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Thirteen Years a Blogger

Supply Chain Shaman

Process-based companies continue to focus on manufacturing efficiency (OEE) and discrete on procurement (PPV) without designing the supply chain to balance transportation, manufacturing, and procurement to a balanced scorecard. Note the fall in 2014-2019. Functional Metrics and the Lack of Alignment to Strategy.

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Optimizing Supply Chains Has Never Been More Important

Enterra Insights

”[5] He continues, “Most supply chains consist of the following layers or departments: manufacturing; suppliers; transporters; warehouses; distributors; service Providers; retailers; [and] customers. This reduces fuel consumption, lowers delivery times, and enhances overall transportation efficiency.”

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Supply Chain Resilience is Essential in an Uncertain World

Enterra Insights

Back in 2019, Joseph Shamir , Founder of ToolsGroup, wrote, “If the last decade has taught us anything, it’s to expect the unexpected — from extreme weather events to endless political psychodramas to tech startups disrupting whole industries. ” • Implement digital and automated manufacturing. … My conclusion?

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Distributor Management – Top 5 Do’s and Don’ts for FMCG Principals

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

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How Automation in the Supply Chain Will Make Employees More Strategic & Improve the Overall Supply Chain

Speaker: Adam Robinson, Director of Marketing, Cerasis

More Efficient Manufacturing as well as ability to fill the skills gap & make more strategic employees. February 6, 2019 11.00 Improved Supplier/Vendor Management (Automated buying on an e-commerce website for repeat orders, automated freight pickups for inbound delivery, automated tracking alerts). AM PST, 2.00 PM EST, 7.00

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Driver Shortage Myths Debunked: Freight Demand Drives Trucking Jobs

Freight Waves

Manufacturing: Generating 60% of for-hire trucking ton-miles, manufacturing sustains freight demand. Michigan’s auto sector recovery by 2021 increased jobs in states like Ohio, as carriers hired to transport factory goods. rise in construction employment from 2019 to 2021 aligned with an 11.8% In Florida, a 2.6%

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for July 18, 2025

Supply Chain Digest

” 3000+ That is the number of new cars that we being transported on the Morning Midas, a cargo ship headed to Mexico and which sank in the North Pacific on Monday, nearly three weeks after a fiery blaze broke out on board. Construction is soft, manufacturing is up and down, and consumers are cautious.”