Talking Logistics

JULY 9, 2018

According to a 2017 Michigan State University Supply Chain Management study , “supply chain and product complexity possess a number of sources that vex supply chain operations…customer accommodation is the first,” including the demand for speed and visibility into shipments.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 25, 2023

This technology took a step further in 2002 when Michael Grieves publicly introduced the concept and model of the digital twin at a Society of Manufacturing Engineers conference in Troy, Michigan. 8] The WHIR, “ Understanding Digital Twins as a Key Part of Digital Transformation ,” Channel Futures, 23 September 2017.

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Logility

OCTOBER 25, 2018

In the interactive “ Top Halloween Candy by State ” map, CandyStore.com shows my beloved candy corn is the favorite candy for trick-or-treaters in Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Iowa, Michigan and Alabama. All totaled we are looking at a Halloween budget of $9B, about the same amount spent on Halloween in 2017. Reese’s Cups.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 29, 2022

To answer this question, my colleague Jason Miller at Michigan State University did a few calculations, and used bit of guess-work and a few assumptions, which gives us a pretty good idea. From the 2017 Economic Census Jason pulled data on industry concentration in semiconductor manufacturing. Output in 2017 was $51.8

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3PL Insights

MAY 16, 2017

Girl Scouts of Southeast Michigan hosted their annual Cookie Gala on April 19th 2017 at the MGM Grand Hotel Ballroom. Evans Distribution Systems has been a partner to the Southeast Michigan Council for the past few years by shipping the awards and mailing materials to the troops.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

This is based on some recent collaborative work with Professor Jason Miller from Michigan State University, who developed a new supply chain pressures index, which was based on a post from the Cleveland Fed [1] , going back to Q1 2004. It also shows drops in 2016 (when output was weak) as well as in 2019 (which was soft relative to 2018).

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Elementum

JULY 25, 2017

Undoubtedly, this is part of Walmart’s strategy to compete against Amazon by expanding its e-commerce and retail businesses, following its recent acquisitions of Shoebuy (an online retailer of footwear, clothing and accessories) and Moosejaw (a Michigan-based retailer of outdoor related items.). JoyLab, and Project 6.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 11, 2023

Her first modest effort, in 2017, was to design a “decency button,” which she wore every day. 2] In July 2017, Cholnoky mailed a decency button to every member of the U.S. Roach, “ Decency and Difference ,” Michigan Publishing/University of Michigan Press, 2019. [2] House of Representatives and U.S. .”

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Adam holds five technology patents, two degrees from the University of Michigan, and an MBA from Stanford University. For five years prior, Adam deployed the newest geo-commerce technologies at Google, and for 16 years he has been the Executive Director of the nonprofit he founded to export charitable goods.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

and in 2017 over 21 million artificial trees were bought. the majority of trees are grown in Oregon, followed by North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Washington. And the trees were introduced in China and Japan in the 19th and 20th centuries. Where do these trees, real and artificial, come from, and where do they go?

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 25, 2016

Tom Albrecht, Managing Director at BB&T Capital Markets shared his outlook of the transportation market — in short, a lot of factors are leading to weak demand today, including the current state of commodities, but he expects supply and demand to balance out by the end of the year, with capacity maybe tightening in 2017.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 6, 2023

percent from 2017 through 2021 and will have a CAGR of 11.8 including money for the construction of new assembly plants and battery-making facilities, according to the Center for Automotive Research, a nonprofit organization based in Michigan. percent from 2022 through 2025.

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FLEXE

APRIL 26, 2016

Vivek Rajeevan, Student Consultant, MBA Class of 2017, Ross School of Business at U. Steve Johanson, CEO, Starboard Corp. Amitabh Sinha, Assoc. of Technology and Operations, Ross School of Business at U. Moderator: . Additional Resources: In February, I presented a two-part series on the Flexe Blog called “ Logistics 2.0:

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2017

The most-prominent use was in bitcoin, which became a global sensation in 2017. Michigan State University estimated fraud costs the global food industry as much as $40 billion a year. Blockchain is an online ledger that records transactions using encryption to ensure security while allowing a network of users to verify them.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 17, 2018

A Deloitte study in 2017 found 49% of procurement officers believe the quality of data is a major barrier, and the lack of data integration was the number two barrier (42%). Adam holds five technology patents, two degrees from the University of Michigan, and an MBA from Stanford University.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 6, 2022

at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 2014. “He joined the Princeton faculty in 2021 and had taught at the University twice previously: in Spring 2017, when he was the Oswald Veblen Fellow at Princeton, and in the 2019-2020 academic year, when he was the Robert and Luisa Fernholz Visiting Professor of Mathematics.

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3PL Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Leslie joined Evans in May of 2016 as the Sales & Marketing Intern one semester before graduating from the University of Michigan – Dearborn with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with concentrations in Marketing and Management. She transitioned into a full-time employee in January of 2017 as the Special Projects Manager.

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3PL Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Leslie joined Evans in May of 2016 as the Sales & Marketing Intern one semester before graduating from the University of Michigan – Dearborn with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with concentrations in Marketing and Management. She transitioned into a full-time employee in January of 2017 as the Special Projects Manager.

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3PL Insights

AUGUST 8, 2017

The company, which is now valued at more than the Ford Motor Company, has been discussing an all-electric truck called the ‘Model 3’ which they envision as being the first mass-produced all-electric freight vehicle on the market later in 2017. Whether it will live up to the hype is yet to be seen.

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3PL Insights

JULY 5, 2019

Evans was established in 1929 and has a history of providing integrated logistics solutions in Michigan and throughout the Midwest. In Michigan: July 20 – Mike Ilitch was born in Detroit, Michigan. Ilitch passed away in 2017 and now his son Christopher leads and provides oversight to the Ilitch companies.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

I’m from Holland, Michigan and went to Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, studying political science. I joined in January 2017. I’m the director of sales at Covideo. We’re an email, texting, video platform for salespeople. The company is based in Indianapolis. [01:14] 01:14] Tell us a little bit about yourself.

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3PL Insights

JULY 3, 2017

Just because it’s summertime in Michigan doesn’t mean we don’t have the holidays on our minds. Every summer brings about our peak Value-Added Packaging (VAP) season, during which we co-pack hundreds of thousands of gift cartons.

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 21, 2018

Rates already started rising last week in Idaho and Michigan , and more loads moved out of a few of the top markets — namely Atlanta , Green Bay and Twin Falls. After hovering above 2017 levels for 18 months, the July average load-to-truck ratio for reefers dropped to exactly where it was last year: 8.8 Last week's ratio of 8.3

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Supply Chain Trend

MARCH 7, 2016

TomTom has presented a 3D map of Germany and Michigan, in support of the German and US car industry. Audi will launch a HAD version of its flagship A8 in 2017. An asset can be almost at capacity or underused, cash can dry up, or throughput can reach unsustainable limits. Multi-dimensional prescription.

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3PL Insights

MAY 9, 2017

On May 4th, 2017 the Detroit Fulfillment Initiative hosted their first “Pitch It” Event. The event was produced by Pure Michigan Business Connect with MEDC and hosted by the Detroit Regional Chamber. 10 e-commerce companies were selected from Metro Detroit to compete for $20,000 in services to support their business growth.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 25, 2019

The business started in 2016, but we didn’t get our first venture funding until 2017. 38:44] In Michigan, we used to look down on The South because so many people moved away from it to work in Detroit. We actually do hire a lot of great writers that don’t have experience in the space and combine them with market experts. [08:54]

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QAD

JUNE 4, 2019

The consortium includes other car manufacturers, tech companies, and automotive suppliers, including BMW, Fiat Chrysler Automotive, Intel, Mobileye (Intel purchased Mobileye in 2017 for $15.2 billion), Aptiv, Continental, KPIT and TTTech. Waymo Partnerships. GM and Cruise Automation.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 27, 2020

The business started in 2016, but we didn’t get our first venture funding until 2017. 38:44] In Michigan, we used to look down on The South because so many people moved away from it to work in Detroit. We actually do hire a lot of great writers that don’t have experience in the space and combine them with market experts. [08:54]

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 17, 2019

Page ( @Scott_E_Page ), a professor of complex systems, political science and economics at the University of Michigan, many companies view large data sets as a “hairball of data.”[1] 2] William Schmarzo, “ Identifying Variables That Might Be Better Predictors ,” KDnuggets , February 2017. [3]

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 21, 2017

The problem of supply chain strategy misalignment has always been there for Kmart, ever since the first of its concept stores opened in Garden City, Michigan. This includes the supply chain strategy, which Kmart has never successfully developed to support its place in the bargain shopping category.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 1, 2023

A year into the crisis, Sriram Narayanan , the Kesseler Family Endowed Faculty Fellow of Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University, explained, “Supply chain management plays a central role in the quality of life we enjoy every day, whether it be products we shop in a retail store or meals that our kids are served in school.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Steven Melnyk, a professor of supply chain and operations management at Michigan State University, told Nguyen, “This year, Christmas will be very different. 3] Kat Eschner, “ 12 Facts About ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’ ,” Smithsonian Magazine, 18 December 2017. Footnotes. [1]

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

APRIL 30, 2014

The bulk of the transfers won’t take place until the new headquarters is finished around the end of 2016 or early 2017. Toyota said its financial services operations will move to Plano in 2017. Some 250 purchasing employees will be shifted to Michigan from Kentucky.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 15, 2021

Yet, from Cape Town to Flint, Michigan, and from rural, sub-Saharan Africa to Asia’s teeming megacities, there’s a global water crisis. billion people between 1998 and 2017. Storing and analyzing all that data is adversely affecting another of the world’s most valuable assets: water.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 3, 2017

million, aims to work with freight companies by year-end to test trucks without human occupants on highways in states such as Michigan, Nevada or Florida. San Francisco-based Starsky, which has raised $3.75 million miles of testing on public streets.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 24, 2018

to gain control of Express-1, a Michigan-based freight expediter doing $170m in sales a year. Free cash flow increased 77 percent to $374m in 2017, and XPO projects it will top $600m in 2018. I'm visualizing them as clearly as I possibly can in space and time and then actually executing on them." Last year it netted $312m ($2.45

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Here are a few of the big stories that I wrote about this past year that I believe define some of the big shifts in the supply chain ecosystem we witnessed in 2017, and the predictions for 2018. Prediction: Real-Time LIVING Supply Chain Investments Will Separate the Winners from the Laggards.

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