Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Each leaf acted alone, unaware of time and place, like me in the quiet house, watching leaves fall from the trees. In 3PL news, XPO Logistics announced that it has acquired Optima Service Solutions, LLC, “a leading non-asset provider of last-mile logistics services for major retailers and manufacturers in the United States” for $26.6

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GlobalTranz

JULY 24, 2015

Supply chain management in manufacturing is by no means a simple process, but the United States is learning from past mistakes and they're poised to start playing a little catch-up in the manufacturing world due to their expertise. Government Weighs In on Supply Chain Management in Manufacturing. The Numbers Are In.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

We first started writing about and featuring reshoring content back in September of 2013, and have since added 10 more reshoring related posts in our reshoring blog category. Many off-shore manufacturers have returned to the U.S., And, some companies just instinctively followed the corporate crowd toward outsourcing.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Schools are closed, the roads are empty, and we’re all just waiting for the blizzard to arrive. Cass Freight Index Report – January 2013. It’s a stay-at-home-in-your-pajamas kind of day, my favorite. And the fact that it’s Friday makes it even better. While we wait for the storm… C.H. Con-way Inc. percent in Q4 2012.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 18, 2017

What makes or breaks a new technology in manufacturing? Mostly, manufacturers demand technologies that can boost their output without causing an additional strain on resources, and the final five technologies changing manufacturing in 2016 did just that. In other words, some manufacturers continue to resist the trend.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

As we close the year of 2015, we want to take a look at some manufacturing trends for 2016. We look at 6 core areas that manufacturing companies will take a long look at as they gear up for a successful 2016. E-Commerce for Manufacturing. Manufacturers will seek custom (or specifically tailored) e-commerce solutions.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 3, 2024

Geological Survey , the earthquake was centered about 11 miles south of the city of Hualien and occurred just before 8 a.m. local time with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4. Reportedly, United Microelectronics Corp , Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. magnitude event that occurred in November 2013.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The approach of “ Just in time ” and “ supply chain management ” focused on optimizing efficiency and reducing waste. But at that time, the reduction of waste was mainly due to economic reasons, not environmental.This was because waste means greater economic loss. Bhattacharjee, 2015).

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 22, 2020

A new movement is taking place, driven by new innovators and new, disruptive technologies such as robotics and additive layer manufacturing (ALM). However more forward-thinking organisations see this as an opportunity to revolutionise the whole design and manufacture process, to create new things in new ways. million in funding.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

This year’s event takes place at the Sofitel London Heathrow Hotel in the United Kingdom and includes a stellar lineup of speakers — renowned experts, practitioners and market leaders — and will showcase leading practices in supply chain, manufacturing, retail, transportation and pricing excellence. Cheers from London!!!

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2021

That is because it is not just the contract logistics sector that hires labor for their warehouses. Retailers, manufacturers, and distributors all have warehouses. It is Not Just Hiring that is Difficult. Warehouse Labor Woes are Worse than Ever. On the surface, the jobs report in the US looked positive. The numbers back her up.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 22, 2024

We do so in the lens of supply chain management and manufacturing. According to a published report by The New York Times , the FAA’s audit: “ explored how well Boeing’s employees understood the company’s quality control processes.” That was up from a reported 10 percent in 2013.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Globally ten percent of jobs are in manufacturing, while 37% are associated with supply chain management. They are impatient that they know more about pizza’s status for lunch before their zoom meeting than the inbound shipment status for their critical manufacturing run. Reflection. The supply chain career is new.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 11, 2014

In 2013, 80% of supply chain leaders had a material supply chain disruption. It was not just one. Yet, in a study that we just completed, when asked about business pain, supply chain risk rates low. The financial stability of contract manufacturers and third-party logistics firms is a growing risk. They had a disruption.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 19, 2014

“Lora in your own way, you are helping. You tell it straight. You are pissy and opinionated in this world of supply chain blandness. I find it refreshing.” ” Quote from a reporter this morning. The term supply chain excellence is easier to say than define. It permeates corporate strategy, but it lacks definition. I could taste it.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

I joined Schneider Electric Schneider Electric in Singapore with Global responsibility for Logistics and Network Design in 2013. Throughout my time in Schneider the scope and responsibilities undertaken in both day-to-day operations and transformation has grown. Stuart is a British national, married with three children.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

in 2013, rising costs are pushing for more efficiency, whether by cutting operating costs with improved technology. At the time it was called a much less sexy “stereolithography.” ” Today, almost 20% of manufacturers and retailers use 3D printing in some way, shape or form. By 2013, over 33.7

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2013

In this time, I have worked with over 500 companies. I am afraid for many it has been just talk. It will be launched during a webinar on April 25, 2013 and through a series of reports that will run in our May newsletter and throughout the summer. Each time that we run a new evaluation, we learn more.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2015

According to reports on 3DPrint.com and the Wall Street Journal , Amazon filed for a patent in Novmeber 2013 titled, “Providing Services Related to Item Delivery via 3D Manufacturing On Demand.” Here’s the abstract plus a drawing from the patent : Methods and systems can be provided for providing items manufactured on demand to users.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 31, 2022

”[4] He went on to explain: “ At its heart, production in the Asia-Pacific region was severely curtailed for a period of time for issues ranging from the COVID impact on worksites to energy shortages, to port capacity limits. So, there was a supply disruption and an increase in demand hitting the market at the same time.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Bowman laments, “Multiple stages of the global supply chain, including manufacturing, distribution, warehousing and trucking, are suffering from a severe shortage of qualified workers.” More workers are retiring, and there are just not enough members from the newer generations interested in the industry.”[5]

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

In our work on the Supply Chains to Admire report , we tracked the progress of manufacturing, retailing and distribution companies for the period of 2006 to 2013 and 2009-2013. Performance of High Tech and Electronics Supply Chains for the Periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. His reasoning? and Singapore.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

The second principle is that the supply chain needs to be managed cross-functionally, end-to-end, from the customers customer to the suppliers supplier; and as such, it cannot be viewed as just another function. In this blog, we share an interview with Dave Biegger, SVP of Campbell Soup. Background on the Supply Chain Index.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 8, 2014

How has progress changed over time? It is time for reflections. In my opinion—it is a very biased opinion, I admit—the role of women in the workforce in supply chain has come sooooooooooo far during the time of my career. At that time, my friends and I felt that we needed to deny our femininity to be accepted in the workforce.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The company is extending store delivery hours nationwide by two hours until 10:00 pm local time, which allows customers to place orders up until 6:00 pm local time for same-day or next-day delivery. Customers also have additional time to change orders once they’ve been placed. Who doesn’t remember their first phone?

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 15, 2015

The post was inspired – one might say provoked – by discussions I’d had with several manufacturing and logistics companies. And so, in September 2013, I wrote: ‘Getting the most out of your ERP investment will require a change of focus. The times they are a changin’. Tesla created its ERP system in just four months.

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Supply Chain Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

In Open Content research, we are dependent on companeis giving us their time to help us complete research studies. In 2013, we will continue to serve this community by expanding services. This will be a monthly public two-day training course in manufacturing centers in Europe and the United States. It published on December 26th.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 6, 2014

Zhongron supplies aluminum alloy wheel hubs to another company, Citic Dicastal Wheel Manufacturing Co., Just look at all the time, money, and resources companies like Intel are investing to discover, report, and eliminate the use of conflict minerals in their supply chains. which is a supplier to General Motors (GM).

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 11, 2013

Last week, I attended the SAS Analyst Day at Steamboat Springs and the Logistics and SCM 2013 event in Las Vegas. Manufacturers are not dealing with petabytes of data yet, and unstructured data is largely underused. As shown in the figure below, companies just cannot get to their data to make actionable decisions quickly.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 13, 2015

At the 2013 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit, Rick Sather , now VP of Supply Chain for Jack-O-links stated that “there should be an app for that.” The information is sticky for a period of time, but then is gone. There just isn’t an answer. In enterprise architectures, portals proliferate, but they are not the answer.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 13, 2017

Apparently, US manufacturing needs a ‘messiah’. and services are being touted as potential ‘saviors’, but hold your horses, why is there this perception that manufacturing in the USA needs rescuing? It’s time to get to the crux of this…. Those condemning US manufacturing are right, it does need saving …. Industry 4.0

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Manufacturing and cloud reluctance is not a recent issue. Recently, our company has generated some reports of internal data and surveyed a collection of companies to better get an idea of trends in the manufacturing industry. 51% do not use or plan to use cloud-based manufacturing software. In manufacturing? 74% to 79%.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 29, 2015

A distributor or manufacturer’s strength is in making product—its focus is procurement and streamlining production, but without the capability to fulfill orders, it is doomed. percent in 2010-2013. percent from 2013-2016. Businesses today often need a bit of help moving their bottom line forward. Here are the details.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 30, 2023

From tech giants to manufacturing leaders, the top 10 CEOs in the supply chain industry have blazed a trail of success. Mary Barra Mary Barra is the Chairman and CEO of General Motors, a Fortune 500 auto-manufacturing company. Explore their stories and accomplishments, and be inspired to become an effective leader in your own right.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 12, 2018

Or I can just wing it and go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week. a Nafta Tale of Two Truckers (New York Times). For my commentary about this patent, please read my March 2015 post, “ Amazon’s 3D Printing Trucks: A Quixotic Quest for Zero Delivery Time? From Mexico to the U.S.,

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Elementum

MAY 26, 2022

Some of the most successful firms have hung on for too long with failed philosophies and prioritization models — like Lean, and Just-in-Time provisioning. This expansion occurred at the same time products were becoming more complex and modularized, and also as supply chain management became increasingly software-dependent.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

Yesterday we spoke about the top motivations and reasons why reshoring in America from offshored facilities has several benefits and what are the statistics of reshoring since 2013. In fact, since the recession, more manufacturing companies have been lost than gained in the U.S. Manufacturing has gained 700,000 jobs since 2010.

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