BlueYonder

MARCH 14, 2024

Blue Yonder and Microsoft co-hosted the annual Blue Yonder Automotive Connect event in Detroit, Michigan, bringing together 67 supply chain practitioners from 15 companies in the Automotive OEM, Tier 1, and Aftermarket sectors.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The effects of the strike are already rippling through the automotive supply chain. While companies do have some excess inventory available, the automotive supply chain is experiencing layoffs, furloughs, auto parts shortages, and idling operations. The automotive supply chain is a complex ecosystem of different suppliers.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

As we pen this posting on mid-afternoon Friday, the UAW ’s newest targets are reported to be a Ford Motor assembly plant in Chicago that assembles the Ford Explorer SUV , and a General Motors final assembly plant in Lansing Michigan that assembles the Chevrolet Traverse SUV. Both facilities involve an added 7,000 workers.

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3PL Insights

MAY 3, 2021

“Our customers identified a need for a data insight tool that shows trends in their inventory and transactions,” Evans says. Evans365 accesses and analyzes data sets from Evans’ warehouse management system and other data sources and presents findings graphically. This is only the beginning.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 1, 2023

My colleague Jason Miller from Michigan State is an expert at navigating the many different publicly available government database, and interpreting the tea leaves. Inventory will remain bloated for the first half of 2023, – and supplier relationships will be tested. Inflation will persist.

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NC State SCRC

JULY 19, 2022

I had the pleasure of hearing Professor Jason Miller from Michigan State University speak to the Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies members today, sharing with us a variety of fascinating charts and figures that he pulled from all of the publicly available data produced by the federal government – most of it is census data.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

As expected, with the existence of this industry’s just-in-time inventory replenishment planning, the implications of the work stoppages are cascading across individual automaker’s supply networks. Today, China based EV automakers and suppliers have notable cost advantages in materials sourcing, production and labor costs.

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