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The Cooperative Solution (opens the original)
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We don’t need a slaughterhouse on every ranch or isolationism. We need regional balance. Would you pay a small premium for beef verifiably raised and processed in your region? Weigh in below. "Can regional co-ops fix America's broken supply chain?" Check out the full article: [https://thinkwhatworks.substack.com/p/what-meatpacking-and-healthcare-reveal?r=8t6675 More news on our website: https://thinkwhatworks.com/ #Shorts #SupplyChain #Agriculture #Ranching #LocalFood #Economy #ThinkWhatWorks re
Tyson Spent $300M on This Plant. 5 Years Later, It’s Gone. (opens the original)
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In 2021, Tyson Foods opened a state-of-the-art, highly automated case-ready meat packaging facility in Eagle Mountain, Utah. It was a $300 million investment built to feed the growing Western market. Just five years later, the facility was abruptly closed, wiping out 723 jobs. Why does a plant that advanced become expendable so quickly? The answer isn't bad technology or falling beef demand—it's a severed supply chain. In this video essay, we look inside America’s supply chain black box. We expl
The 300 Million Dollar Ghost Plant (opens the original)
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Tyson poured $300M into a brand-new facility in Eagle Mountain, Utah—only to shut it down 5 years later. Why? Because it was built as an island without local roots. Full investigation on Substack: Who Owns the Middle? https://thinkwhatworks.substack.com/p/what-meatpacking-and-healthcare-reveal?r=8t6675 #Shorts #SupplyChain #TysonFoods #UtahBusiness #AmericanEconomy #FoodSecurity #ThinkWhatWorks
What beef packing and your hospital bill have in common. (opens the original)
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Hospitals keep the doctors; ranchers keep the cattle. But both surrendered the pathway connecting their work to payment and consumers. Here is what happens when middlemen own the gate. Full deep-dive link in bio. [https://thinkwhatworks.substack.com/p/what-meatpacking-and-healthcare-reveal?r=8t6675] #Shorts #SupplyChain #TysonFoods #UtahBusiness #AmericanEconomy #FoodSecurity #ThinkWhatWorks Tyson Foods Eagle Mountain Utah Eagle Mountain plant closure meatpacking industry supply chain crisis Ame
Epic EHR Lock-In: Why Hospitals Can’t Walk Away (opens the original)
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Why is it so difficult for a hospital to walk away from Epic once millions—or even billions—have been invested in an electronic health record system? The answer goes far beyond the cost of the software. Hospitals build workflows, employee training, billing systems, interfaces, clinical documentation, reporting, data infrastructure, and entire operational processes around their EHR. Over time, those investments create enormous switching costs. In this video, we look at the sunk cost and EHR lock-
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