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How Global Supply Chain Management could be different



E-commerce returns could not end up as garbage

U.S. organ transplantation supply logistics / guidelines for use / suppliers could be better

Hospital Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) could be monopolies and prevent fulfillment of important medical supplies / drugs

Medicine / computer chips / weapons / batteries etc. could not depend solely on foreign supply chains / single factories

USAID / international development aid government contracting could improve

Vaccines could not expire / be redistributed

Trade tariffs and regulations could create supply shortages

Trains could be used more in supply chains

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) could be eliminated

Mobile e-commerce could be brought to developing country consumers

U.S. shipping ports could be invested in / governed at a federal versus local level

The global health supply chain could be faster, cheaper, and safer

Fridges could be powered by solar energy

Amazon and other companies could not throw out unsold products

Clinical knowledge, health workers' absenteeism rates, corruption/bribes/theft, power outages, and drug/medical supply availability / counterfeit medications could be improved in global health

Grocery stores, restaurants, and other food vendors could put less food in dumpsters

Smallholder farmers could receive training, financial assistance, and delivery access

Aflatoxin could be prevented in developing countries' crops

ESG investing could have clearer metrics / standards / regulatory oversight to prevent green / social / ethics washing

Produce shelf-life could be extended to prevent food waste

Evaporative cooling / refrigeration could reduce food waste

Labor conditions could be crowdsourced

Every location could have an address