Supply Chain Brain

MAY 21, 2023

Negotiators would reportedly like to announce an agreement regarding Indo-Pacific trade talks at a meeting of ministers taking place in Detroit on May 27.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2021

3 Emerging Supply Chain Trends with Steve Elwell. Joe Lynch and Steve Elwell discuss 3 emerging supply chain trends. He lives with his family in suburban Detroit. Key Takeaways: 3 Emerging Supply Chain Trends. In this podcast, Joe and Steve discuss 3 emerging supply chain trends.

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QAD

AUGUST 23, 2022

“Supply chain? Fast forward two years, when the pandemic began, and supply chain was in every headline. It’s always fun to explain because people begin to realize how supply chain plays a role in every facet of their lives. I still get asked why I chose a career in supply chain management.

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QAD

MARCH 14, 2024

Welcome to the latest episode wrap-up of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast, where Jan Griffiths of Gravitas Detroit and I unravel the complexities and unveil the insights driving innovation in the automotive supply chain. A big thank you to everyone who has supported us along the way!

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QAD

OCTOBER 17, 2023

If you haven’t yet listened to or read about them, take a look at our wrap-up blogs covering past episodes of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast. As we move from the leisurely days of summer to fall and peak demand season, I’m reminded that the automotive supply chain is changing just as rapidly as the seasons do.

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QAD

MARCH 29, 2022

Together with Quistem Founder and President Cathy Fisher, the two of us are co-hosting “ Auto Supply Chain Prophets ,” which is the first podcast dedicated solely to global automotive supply chain issues. Our goal is to help automotive suppliers and OEMs discover hidden profits within their supply chains.

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QAD

AUGUST 17, 2023

If you haven’t yet listened to or read about them, take a look at our wrap-up blogs covering past episodes of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast. Our Delivering on the Promise of Delivery white paper that discusses our vision, “The 24 Essential Supply Chain Processes,” is just as good poolside as it is at your desk!

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 2, 2023

million Americans in the auto parts manufacturing business, but the damage will hit smaller auto suppliers that are further down the supply chain the hardest. The effects of the strike are already rippling through the automotive supply chain. The automotive supply chain is a complex ecosystem of different suppliers.

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QAD

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Recently, I attended a dinner outside of Detroit hosted by QAD, the Korean Battery Industry Association and NAATBatt (an organization dedicated to the development and commercialization of advanced battery manufacturing in North America). The North American Battery Supply Chain is Accelerating – Why Now? The majority of the U.S.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Here’s the supply chain conferences we love and will be attending. Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference. Kinaxis is pleased to be a Premier Sponsor and participate in panel discussion of the 2014 EMEA Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference. Supply Chain Insights Global Summit.

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QAD

JULY 28, 2022

Quistem’s Cathy Fisher and I are having the best time co-hosting the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast. It encourages us to continue meeting with automotive industry experts about supply chain issues that resonate with so many listeners. Episode #6: Electrifying the Automotive Supply Chain.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 3, 2020

Prior to the novel coronavirus pandemic, supply chain professionals labored in near-anonymity. When the outbreak hit the world like a wrecking ball, supply chain operations became front page news. The pandemic taught supply chain professionals a lot about the resiliency of their supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides an updated news capsule follow-up relative to major supply chain management and industry developments that we have shared previously on this blog. Thomas, Ontario , upwards of a two hour drive from Detroit. These timelines are reportedly being accelerated where possible.

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QAD

MAY 30, 2023

If you haven’t yet listened to or read about them, take a look at our wrap-up blogs covering past episodes of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast. Season 2 of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets is underway and I can’t even begin to tell you how good that feels. And that’s why we created the Auto Supply Chain Prophets.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

If you haven’t yet listened to or read about them, take a look at our wrap-up blogs covering past episodes of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast. Season 1 of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast is a wrap and Cathy Fisher of Quistem , Jan Griffiths of Gravitas Detroit and I couldn’t be more proud.

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QAD

OCTOBER 13, 2022

We’re moving full speed ahead with our Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast – Quistem’s Cathy Fisher and I are so delighted to continue the momentum. Thanks for listening and following along, as we delve deep into the supply chain issues most relevant to tier suppliers and OEMs. Here’s a wrap-up of the latest episodes.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 29, 2019

The concept of automating processes and activities is a major sticking point for supply chain and logistics. Supply chain and logistics automation allow companies to refocus their efforts on tasks requiring human hands, and redundant tasks can be automated through robotics , as well as technologies designed to assist human workers.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

But UAW President Shawn Fain has vowed to expand his union’s reach beyond the Detroit three by 2028. Workers at U.S. plants operated by Toyota are not unionized.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 12, 2023

In honor of International Women’s Day, Blue Yonder hosted a special Blue Yonder Live “Fearless Females of Supply Chain” with our customer BrassCraft Manufacturing Company. Ann: I am the Director of Supply Chain at BrassCraft Manufacturing. Did you grow up dreaming of a career in supply chain?

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Axway

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

It’s what Detroit was 50 years ago—where everything is made. Wuhan province is the largest industrial material component sourcing region in the world. When Coronavirus halts the center of the world’s parts manufacturing, companies are left scrambling to keep their …

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 9, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights development indicating that The United Auto Workers (UAW) labor union has filed for a representation election involving auto workers at the Mercedes production facility in Alabama. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 19, 2024

During his time running the Detroit, MI facility he learned first-hand how deliveries to the hard to reach zip codes break the efficiencies of local delivery operations, leading to 35% box trucks driving empty or parked in yards during business hours.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 1, 2022

I just returned from the Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Conference in Detroit. This annual event explores supply chain management and how logistics can succeed in a fast-changing environment. I am feeling energized by what I learned and the people I spoke to while there.

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3PL Insights

JULY 19, 2021

Other achievements this year, include earning the ISO 9001:2015 certification at a fifth facility, refreshing the corporate website and enhancing online resources, and partnering with a local nonprofit in need of overflow warehousing near Detroit. # # #. Click here to download the press release. About Evans Distribution Systems.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 31, 2022

Supply Chain Matters readers are well aware that the looking glass for an organization’s overall supply chain performance is intense right now, especially when C-Suite executives feel the heat from investors and board rooms. Rivian Automotive. This facility is being geared to produce upwards of 150,000 vehicles annually.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 29, 2021

It operates three networks—the North Jersey, South Jersey/Philadelphia, and Detroit Shared Assets Areas, where it serves as a contract local carrier and switching company for its owners, CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. About Conrail . Conrail is an American railroad company. Advantages of rail transport: .

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 8, 2022

Most supply chain suppliers have solutions that are very similar to each other. The Emerge solution has attributes of different supply chain software solutions. Occasionally, a cool vendor emerges – a vendor solving an important problem in a new way. Emerge is that kind of company. Carriers move shippers’ freight.

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The Network Effect

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Being bored is, actually, the critical factor in creativity – whether that’s for folks like us who need to develop new supply chain models or solutions, or anyone working in a creative endeavor. For us supply chain planners, the ideas and concepts of Flowcasting are, in reality, the repurposing of ideas and concepts from manufacturing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 6, 2018

However, Lineage, a mid-cap company based in Detroit, Michigan, is one of the world’s largest and most innovative temperature-controlled supply chain providers. The post Lineage Logistics: A Data-Driven Approach to Cold Chain appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. The temperature-controlled […].

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 6, 2023

” – Sir Winston Churchill Having just returned from the 2023 Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Global conference in Detroit, these words are very fitting to encapsulate the essence of the event. “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Short-term visibility at the Purchase Order/ASN level is insufficient.

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3PL Insights

JANUARY 10, 2023

Evans Distribution Systems, headquartered in southeast Michigan, was founded in 1929 as the Central Detroit Warehouse Company. Read the latest supply chain insights on the 3PL Insights blog , and follow the company on Facebook , LinkedIn , Twitter , and Instagram. Click here to download the press release. # # #.

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3PL Insights

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Elliott facility in Detroit. Evans Distribution Systems, headquartered in southeast Michigan, was founded in 1929 as the Central Detroit Warehouse Company. Read the latest supply chain insights on the 3PL Insights blog , and follow the company on Facebook , LinkedIn , Twitter , and Instagram. MELVINDALE, Mich.,

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 19, 2021

Based in Detroit, she has spent over 25 years in the logistics industry, including working with clients on complex and impactful solutions to transform organizations, processes and technology. About Sarah Banks. Sarah Banks is Global Lead for the Freight & Logistics Industry at Accenture. About Accenture.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Editor’s Note: This is one of the most popular posts we publish every year: our list of supply chain and logistics events to attend in the coming year. Many of the leading ERP and supply chain software vendors have customer events in various countries around the world.; Most of the conferences on our list are in the U.S.,

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The protests—especially the blockade of the Detroit-Windsor border crossing—have caused delays and bottlenecks in production across the automotive industry in the U.S. While the Detroit-Windsor crossing was opened Monday morning (February 14), blockades continued to disrupt crossings in Manitoba and Alberta. and Canada.

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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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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Contributor, Forbes Covering the auto industry since 1989, Ed’s experience includes being the national auto writer for the Associated Press, General Motors beat writer at the Detroit News and video reporter at Automotive News. Podcast, which focuses on trends and innovations in supply chain and logistics. LogisticsMatter.

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