3PL Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

23, 2021— Evans Distribution Systems, a provider of third-party logistics and supply chain solutions, welcomed Dawn Harthun, as the new Director of International Solutions. Evans Distribution Systems, headquartered in southeast Michigan, was founded in 1929 as the Central Detroit Warehouse Company. MELVINDALE, Mich., trade compliance.

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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. The index has shown an unprecedented rise, especially between Q1 2021 and Q2 2021.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 22, 2022

It is my pleasure to begin this series of joint blog posts with Jason Miller, Associate Professor of Logistics at Michigan State University. Consider the following observations: [1]: The gross margin ratio [(selling price – cost of goods sold) / selling price] for Kroger, Publix, and Albertsons are down in 2021 from 2020.

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3PL Insights

JULY 15, 2021

By: Sarah Chaney Cambon, Wall Street Journal Published: July 15, 2021. He hopes to see more applicants once enhanced benefits end in Michigan in September. This article was originally published in the Wall Street Journal on July 15, 2021. But filling positions has been difficult, Mr. Swaney said. Read the article online: [link].

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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. Using that figure of $57.11 billion. $2

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3PL Insights

MAY 3, 2021

May 03, 2021— Evans Distribution Systems, a leading provider of third-party logistics and supply chain solutions, launched a new business intelligence tool: evans365. Evans Distribution Systems, headquartered in southeast Michigan, was founded in 1929 as the Central Detroit Warehouse Company. MELVINDALE, Mich.,

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

the majority of trees are grown in Oregon, followed by North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Washington. The vast majority of artificial trees, 80%, are manufactured in China for export worldwide. Originally published on November 23, 2021. Fir, pine and spruce trees constitute the majority of Christmas trees.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2016

For example, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is phasing in fuel efficiency standards starting with trailers in 2018, truck standards in 2021, which are estimated to provide 2-4 year payback periods. He holds a Master’s Degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 6, 2023

percent from 2017 through 2021 and will have a CAGR of 11.8 battery manufacturing. 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. Online pet retailer Chewy Inc.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 29, 2022

Traverse City, Michigan based provider Starboard provides an innovative and interactive digital twin of a physical supply chain network leveraging gaming technology to allow users to explore what-if supply chain and business scenarios. Mr. Lore then took leadership of Walmart’ s online retail development and merchandising efforts until 2021.

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Requis

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

I’m originally from Uruguay, and I came to the United States to pursue my MBA from Michigan State with concentrations in finance and supply chain. No one seemed to know exactly what it was, but I found out that Michigan State ran one of the strongest supply chain programs in the country, so I applied and was accepted.

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Requis

MAY 22, 2020

Flex is the biggest company you’ve never heard of— with over 120 factories worldwide, they are contract manufacturers to companies like Nike, GE, Intel, and Apple. Tom Linton and I will be talking more about this in our next book, due in 2021, called The Physics of Supply Chain. Basically, Flex runs supply chains.

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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 Lyft has partnered with Ford and GM on an open platform, where car manufacturers can plug their self-driving vehicles into its rideshare network.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 18, 2022

This made it incredibly difficult for manufacturers to accurately gauge the market size for production. The category started to see stocking challenges beginning in July 2021, and the situation has continued to worsen into 2022.”. A Limited Number of Formula Manufacturers. As families used up their stockpiles, sales plummeted.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

assembly plant, which will produce the Toyota Corolla and future Mazda crossover vehicles by 2021 and will be capable of producing 300,000 units a year. The two car manufacturing giants have agreed to work together to: - Establish a joint venture that produces vehicles in the U.S. others at supplier or manufacturing support companies.

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Elementum

JUNE 22, 2022

In this blog, we’ll continue with these themes, exploring some of the serious problems that have cascaded down from one of the most popular process management practices of the last several decades: Lean Manufacturing. As part of this exploration into Lean Manufacturing, we’ll define the term, and cover a brief history of its development.

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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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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Not only was there an extreme disruption due the February 2021 polar vortex; intermodal loadings per day were down 11.6% in February 2021 relative to January 2021. Los Angeles and Long Beach have been particularly affected and have processed 20% more TEUs of imports for the first nine months of 2021 relative to 2019.

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Logility

JULY 8, 2022

The closure of the Abbott Nutrition facility in Michigan last February may have ignited the nationwide infant formula shortage, but this was (and still is) a fragile supply chain that could have broken for any number of reasons. Abbott announces a voluntary recall of several powdered formulas manufactured at the Sturgis facility.

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NC State SCRC

JULY 19, 2022

I had the pleasure of hearing Professor Jason Miller from Michigan State University speak to the Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies members today, sharing with us a variety of fascinating charts and figures that he pulled from all of the publicly available data produced by the federal government – most of it is census data.

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