The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 13, 2023

Earlier in his career, Trey was part of the Flexport Atlanta founding team and led Kuehne + Nagel’s account management group where he helped design and operate automotive, high tech, and industrial manufacturing supply chain solutions. Streamline procurement. About Amplio. Key Takeaways: The Amplio Story.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 25, 2024

billion, a reflection of increased price discounting and a building inventory of unsold vehicles. This report comes after the company reported an upwards of ten percent reduction in its global workforce , along with the departure of two rather significant executives, and a revised vehicle development strategy for the coming year.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights breaking news developments involving FedEx and EV start-up manufacturing provider Rivian Automotive. This report indicates that the company declined to disclose how many positions that would be eliminated in the move.

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Ware2Go

JANUARY 7, 2022

Recent supply chain disruptions , including images of cargo ships stuck off the West Coast , have led eCommerce shops to rethink their just-in-time and just-in-case procurement strategies. At that time, 31% had raised prices on end consumers to offset the negative impact. What is just-in-time procurement?

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 8, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters posting we provide highlights of manufacturing and supply chain developments involving electric vehicle automotive producers at the 2022 mid-year point. TechCrunch reports that VW will invest upwards of $20 billion as part of a supply network vertical integration strategy related to electric batteries.

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 2, 2024

The knowledge from this guide will boost your organization’s operational effectiveness, cutting costs and driving overall financial performance. JIT ensures materials are transported to the exact location at the precise time they are needed, enhancing efficiency by reducing the need to store materials before use.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides perspectives on an emerging supply chain management focused lesson occurring at Rivian Automotive. For those in the automotive industry and certainly a wide complement of our readership, the report triggers a response of why it took this long to act. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 16, 2023

Rivian Automotive ’s recent report on quarterly financial performance provides evidence that this EV start-up is showing signs that the company has done its homework in supply chain and production operations industry basics. The company’s original commitment at the start of 2022 was to produce 50,000 vehicles, but that was cut at mid-year.

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QAD

MARCH 12, 2019

Industry-wide change is forcing manufacturers to enhance their capabilities, and speed is vital for reducing the uncertainties around responding to change. We have a lot in store for you and your colleagues, so please consider this roadmap of key attractions and pit stops for this year’s automotive sessions at QAD Explore 2019.

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ivalua

JUNE 7, 2021

With businesses’ focus shifting from damage control to restoring growth, innovative CPOs are encouraging their procurement teams to prioritise supplier innovation and revenue growth opportunities. . Procurement’s role and status have been on an upward trajectory for many years, accelerating during the Covid-19 crisis.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In this volatile world, efficient procurement led by a CFO is not the answer. The company needs to focus on the design of flows, building outside-in processes, creating an effective supplier development group, reducing complexity, and driving bi-directional orchestration to a balanced scorecard. What is the issue?

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QAD

MARCH 9, 2023

Automotive and industrial product companies were among the hardest hit. When manufacturers planned for 2022, they did not foresee that energy prices would skyrocket by 40% in Europe and 23% in the US and that inflation would run at 8-10%, depending on the region.” Some businesses may even be forced to operate at a loss.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 28, 2020

In many cases the use of single sourcing, or sole sourcing, Procurement strategies has limited the ability for Supply Chains to access alternate sources of supply and more rapidly support higher than normal demand levels. Further the Procurement team only needs to deal with one supplier in managing that particular supply line.

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Resilinc

APRIL 30, 2024

Learn more about the most significant extreme weather and climate-related risks procurement professionals should pay attention to in 2024: How Will Climate Change Impact Supply Chains in 2024? 3 Higher freight rates Hurricanes can reduce truck capacity as carriers divert resources to aid relief efforts.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

With the digitization of the source-to-pay process being a key initiative for many chief procurement officers, to the inherent automation which promises to accelerate innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI), digitization is growing. However, it is fundamental to empowering procurement success in the modern age.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 20, 2023

While that may be attractive to prospective Tesla customers, it does not resonate with Wall Street when price cutting does not result in added volume and profitability. Reportedly, Tesla is expected to cut vehicle pricing again in the current quarter to meet its committed annual vehicle delivery goal.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Paul Dittmann , Executive Director of the Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee Improving operational efficiency in the global supply chain is a complex undertaking, and requires a documented, multi-year strategy instead of knee jerk reactions, and programs of the month. But, it can be overdone.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 18, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights reports that Rivian Automotive fell short of its 2022 vehicle production goal and that several top executives have departed the company, including the company’s purchasing head. The EV auto maker’s original commitment at the start of 2022 was to produce 50,000 vehicles, but that was cut at mid-year.

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Resilinc

JULY 26, 2022

On the other hand, the continuing challenges with semiconductor supplies has been good for Samsung, TSMC, and other major chip players who are leveraging their positions to support pricing and expand their presence in key areas of the semiconductor value chain. And tech firms are getting into the automotive industry.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Natural rubber comes from a milky white latex substance released as the bark of rubber trees is peeled back, tapped or otherwise cut. The largest use of rubber is for tires and tubes, making the Automotive industry the dominant consumer of rubber. They expect that when they want tires, for instance, tires will appear on demand.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

7 KPIs Your Procurement Team May Be Ignoring! The Escort joined its fellow junk metal comrades in an automotive-parts junkyard a few miles away from my childhood home. Initiatives are being put in place to make these statements a reality, but are these organizations agile enough to shift strategies, process and operations — for real?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

The automotive industries–with the poorest capabilities to plan and manage suppliers–will suffer the most. In the sector, the bullwhip impact is high, the inflationary pressures of crude oil prices immense, the variability from energy outages painful, and inventories relatively low. The cycle is just beginning. Conclusion.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 11, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights Rivian Automotive’s reported operational performance in the latest quarter, but at the same time continued challenges in the months to come. The company’s original commitment at the start of 2022 was to produce 50,000 vehicles, but that was cut at mid-year. billion as compared to $4.7

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Further, increased price hikes for products to buffer the effects of high supply-chain driven inflation levels remain as part of C-level playbooks. The implication being that supply chain strategy is to be a fabric and a voice to overall business strategy moving forward and no longer viewed singularly as a cost function.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

This prediction pointed to three specific industry sectors, namely automotive, alternative energy including solar, wind, and battery, high tech including semiconductor production, transitioning to three spheres of global regionalization over a five year horizon. The data is quite extensive in terms of scope and activity levels.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

As the calendar now moves to the second half of 2022, it is important to focus on rapidly changing developments including a marked escalation in geopolitical tensions that impact global supply chain strategies. Restoring More Direct Control in Materials Sourcing. Geo-Political and Hybrid Government Policy Dimensions.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 28, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog call reader attention to a published report indicating the number two global auto maker Volkswagen is repositioning it global supply network sourcing strategies. A cited quote from Murat Aksel, VW’s Procurement Chief , is a testament: “ We still want competitive prices, but my priority is securing supply.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The automotive industries–with the poorest capabilities to plan and manage suppliers–will suffer the most. In the sector, the bullwhip impact is high, the inflationary pressures of crude oil prices immense, the variability from energy outages painful, and inventories relatively low. The cycle is just beginning.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 30, 2019

Optimization initiatives reduced over-the-road truckload demand. Shippers leveraged optimization strategies such as converting truckload shipments to intermodal, using specialized equipment to increase weight/cube capacity, increase their use of dedicated fleet capacity and more, to reduce demand for over-the-road capacity.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 5, 2023

Added Perspectives As our prior Supply Chain Matters commentaries related to Tesla have indicated, production, product development and supply chain strategy must be aligned with a company’s overall market growth and business strategy objectives.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 16, 2022

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell indicated in a press briefing that the Fed ’s action was necessary given the ongoing increase in price inflation within the U.S. Neither is reducing the quality or variety of products wise. The announcement was billed as the most aggressive U.S. interest rate hike since 1994.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2022

Both Business Network CNBC and The Wall Street Journal , cited data from Cox Automotive indicating that sales of new vehicles in the U.S. Elevated transportation and logistics costs and longer transit times have impacted profitability, despite ongoing price increases imposed on products. billion to $1.9

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EcoVadis

OCTOBER 12, 2016

When companies collude to fix prices, allocate markets, and manipulate bidding processes, stakeholders lose. End consumers and everyone in the downstream distribution chain are exposed not only to higher consumer prices, but unsafe products: safer and cheaper goods can’t compete and are sidelined in the market.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Manufacturing/Auto/Industrials – Raw material and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) supplier networks, along with factory outputs tied to industrial equipment, automotive products, and consumer goods. And, accordingly, each industry procures and manages capacity differently to navigate these challenges and drive positive outcomes.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 2, 2022

Various reports of financial performance among bellwether CPG companies would indicate that while ongoing price increases related to products are fueling healthy sales growth, warning signs of financially stressed consumers are evidenced. percent in the first half of 2022, reportedly driven by price growth of 6.5 Online Retail.

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ivalua

MARCH 18, 2021

The Belgium-based automotive supplier, specialising in sustainable and affordable propulsion system solutions, deployed Ivalua’s platform in September 2020 for the sourcing of components for the DT2 program, within the company’s Joint Venture operations: Punch Powertrain PSA e-transmissions.

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HICX Solutions

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The discussion focused on key findings from our recent Voice of the Supplier Survey and reactions to the results from an industry-insider perspective and a supplier point of view.

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