Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 7, 2023

In parallel, workers across Ford Motor’s Canadian production facilities avoided a strike action after a tentative three year labor contract agreement was reached after extended hours of negotiation. From our lens, the disclosure that battery production plants are now part of the negotiations is a positive sign.

Negotiating Skills 59

Negotiating Skills Buyer Training Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 59

NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Real-Time Data will also be key in managing risk and disruption, given what was a particularly horrific hurricane season this year. Supplier driven innovation was also a major theme at the Procurement Leaders meeting in Miami this spring. This is how innovation ultimately occurs.

Predictive Analytics Software 72

Predictive Analytics Software Predictive Analytics Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 72

Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In this third Supply Chain Matters reader update, we highlight the ongoing supply chain and manufacturing implications of the labor strike involving the three U.S. big three automakers with implications to their supply networks vs. prior strategies in targeting just one. unionized auto companies.

Negotiating Skills 64

Negotiating Skills Expense Reduction Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 64