Boston Metrics Shipping Sourcing 
Talking Logistics
JUNE 30, 2015
In the last decade, many companies, especially those with manufacturing operations, have evolved direct materials sourcing from an administrative function to a strategic procurement process. It is easy to understand why strategy is often set aside to meet immediate needs of getting product shipped out the door.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 26, 2015
It was a cold, crisp winter in Boston. During that winter, I was staying at the Westin in Boston and working remotely. Lora wrote the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. My feet slipped and slid on the ice on the sidewalks.
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Talking Logistics
FEBRUARY 1, 2019
I was hoping for 70F+ weather, but even Florida fell victim to the Polar Vortex, with temperatures only in the 50s (which felt tropical, nonetheless, compared to Chicago and Boston). I woke up at 2:15 am on Wednesday and couldn’t fall back to sleep. I don’t know what I did, but on my way out, I somehow managed to get the duck mad.
QAD
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Joanne: “Abiomed delivered over $1M worth of PPE to local hospitals in the Boston area and we continue that line of communication and support to this day. For example, in some areas where we have a single-source supplier, we’ve had to increase collaboration with that partner and better understand their risk mitigation strategies.
Enterra Insights
MAY 22, 2019
They write, “Manufacturing matters to the United States because it provides high-wage jobs, commercial innovation (the nation’s largest source), a key to trade deficit reduction, and a disproportionately large contribution to environmental sustainability.”[1] And these sensors are producing data at an unprecedented rate.”
6 River Systems
JUNE 29, 2020
“Some companies are starting to invest in creating data-backed profiles of their supplier base so they know where and when to look for second sources. These tools can also rapidly model alternate supply and transportation scenarios, such as rerouting around a port strike or going to an alternate source of supply.”
6 River Systems
JULY 25, 2019
For example, a certain product is ready to be shipped from the manufacturing facility. Some companies are having to retract and tighten up production and inventory levels to ride out the storm, while others are finding innovative work-arounds to get their goods shipped and imported with respect to packaging, labeling and logistics.
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