NC State SCRC

JANUARY 18, 2018

In a prior post on 2018 supply chain predictions, I shared how NC State’s Poole College of Management engages directly with industry through student-led projects. This project is the e xtension of an executive workshop we ran last fall. Lenovo Blockchain Analysis Part 2. Lenovo Excess and Obsolete Inventory.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

trillion on logistics and transportation services in the United States in 2018, an increase of 11.4% Overall, logistics spending in 2018 reached 8% of U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018, the highest level in a decade. The ideal sourcing location will be a balance in terms of cost, quality and logistics cost.

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Provenance

MAY 3, 2019

Whilst Adidas, Reebok and Patagonia were top of the index (equal on 64%), the greatest improvement since 2018 came from Dior, Sainsbury’s and Nike. And how they operate an open-door policy in their London workshop to allow shoppers complete transparency into the manufacturing process of their clothing.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

As an example, Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325) encompasses a variety of chemical manufacturing codes including petrochemicals (3251), but none for biobased chemicals. Manufacturers go through a certification process that has been developed in a partnership with ASTM International to ensure quality control and consistent results.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

I was on the manufacturing floor, in all of the day to day meetings, and increasingly making the operating decisions for the new company. What had only a few months before been a source of great excitement and opportunity had now turned into palace intrigue on a grandiose scale. © Copyright Mortson Enterprises Inc, 2018.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Many of these flow directly from research initiatives, workshops, and blog posts I’ve worked on this past year, and represent my best gut-feel of what I think will happen in the coming decade. Once you hire them, put them in an environment that will challenge them, where they will learn and work on different things.

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synchrono

JULY 23, 2018

Prosperity is perhaps one of the greatest obstacles to continuous improvement in manufacturing. In this post, we’ll take a quick look at what the research says about the short-term outlook for manufacturers. This is especially true in manufacturing. Humans are not always the most objective source of “data.”.

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