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Ferguson’s Commitment to Supply Chain Excellence Drives Customer Satisfaction

Logistics Viewpoints

Michael Jacobs, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain at Ferguson PLC In 2022, I wrote an article called The Best Supply Chain Company You Have Never Heard Of. Ferguson has an extensive and complex supply chain. That software is really the secret sauce of AutoStore. Michael Jacobs “Yes.

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From 2022 and beyond: Procurement’s Future

Proxima

However, 2022 will be the year when the function we have grown up with and the roles it performs will deliberately start to break itself up! Many CPOs have seen their remit expand to include property, sustainability, risk, supply chain, or overseeing corporate incubators or move beyond procurement full stop, and their voices are being heard.

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Supply chain reshoring: where things stand now

Resilinc

Reshoring—the practice in which OEMs bring production and supply chains back from foreign countries to their home countries—and nearshoring—bringing production closer to home or to major markets—have increased in the wake of the pandemic, although not necessarily at the pace and scale which some anticipated. After declining 12.8%

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Reports That TSMC Eyeing Second Fab Production Facility in the U.S.

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights published reports indicating that leading semiconductor fab and device manufacturer TSMC is eyeing a second fab production presence in the U.S. Supply Chain Matters Perspectives. Specifically noted: “ We are really at the tipping point right now in the semiconductor supply chain.”.

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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

When my flight canceled, I was en route to the annual AMR conference in Phoenix. However, this mature team found the technology insufficient. In 2022, I frequently ask companies to draw their river of demand. Tight coupling of the supply chain forecast to the financial forecast will improve value. Measure it.

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Contracts, Cancellations, and Closures: Persistent Trends Leave a Pre-Peak Season Logistics Industry on Edge

Intelligent Audit

With peak shipping season just around the corner, the logistics industry is looking forward to a smoother supply chain than previous years have provided. Experts Weigh-In on Peak Season 2022. SupplyChainDive, in their recent analysis of a 2022 study by logistics provider Descartes, reported that, “ U.S. imports totaled 2.53

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The (Delayed) Rise of the Robotaxi

QAD

Since then, the industry has made incredible technological advancements, but companies are now finding it difficult to solve some crucial engineering problems just short of the finish line. . The idea of robotaxis quickly spread about a decade ago, when NuTonomy and Cruise first began testing their robotaxis on the road.