Tom Coleman

IBM Global Business Services, focus on Supply Chain and background on homeland security, my views are my own, wife and five young kids keep me busy

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@Walmart epic fail on trying to buy a #ps5. At noon, I got it in cart but website crashed on finalizing in cart. At 3PM, just started spinning as soon as item became available. Overall website down again. Will try again at 6PM

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Common sense lessons learned and recommendations on how response and recovery from #Ebola is applicable to the current #covid19 pandemic. https://t.co/fREHDSbBIC

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Unfortunately, I am familiar with maggots and trash. However, maggots in helping climate change is new to me. As is are the products - maggot oil, maggot dropping, and maggot extract. https://t.co/QtXpoS4HSx

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I am starved for news not related the current crisis. I can honestly say before I read this article, I never thought whether you could sue a #robot. There are definitely layers to this issue. https://t.co/8WAho2gD90

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Good set of factors from #chertoffgroup
to consider as leaders start to open offices again. https://t.co/Nmo4BVBJEx

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While everyone is focused on #covid19, real supply chain resiliency comes when you can adapt to multiple issues at once, and understand the tradeoffs from your tough decisions. As a reminder, #hurricaneseason starts on June 1st. Ar…https://t.co/NbkQqANTVE https://t.co/5Xs1pO9xgA

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Quick read on #COVID19 impacts that go way beyond citizen health, with economic impacts looming large in many places. https://t.co/JdsXZcOXd5

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Good read on different aspect of COVID-19: social determinants of health. Many factors come into play into our health and we need better understand them all. https://t.co/YZrFbazpam

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In time of crisis, it is often about adapting what you have, not rolling out a new solution. Very interesting to roll out battle tech for classified contract management. https://t.co/JSZbIFqZy8

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Force Majeure is not usually used, but is as important as it sounds. My favorite lines of the day: "And just what is an “act of God,” anyway? Was the event actually set in motion by human action or inaction? In which case “God” mig…https://t.co/tEjeewRRIa https://t.co/diikNk3vzQ

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We are truly a global economy. As bad as things are in the US with #coronavirus, there are lots of downstream impacts from what happens here to elsewhere in the world and vice versa. No perfect answers, but definitely need to consi…https://t.co/f0f0hQ60hP https://t.co/RiyZ16XGih

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When you have legacy tech, you need older coding languages like #COBOL. If know of #COBOL coders looking for work, it sounds like New Jersey needs them. https://t.co/GJ5VqCQx1O

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Easter candy is big business and also delicious. So this survey is a year old, thus a good diversion from #COVID19. My state Virginia got it right with #peeps as our house (especially me) goes through hundreds every year. https://t.co/BkkD3qTRXJ

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A simple, easy to understand overview of supply chain risk assessment. Lots of factors to consider. https://t.co/LMRgRUaSJG

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We often talk about how wealthy countries are aging, but do not generally discuss what happens as low and middle income countries have a large older population as health outcomes improve and birth rates decline. https://t.co/2EE17VSqJ7

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From #MIT explaining why the #coronavirus #covid19 impacts to supply chain vary by products. Notably, our food and #toiletpaper supply chains are suited to adapt while medical is more problematic. https://t.co/9arwvsYXLC

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Good overview of some supply chain innovations happening in response to #coronavirus https://t.co/yk7o92QXtb

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An entertaining read on the history of #toiletpaper. Apparently it did not become staple until the 1940's, previously a luxury item. Ruthless business men in toilet paper, who knew? Most fun: "scary ads promising hemorrhoids if you…https://t.co/vW5vUZOpkW https://t.co/kQA02gEjr7

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With so many of working virtually, it go me thinking of virtual worlds. So I wondered, does #SecondLife still exist? Apparently it does. The I remember when IBM did a big push to do their training through it, commerce was going to…https://t.co/lsJ1BynroG https://t.co/xgdO7bQTdN

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Good summary of how #AI is changing supply chains. My favorite line is: "AI and ML will be great supporting players, but don’t worry. AI will not take over your job." https://t.co/noCaKGZXIV