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Logistics in the Manufacturing Industry: New report highlights 3PL benefits

Kanban Logistics

The past few years have been quite the rollercoaster for manufacturers. In this article, we’ll look at the latest reports on manufacturing activity, while showing how a third-party logistics (3PL) provider can offer great logistics benefits within the manufacturing industry. Third-party procurement.

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Apple Procurement Leader Hails from NC State

NC State SCRC

Today’s WSJ front page shares the important role of one of Apple’s top senior executives who runs much of the procurement and supply chain activity for Apple – Tony Blevins. Mr. Blevins studied industrial engineering at North Carolina State, and grew up near Jefferson, NC in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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What is Inbound Logistics and How Can a 3PL Help?

Kanban Logistics

If you’re a manufacturer, you likely know the answer. See, there’s a big difference between handling inbound logistics yourself and outsourcing it to a trusted North Carolina third-party logistics (3PL) provider that knows the manufacturing industry. Third-party procurement. Imagine that you are a manufacturer.

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What value-added warehousing services can a 3PL provide?

Kanban Logistics

In this article, we’ll identify and define the most common value-added warehousing services that a 3PL provider may perform. Manufacturing logistics services Following are some of the key inbound logistics services – also known as manufacturing logistics services – that 3PLs can perform to support the flow of goods into a factory.

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Supply Chain Leadership Series IV: Joydeep Ganguly – Passionate About Sustainable Supply Chains

NC State SCRC

In his current role, he is accountable for several strategic functions, including corporate engineering; capital and infrastructure strategy; corporate real estate; risk management; operations research and global procurement. Procurement, when embedded into the operating fabric of ESG can add tremendous value. He earned an M.S.

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More than storage: What warehouse services can a 3PL provide?

Kanban Logistics

In this article, we’ll look at some of these value-added services so you can find a 3PL with the capabilities that matter most to your business. As we discussed in our “3PL warehousing 101” article, there are three basic types of warehousing available to you. Manufacturing logistics services. Third-party procurement.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

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. As I stated back in December , in response to a Reuters article highlighting how U.S.