Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

The Logistics Managers Index Report® , compiled by researchers at Arizona State University, Colorado State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and the University of Nevada Reno , and in conjunction with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), reported an April 2023 value of 50.9,

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

For high-tech and semiconductors in particular, the risk of a factory fire is high due to the highly flammable materials used in semiconductor manufacturing: combustible plastic materials, flammable and pyrophoric chemicals, and high-voltage electrical power. Both are costly and time-consuming endeavors.

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AB&R

MARCH 2, 2023

How to Get a New Arizona Facility Running Optimally in a Hurry If you’re setting up a new warehouse or manufacturing facility in Arizona, you will want to make sure you’re being as efficient as possible in everything you do. The post How to Get a New Arizona Facility Running Optimally in a Hurry appeared first on AB&R.

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AFFLINK

APRIL 18, 2018

You might think, for example, that companies are struggling to find places to store their goods or that the cost of building warehouses and hiring employees negates the growing sales. A white paper by the Arizona State University W.P. percent in 2013 to a projected 10 percent in 2018. feet, Supply Chain Dive reported.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 11, 2014

Saturday, April 12, the University of Advancing Technology campus in Tempe, Arizona will once again serve as the host for the Avnet Tech Games , now in its ninth year. This event brought teams of two to four students together to form Littlefield Technologies, a fictitious manufacturer of digital satellite system receivers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2014

Because he had reduced his buffers—both inventory and manufacturing—and had built a push-based supply chain using a forecasted demand signal, he was failing in many markets. Figures 2 and 3 are some examples. For example, I think that there is promise in the adoption of new forms of analytics. It is an iterative process.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

An example in the supply chain space is US maritime policy. A broader, and more topical example, is managing the Ebola crisis. In the maritime example I cited above, the lack of a centralized management strategy for our nation’s port system puts us at a competitive disadvantage. The situation is exacerbated by local stockpiling.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Distributors will inbound to a manufacturer the inventory needed and transportation management, especially inbound freight management, efficiency is paramount to an effective vendor managed inventory model. The Ford Motor Company led by Henry Ford and The Toyota Manufacturing Company led the way to VMI.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 4, 2020

An apt example is Corona beer. For example, Carlton United Brewery’s marketing strategy for Victoria Bitter portrays a sense of the Australian culture:mate ship, and reward for a job well done with its “hard earned thirst” campaign that ran from the 60s to early 2000s. Brand loyalty is a key factor in customer retention.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Today, there are 8 states in the country, including Nevada, California, Michigan, Florida, North Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and Arizona that are allowing the testing of self-driving vehicles on certain roadways.”. In late August, for example, Uber bought Otto , and earlier this month, it tested self-driving cars in Pittsburgh.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2022

” So, I started work with Arizona State University to take balance sheet data from 2003-2007 to analyze which combination of metrics drove the highest market capitalization. The best example of a clear strategy I experienced was Annette Clayton’s transformation of Schneider Electric in 2004. Analytics Deployment.

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AB&R

JANUARY 10, 2019

In addition, several agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) require unique device identifiers (UDI) usually in the form of barcodes to contain information such as manufactured date and lot number to provide traceability. Check out the graphic to the right to see an example of a barcode grading report. First Name *.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 29, 2014

Let me give you an example to explain my point. This culminated over the course of the last four months into a methodology that we developed along with the Operations Research team at Arizona State University. For example, let’s take the food and beverage industry that is outlined in figure 1. I am no spring chicken.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2014

It was a great costume, and we looked great — except we were living in Arizona at the time and nobody outside of New York City (the only place the Blue Man Group was performing at the time) had heard of them, so every time we showed up at a party that night, people would yell out, “Hey, look, Smurfs !”

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Today is National Manufacturing Day ! This infographic was sent to us by our friends over at Manufacturing Stories, who is always adding great maker movement infographics to their Pinterest board here. . We hope you have a great manufacturing day! In Arizona, STEM skills have stayed in demand even through the economic downturn.

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AB&R

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Plus, thanks to our great employees, we were named as one of the Top Companies to Work for in Arizona for the fourth year in a row. Barcode tracking through Scansmart , for example, is flexible and gives you the ability to view and track assets throughout the supply chain. The benefits of blockchain in the supply chain are many.

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EMERGE App

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Let’s illustrate the different effect of these three methods with a completely fictitious example. Example: Penelope’s Poppin’ Vegan Soaps Inc. Example: Jake’s Pre-Loved Lovely Cars LLP. Example: Annabelle’s Watches That You Can Watch Inc. Example: Maria’s Mexican Munchies LLP.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This edition will cover all things related to the Semiconductor Supply Chain: Why semiconductors have been supply constrained What manufacturers are doing to respond What the future of the industry will look like According to Gartner, the semiconductor industry grew a staggering 26.3% I’ll give you some examples.

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Elementum

AUGUST 31, 2022

This edition will cover all things related to the Semiconductor Supply Chain: Why semiconductors have been supply constrained What manufacturers are doing to respond What the future of the industry will look like. At Intel we’re trying to keep pace with this demand from a manufacturing perspective. I’ll give you some examples.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 14, 2016

Now, it's easy to think of technology as being a manufacturer-only realm. In fact, autonomous vehicles are already being used by a logistics provider in Arizona. For example, a self-driving truck may lock onto a truck in front of it, which would result in a train effect for the shipment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

My kids, for example, are always interested in getting their hands on the newest Guinness Book of World Records, and seeing what kind of crazy things are in there. Frozen dairy manufacturers reduce packaging footprint. World records are such an interesting thing. Biden climate blueprint promotes modal shift away from trucks.

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Oracle SCM

MAY 26, 2016

Last week I attended the annual Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference, which took place in Scottsdale, Arizona. An example of this is Coca-Cola. Conference, which took place in Scottsdale, Arizona. An example of this is Coca-Cola. One interesting. thing that stood out to me is the ever-growing importance of the.

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Kinaxis

MAY 24, 2018

I just returned from the highly engaging and inspiring Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Manufacturers that are used to shipping pallets and cartons to retailers will need to be prepared for the world of shipping eaches to consumers and do so economically. Preparing for direct-to-consumer business models.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 28, 2021

And it is not the “last mile” – the distance between an exit off a highway to a destination site – a factory, warehouse, or store for example. Currently, TuSimple is being tested across Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas; all states where snow and heavy fog – difficult edge cases – are less common. The customer would then pay $0.35

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 18, 2018

Unfortunately, Uber recently suspended their tests after one of their vehicles struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona in March 2018. In some cases, manufacturers are transitioning to electric or hybrid cars. Smart Cars Many consumers already own smart vehicles.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 18, 2016

This can be a critical part of achieving rapid Freight distribution from manufacturer to distribution center to regional locations. For example, the individual items on a UPS truck for neighborhood delivery would be considered small package, but even UPS offers LTL services.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

For example, a carrier can load their available capacity into the TMS and it will automatically show up in multiple areas, including load cost history. Dave gained freight logistics operations experience at Applied Materials, a Fortune 250 manufacturer of wafer fabrication equipment, and MQA Manufacturing.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

A senior executive from a large global manufacturer came to speak in my MBA class this week, and discussed the major shifts in global business that was occurring due to the emergence of omni-channel capabilities in the supply chain. ” This causes additional problems, however.

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6 River Systems

DECEMBER 11, 2018

For example, supply chain design is extremely complex, and the analyses lend themselves to sitting side-by-side and graphically depicting and explaining ideas. In those situations, true scalability is more readily achievable if manufacturers are also focused on their customers’ demand signals.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 3, 2022

And it is not the “last mile” – the distance between an exit off a highway to a destination site – a factory, warehouse, or store for example. Currently, TuSimple is being tested across Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas; all states where snow and heavy fog – difficult edge cases – are less common. The customer would then pay $0.35

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

We are currently working with Arizona State University (ASU) to use advanced operations research techniques to understand the patterns in our database of 52 supply chain financial ratios for the period of 2006-2013. Another example is in Consumer Goods industry with coffee. What does this mean? There is no one-size-fits-all.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Grocery manufacturers are seeing shortages and price hikes on wheat, corn, and many other commodities. This has prompted Intel and TSMC to begin development of fab plants in Arizona. Semiconductor lead-times have gone from several weeks to six months or more; automotive companies have been shut down due to lack of chips.

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Freight Center

JANUARY 1, 2019

Arizona’s desert climate allows for a long growing season, with produce shipping out of state during a greater part of the year. Phoenix and Tuscon are Arizona’s freight activity centers for consumer goods and manufacturing. For example, winter conditions tend to make freight shipping more expensive. Connecticut.

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Freight Center

JANUARY 1, 2019

Arizona’s desert climate allows for a long growing season, with produce shipping out of state during a greater part of the year. Phoenix and Tuscon are Arizona’s freight activity centers for consumer goods and manufacturing. For example, winter conditions tend to make freight shipping more expensive. Connecticut.

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Freight Center

JANUARY 1, 2019

Arizona’s desert climate allows for a long growing season, with produce shipping out of state during a greater part of the year. Phoenix and Tuscon are Arizona’s freight activity centers for consumer goods and manufacturing. For example, winter conditions tend to make freight shipping more expensive. Connecticut.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Unfortunately, Uber recently suspended their tests after one of their vehicles struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona in March 2018. In some cases, manufacturers are transitioning to electric or hybrid cars. Smart Cars. Many consumers already own smart vehicles. High-Speed Rail Networks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

As just one example of the criticality of semiconductors, China spends more money on importing semiconductors than oil. While Apple designs the most advanced chips for their smartphones, only TSMC can manufacture them. These chips are currently manufactured at a single site in Taiwan.

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