MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 5, 2023

My previous blog post explains why the flexibility of human workers will play a critically important role in the automated workplace of the future. For example, when GM faced chip shortages after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, CEO Dan Akerson used his position on the board of chipmaker Freescale to seek an alternative source of chips. “I

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ToolsGroup

JULY 19, 2023

With the advent of true “single source of truth” inventory visibility , a digital twin is a more feasible goal than ever before. It creates a “single source of truth” by compiling real-time inventory data and insights from across supply, demand, and operations. Get the insights you need. No pesky silos, no lags in information.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

And if most of your production happens in FL, you may choose to divert sourcing to your secondary facility, say in New Jersey, during heavy produce shipping season months to avoid the heightened costs. As the center of the dustbowl during the early 20 th century, Kansas has a long history of agriculture in the United States.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 16, 2023

Rail Regulator Approves Canadian Pacific Acquisition of Kansas City Southern Line Background In 2021, a bidding war regarding the proposed acquisition of Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) involving both Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) and Canadian National Railroad (CN) dominated surface transportation headlines.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This exclusive data comes from EventWatch AI , Resilinc’s 24/7 AI-powered, global event monitoring platform, which collects information and monitors news on 400 different types of disruptions across 104 million global sources. On June 25, around 6,000 workers at Spirit AeroSystems went on strike in Kansas.

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DynaSys

MARCH 10, 2020

The Transvexor Division of mid-market manufacturer Superior Thermodynamics (ST) sources twelve key components from a mix of suppliers in the region. How many onshore suppliers are available, and how much sourcing can and should be brought to domestic sources? How to plan for this? Distribution Planning.

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Cognira

APRIL 1, 2019

Want to know whether a discount with a recipe sent to Jasmine’s mobile account will inspire her to buy that lemon-infused Tunisian olive oil when she walks into your Kansas City store the second week in July – if July 4th falls on a Wednesday – and it’s raining, but just a little bit? Divining too many details.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In a June 2021 Harvard Business Review article and in this blog , Resilinc CEO Bindiya Vakil and her co-authors Tom Linton and Dale Rogers argued that more robust and sophisticated Pan-American supply networks are critical destinations on the roadmap to drive greater resilience, sustainability and agility in U.S. supply chains.

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