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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Water levels falling in the Rhine, the Loire, and the Colorado River. The Russian invasion of Ukraine stretches into a much longer war resulting in serious disruptions to the food, automotive, and semi-conductor supply chains. The winter offers no relief. Insufficient Understanding by the Executive Team.

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How to Fulfill Orders When You Don’t Have Enough Product to Meet Demand

MIT Supply Chain

The global shortage of semiconductor chips that is disrupting supply chains in the automotive and consumer electronics industries is forcing chipmakers to decide which customers’ orders to fulfill when product is in short supply.

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DELMIAWORKS Customer Intertech Plastics Inc. is Named Plastics News Processor of the Year

IQMS

The company, which is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, specializes in molding medical, industrial and consumer products, as well as packaging. MMI) injection molds material handling systems for automotive components and automotive and heavy truck parts. Intertech Plastics Inc. MMI Engineered Solutions Inc.

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Can Technology Save the American Freight System?

Elementum

Germany-based automotive group Daimler developed a self-driving truck , with the intention of reducing road accidents and improving efficiency in cargo-loading and transportation. More recently, the Colorado Department of Transportation deployed an autonomous truck designed to protect road crews.

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Champions of Sustainability: W. Edwards Deming

QAD

Born in 1900 in Sioux City, Iowa, Deming graduated with BS and MS degrees from the University of Wyoming and the University of Colorado respectively, and a PhD from Yale. Deming’s TQM teachings were so consequential to automotive that they began making a discernible impact soon after the implementation of his core concepts. .

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Sam Samadi, Head of Global Quality/Compliance at Casper!

Supply Chain Game Changer

My career lead me next to TRW Automotive, where I built on and was exposed to a deeper appreciation for Quality given the safety critical nature of products. A short stint as General Manager for Flextronics in Colorado lead me to a major shift in career, when I joined Kyocera Wireless as their Quality leader.

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Why a Product-Centric Approach to Quality Matters

Arena Solutions

She spent most of those years in the healthcare industry and recently spent time in the automotive industry. I would say in automotive, certainly medical device, a product-centric approach is required today. Angenette was a captain in the U.S. Catie Jelinski.

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