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New Technology Rides Aboard Old Rails - November 2021

Posted by nmbrgeek on 10/30/2021 3:31 pm  /   Bills Building Blocks

Bill’s Building Blocks - November 2021 New Technology Rides Aboard Old Rails At the height of Covid people stayed home from New York City and shunned public transportation. Commuter rail ridership on NJ Transit into Penn Station New York fell to historical lows. Now that I’m back to te...

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The Great Supply Chain Disruption - October 2021

Posted by nmbrgeek on 09/29/2021 7:21 pm  /   Bills Building Blocks

Bill’s Building Blocks “The Great Supply Chain Disruption”Interest rates are at historic lows. A scarcity of semiconductor chips is limiting new car production. The Dealership wants to buy back my 2019 Subaru Forester. The Dealer offers to pay off my auto loan and provide a high tr...

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Going Back To School On The Basics - September 2021

Posted by nmbrgeek on 09/02/2021 12:40 am  /   Bills Building Blocks

Bill’s Building Blocks Going Back To School On The Basics - September 2021 Supply chains are everywhere in our lives. Once you understand this, they are easy to discern. My granddaughter just started her freshman year at college. The family’s efforts to get her to the university reminded...

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How Well Is Your Supply Chain Orchestrated? August 2021

Posted by nmbrgeek on 07/30/2021 9:00 pm  /   Bills Building Blocks

https://gnj.ascm.org/downloads/Bill_s_Building_Blocks/96.bills_building_blocks_gnj_august_2021_how_well_is_your_supply_chain_orchestrated.pdf

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Bill's Building Blocks - An Abundance of Supply Shortages - July 2021

Posted by nmbrgeek on 07/01/2021 3:04 pm  /   Bills Building Blocks

Bill’s Building Blocks - July 2021"An Abundance of Supply Shortages" Nasty things begin to happen when there are severe supply shortages. I can remember back around 2007 when ARM RISC microprocessors went on allocation. We were buying one thousand devices a month while the mobile phone industr...

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