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Boeing’s Production Quality Crisis Significantly Escalates

Supply Chain Matters

We do so in the lens of supply chain management and manufacturing. According to a published report by The New York Times , the FAA’s audit: “ explored how well Boeing’s employees understood the company’s quality control processes.” They damage the image of the entire aerospace industry.”

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This Week in Logistics News (November 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

FreshDirect is expected to retain its current branding and continue to operate out of New York City. Amazon is laying off dozens of R&D and manufacturing staff working on the company’s drone delivery initiative, according to the Financial Times.

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PFAS Lawsuits and Legislation: Supply Chain Impact

Resilinc

As waves of lawsuits are filed against PFAS manufacturers like 3M and DuPont, businesses and consumers are raising questions about safety and health concerns. Because PFAS were manufactured by scientists, they don’t exist naturally and cannot break down on their own. There’s another place where PFAS can be found, too—our supply chains.

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Federal Reserve GSPI Index Drops Significantly in April

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a further negative drop in the New York Federal Reserve’s Global Supply Chain Pressures Index ( GSPI ). The logistics industry remains hopeful in new signs indicating that retailers and manufacturers are getting closer to working off the overall glut of inventories that resulted in 2022.

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Breaking Tech News- Thoma Bravo’s Announced Acquisition of Anaplan

Supply Chain Matters

Upon completion of the transaction, Anaplan ’s common stock will no longer be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. They had a prior investment in global process-based manufacturing B2B industry platform Elemica which the firm exited in 2019. That investment remains ongoing.

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Like Amazon, Your Success Depends on Logistics IT

Supply Chain Collaborator

An article on this grand competition appearing in the New York Times offers the astute observation that each competitor is furiously working to replace its comparative weaknesses with advantageous practices cribbed from the other.

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Boeing Barges Into Aircraft-Seat Business in Threat to Suppliers

Material Handling & Logistics

Boeing said the Adient Aerospace venture was prompted by seat production foul-ups and a capacity crunch that have delayed jet deliveries and frustrated airlines. s premium Polaris seats were slow to make their debut on the Boeing 777-300ER last year when Zodiac Aerospace fell behind schedule. United Continental Holding Inc.’s