Supply Chain Matters

MAY 13, 2024

It is no exaggeration to say that the future of the 107 year-old manufacturer hangs in the balance.” The company had previously decided to sole source the assembly of the 787 Dreamliner wide body aircraft to a facility in North Charleston, South Carolina , a right to work state. locations rather than Puget Sound.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

There are a lot of hard-headed realists in the procurement and supply chain profession. In this Q&A, Chaturvedi shares his views on rebuilding American manufacturing, reshoring, nearshoring, and other topics of the moment in supply chains. Resilinc: What’s the current status of reshoring manufacturing? That’s good news.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 17, 2022

Added Manufacturing Disruption in China. Last week after a series of manufacturing and product design flaws impacted the deliveries of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner wide-body aircraft since 2020, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cleared the way to resume airline deliveries of previously ordered aircraft.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2014

In order to control its supply chain, they use a central warehouse to Germany to receive and ship products to local distribution centers in different countries. 3) Contract Manufacturing Walmart is best known for EDLP (Everyday Lowest Price) strategy. Under this program, they source products directly from small or medium-sized farmers.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. This complexity is occurring in many forms. Cost Pressures Will Continue to Escalate.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia sit squarely in the storm’s path. Each state has a rich manufacturing economy. To prepare, stratify your suppliers into strategic, single source and high volume flows. As a manufacturer, stay close to market signals. Quite simply no one knows.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The organization is not clear on accepting special requests and expedited shipping policies, often resulting in a lower margin. Dan, new to the job, failed to remove the shipping bolts from the back of the washer. Starbucks redesigned their cups for the Grande product, and the flimsy cups were a source of constant spills and burns.

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