Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Just last week, my colleague Clint Reiser wrote an article about the top logistics and supply chain conferences to attend in 2024. 5 Supply Chain Predictions for 2023 ; Dr. Madhav Durbha ( Coupa Software ) So much has changed in a year! So, let’s take a look now at the 15 most popular logistics stories of 2023.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 27, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our March 27, 2023 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news. Raleigh, North Carolina based First Citizens , is ranked as the 30 th largest U.S. s largest regional banks.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 11, 2017

by Melissa Clow This guest post comes to us from Jim Fulcher , Blogger on the Supply Chain Expert Community. At the new plant, Mazda expects to produce cross-over models which Mazda will introduce to the North American market, and Toyota plans to produce the Corolla for the North American market.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Exploring the Automotive Chip Shortage Supply Chain! But with the impacts of the pandemic , and environmental concerns as to sustainability, its time to explore the true condition of the Christmas tree Supply Chain? Supply Issues in the Christmas Tree Supply Chain.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Communication is Essential for Supply Chain Leaders I had the pleasure of speaking with Jodie Clarke, Vice President of Procurement at Altria Client Services thisweek. Jodie grew up in Western North Carolina and graduated from Virginia Tech with a Master’ of Science in Crop & Soil Environmental Science.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

We salute the year’s top advancements in supply chain technology and processes. Thanks to omni-channel distribution, 3-D printing, self-service logistics and other avenues of disintermediation, traditional supply chain roles are rapidly being transformed into all-new opportunities. Warehouse Automation. Media Type.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 13, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. North Carolina is a great place to look for a vehicle. – North Carolina: $1,018/yr average. ADESA owns over 75 auction sites within North America, and has even expanded overseas to the UK in 2016. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This is especially true of supply chain professionals, where there is today a large talent gap.”[4]. ” He adds, “A critical skill that future generations of supply chain managers will need to embrace is the ability to interact with a cognitive learning system.” ”[4]. Footnotes. [1]

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

As we sit down to Thanksgiving dinner, letting our eyes devour the feast ahead of the actual eating, one of the things for which we should be thankful is the supply chain that brought the bounty to the table. Sarah Zielinski ( @SarahZielinski ) reports, “There are six subspecies of wild turkey, all native to North America.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MARCH 3, 2014

Nokia was addressing the future of America and Asia driven by China, but couldn’t buy chips from Qualcomm. Supply Chain Innovation Supply Chain Management Supply chain Relationships' Supply Chain Innovation Supply Chain Management Supply chain Relationships'

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I also worked with a team of leading thinkers in developing the Future of Procurement Report (published by KPMG) , as well as publish the BVL International Global Logistics Trends and Strategies report with a team of leading academics and executives in Europe, China, North and South America, Russia, and India.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 17, 2022

Manifest is an event that is focused on the future of logistics technology and how technology is transforming and disrupting the supply chain and how goods are moved around the world. Everyone is talking about the supply chain. Eighty percent of the greenhouse gases come from the supply chain.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 9, 2023

According to Freightos , China-North America trade lane rates fell more than 40% YoY. . According to Xeneta , airlines experienced a 2% drop in demand month-over-month in November, constituting the ninth consecutive month of falling airfreight volumes. Walmart to Expand Drone Delivery in Arizona, Florida, Texas. percent. ”.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 5, 2014

For example, the widening of the Panama Canal will change the conditions here in North Carolina, as enormous container ships will be circumnavigating the globe. And in Panama a huge transshipment area will grow where they will will do break bulk, put cargo onto smaller ships and send to North America.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

In America, for example, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill decided mid-August, 2020, a week after classes had begun, to cancel in-person education when 177 students were isolated after coronavirus testing. ” Supply Chain and Industry-Specific Training Online.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 26, 2014

UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog. The Wake Forest Marketing Summit, a marketing case competition which took place in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, at the end of February, is going to be one of my most cherished MBA memories. Global MBA for the Americas. November 2013. October 2013. Wall Street Journal.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The storm has directly impacted Florida, Georgia and both North and South Carolina. The disruption to the supply chain will be felt across North America. We recognize that you likely have many questions about how this weather event may impact your supply chain in the coming days, weeks, and months.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JUNE 17, 2015

Now, we know that in 2013 alone, America’s biobased industry contributed four million jobs and $369 billion to our economy,” Vilsack said. The 2014 Farm Bill builds on historic economic gains in rural America over the past five years, while achieving meaningful reform and billions of dollars in savings for taxpayers.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 22, 2017

With the sheer volume of data projected to increase tenfold by 2020, the procurement and supply chain function is no exception to challenge of assessing better ways to leverage this dramatic increase in both structured and un-structured data. Data Governance” Institute). How should companies get started on a data governance program?

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Robinson Introduces Navisphere App for Customers.

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Every year about this time, the Wall Street Journal reveals its list of the Management Top 250 firms , which lists America’s Best-Run Companies. NC State’s Supply Chain Resource Cooperative has played an important role in the development of these ratings, since the early days of its development.

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Requis

MAY 22, 2020

Rob Handfield has over 30 years of experience in supply chain as an educator, researcher, consultant, and author. He is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and US federal agencies, and a speaker with focus on the fields of strategic sourcing, supply market intelligence, and supplier development.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 5, 2020

The Nonwovens Institute in the North Carolina State College of Textiles has stepped in to convert much of its equipment over to production of a new material that involves just a single ply mask, an important innovation that will allow the team to begin production of massive amounts of materials for masks.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

The largest impacts start in the South and move their way up the US latitudinally – think Florida to Georgia to North Carolina, and Texas to California to Washington to Oregon. Knowing these timelines is crucial to supply chain planning. The Golden State is an invaluable resource to the domestic food supply chain.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

JULY 22, 2020

Apple’s new carbon-neutral pledge is likely to reverberate across electronics supply chains. The company says its mostly overseas supply chain will be part of an effort to slash its world-wide carbon footprint, the WSJ’s Sarah E. Advertisement. behind the year-ago level. In Other News. Charlotte News & Observer).

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2016

Author’s Note: Below is an excerpt from Moving Up the Supply Chain Maturity Curve: The Process Industry Executive Agenda for 2016 and Beyond , a white paper recently published by Elemica with research conducted by Adelante SCM. When it comes to supply chain management, however, many companies are far from achieving that swing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The question was simple, “What will be the impact of Hurricane Florence on the supply chain?” North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia sit squarely in the storm’s path. The supply chain impacts will ripple across the states as Florence moves west. Expect surprise.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Insight #4: The BioProducts Sector Benefits a Much Broader Segment of America. We were surprised to find that many states with the highest Location Quotients were not states that are typically associated with the biofuels economy, including Oregon, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Maine, and others.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics. For discount retailers like Burlington, the supply chain is often a competitive advantage — and thus a secret recipe for success.

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RELEX Solutions

JULY 26, 2016

RELEX Solutions, in collaboration with Columbus Consulting International , to support LifeWay Christian Stores with upgrading its supply chain management in order to reduce inventory and increase availability. Michael Falck, President North America, RELEX Solutions adds: “We are delighted to welcome LifeWay as a RELEX customer.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 22, 2017

On April 19th and 20th the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative held its bi-annual Board Advisory meeting and Partner Meeting in the Talley Student Center at North Carolina State University. Bayer won this award for its work in helping to bring agricultural supply chain into the 21st century.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 13, 2017

products to support the Return One Million Jobs initiative to bring one million manufacturing jobs back to America. The Reshoring Initiative lists thirteen separate reasons why retailers can benefit from supporting their project to bring more manufacturing jobs back to America. Supply Chain Control.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

I’m based out of Charlotte, North Carolina, which is a beautiful part of the country. I was born in Central America, specifically Nicaragua. Like most people from Latin America, I ended up in Miami. I have been fortunate to lead teams from Latin America, Mexico to Argentina.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 13, 2018

Katz manages a plant at United Chemi-Con in Lansing, North Carolina, a village of about 150 people with no traffic signal. Across America, companies are scrambling to respond to higher tariffs on the foreign goods in their supply chain. Harley-Davidson Inc. said it would shift production outside the U.S.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 22, 2017

The Supply Chain Resource Cooperative held its bi-annual Industry Partner Meeting in the Talley Student Center at North Carolina State University this past week. Participants also attended the Innovation Showcase in Nelson Hall,, featuring two winning supply chain teams in the undergraduate and graduate divisions!

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