Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

In this second Supply Chain Matters reader update, we highlight the ongoing supply chain and manufacturing implications of the labor strike involving the three U.S. We indicated that this action was akin to targeting the most vulnerable links among these three automaker’s supply and production networks.

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Elementum

MAY 31, 2016

The $2 billion sales of wearable technology in 2015 is expected to grow 17-fold by 2020. Wearables’ image problem stems from a disconnect between technology engineers and fashion experts. Fashion-Forward Supply Chain. For fashion-tech products to go mainstream, supply chains will also have to evolve.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

As I highlighted in my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2013 , tablets and smartphones are quickly becoming the preferred computing platform for business professionals, which is why technology providers are designing and optimizing their applications for these devices.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2022

The ongoing Russian assault on Ukraine continues to make supply chain waves. More than a million containers set to ride 6,000-plus miles of railway linking Western Europe to Eastern China via Russia are now having to find new routes by sea, adding to costs and threatening to worsen the global supply chain chaos.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Walkouts have also occurred at a Missouri assembly plant producing popular GM pick-up trucks, and an assembly plant producing the branded Jeep Wrangler SUV. At the same time, these past four years have provided significant learning relative to the need for more resilient automotive and advanced technology supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 21, 2023

While still in the early stages of development, the emerging technology will instantly transport an item once it is picked at a warehouse or store to your living room. According to Dr. Myles Dyson, Chief Scientist at Cyberdyne, the technology will be live by late 2017, or “Judgement Day” as they have named the project timeline.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Given that hospitals and other healthcare facilities exist only to provide care to patients, it can come as a surprise to know that supply chain cost is typically the second largest expense such facilities incur, exceeded only by the cost of labour. Hospital and Healthcare Supply: The Need for Change. Vendor-managed Inventory.

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