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What Lessons a Table Fable Teaches About Supply Chain Orchestration

Logistics Viewpoints

I work in supply chain. If I had done due diligence, I’d have seen the warnings – the retailer had pretty pictures on their website, but their supply chain failed them, creating an eleven-month saga and unhappy customer. The failure was in supply chain orchestration – connecting planning to execution.

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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

Logistics Viewpoints

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. What is supply chain visibility?

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Economic Aspects of Supply Chains

American Global Logistics

Gain Competitive Advantage by Understanding the Economic Aspects of Supply Chains Supply chains play a crucial role in driving economic growth and prosperity. According to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) the cost of U.S. All these help mitigate disruptions to supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters Last Week in Supply Chain Tech March 27 2023

Supply Chain Matters

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.

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Toyota Changes Supply Strategy for New Battery Facility

Supply Chain Matters

This week, global automaker Toyota indicated that the company would nearly double its investment in a planned battery production facility being constructed in the state of North Carolina. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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Toyota Remains Top Global Auto Maker

Supply Chain Matters

That alone is a testament to the industry’s ongoing dilemma of investing and transforming component supply and production networks to all electric powered, while industry demand levels continue to favor combination electric and gasoline hybrid powered models.

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Logistics Woes Start People Thinking About Christmas in July

Enterra Insights

… Christmas in July started [88] years ago on July 24th and 25th in 1933 at a girls’ camp called Keystone Camp in Brevard, North Carolina.”[1] One of the reasons demand has outpaced supply is because of hiccups in the supply chain. It might end up stuck at the docks in China that morning.”[8]