers Face a Trade Crisis
Key Points: U.S. agricultural exports are being hampered by transportation issues, leading to a loss in sales potentially as high as 22%. In 2021 from January through July, the dairy industry was forced to spend almost a $1 billion in additional costs to make up for supply chain problems. American farmers who are experiencing losses […]
How One Company Has Faced the Global Supply Chain Challenges Head On
Oftentimes, we take our online orders and deliveries for granted. We expect the 2 day shipping because it has grown more common and been very predictable. We’ve grown accustom to a well run supply chain without even thinking about it, but when the entire world goes through an event that completely shifts consumer behaviors […]
Will Better Supply Chain Visibility Solve California’s Dock Problems?
There is a bevy of ships vying for the same docks on the West Coast. From Los Angeles to San Francisco, ships park off the coast for long periods. At times, around 40 ships have been stopped for nearly a week with almost 14,000 containers. What are these bottlenecks doing to the supply chain? How […]
Careers on the Move: Navigating the Choppy Waters of Global Logistics Networks
Craig Fuller, Founder and CEO of FreightWaves, knows a thing or two about the intricacies of global supply chains and logistics. FreightWaves, sometimes referred to as “the Bloomberg of freight,” has a clear vision – to help companies that help make up the $9.6-trillion global logistics market better benchmark, analyze, monitor and forecast, providing […]
The Global Supply Chain is in Chaos
The global supply chain is in complete disruption because of the pandemic. Localized incidents often happen that cause shifts, but this was on a worldwide scale. Supply chain expert David Beaird of Beaird Solutions spoke with Tyler Kern about the impact and aftermath. “We’re about to see a global reopening where demand is going to explode, […]