Talking Logistics

MAY 8, 2013

Coincidentally, at the Ariba LIVE 2013 conference yesterday, I attended a presentation by Justin Dillon, Founder and CEO of Made in a Free World , a nonprofit group that is “building a coalition of consumers, businesses, and governments to disrupt the system of slavery.” Tweet The post How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain?

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The ability to ramp up and sustain manufacturing output is a further challenge in order to generate needed cash to sustain operations. In March of 2023, Supply Chain Matters highlighted a report indicating a manufacturing reorganization with Rivian. Net loss was reported as $2.8 billion in 2023 compared with a $2.6

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USC Consulting Group

DECEMBER 3, 2019

They happen every year in California and throughout much of the Pacific Northwest: wildfires. “For the ninth consecutive year, California experienced the highest number of power failures.” ” For the ninth consecutive year, California experienced the highest number of power failures.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 11, 2022

Supply chain concurrent planning technology provider Kinaxis conducted its annual Kinexions ‘22 customer conference in San Diego , California this week. Customer Presentations. As with prior Kinexions, this year provided yet another collection of interesting and insightful customer presentations.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 29, 2023

”[6] Recent events in Hawaii and California should be evidence enough that climate change is having an impact. … Aside from changing the physical elements of ports and infrastructure to protect against impending climate change, manufacturers can shift their own strategies to adapt.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Highlights from the High-Tech Industry Summit Blue Yonder’s High-Tech Industry Summit, cosponsored by Microsoft and Ernst & Young LLP , brought together over 50 supply chain practitioners from 18 diverse high-tech companies to Microsoft’s Technology Center in Mountain View, California, in October.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 18, 2018

For example, we heard from a California-based test and measurement equipment manufacturer about how wildfires destroyed their facilities, how they and their community banded together to help each other get through those times, and how RapidResponse helped the business get back to keeping its customer commitments quickly.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 11, 2015

And Whirlpool’s supply chain embodies its brand value of innovation with Six Sigma accuracy and cutting-edge manufacturing processes. The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act went into effect in 2012, applying to all retailers and manufacturers with annual global revenues of more than $100m doing business in California.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Our personal observation is that scholarly articles cite books because most books present building block concept in supply chain management and citations usually appear in the literature review section. Anyway, how often scholarly articles cite top supply chain management books?

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 29, 2020

Our personal observation is that scholarly articles cite SCM books because most books present building block concepts and citations usually appear in the literature review section. Obsolete and out-of-print books are not included. Editor's decision is used to finalize the list of the best books. - The links below are #paid links.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Spinnaker Management Group asked me to co-present on a demand-driven webinar with SanDisk. SanDisk Corporation designs, develops and manufactures flash memory storage devices and software. The company is the third-largest manufacturer of flash memory in the world. So, why did I ask SanDisk to present? What do you think?

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

The highest price for shipping any one unit (on a 50″ TV manufactured in Taiwan) was estimated at $20. Shipping a 20′ container from Shenzhen, China, to Long Beach, California, costs about $1,700. Click to zoom on any item or view the entire catalog front page here. Let’s put that into prospective.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Resource: Gantt Project Analyze and Present Information 19. Studying about lean manufacturing and can't find free VSM software? Nail your presentation using Prezi Use Prezi if you don't want to face with "Death by PowerPoint". Jazz up your presentation using zoom presentation like Prezi is the good way to wow your classmate.

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Elementum

MAY 23, 2018

Many companies have in place zero-tolerance policies , which ban the use of overseas manufacturers that skirt labor laws. Between April and July of 2016, the Department of Labor reported wage violations at 85 percent of 77 independent factories operating in Southern California.

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Unleashed

MAY 22, 2022

As Ben Vear puts it: “Business is keeping up with category growth, and category growth keeping up with manufacturing bases? Dairy alternatives haven’t, so they’ve outgrown the capacity globally of manufacturers.” A cautionary tale is provided by the dairy alternative category. The lesson? Three Spirits’ solution?

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Elementum

MAY 23, 2018

Many companies have in place zero-tolerance policies , which ban the use of overseas manufacturers that skirt labor laws. Between April and July of 2016, the Department of Labor reported wage violations at 85 percent of 77 independent factories operating in Southern California.

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Requis

MARCH 23, 2021

The energy business presented the best opportunities so that is where I headed after school. This presents a competitive advantage for a company. Methane, for example, is another greenhouse gas but it’s not present in every process the way carbon is. I’m an engineer by training. And this is a significant amount.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 26, 2023

Viewers gain understanding of the art of negotiation and its function in resolving complicated problems while maintaining lives and relationships through the hard negotiations presented in the film. A Hijacking (2013) The plot revolves around the hijacking and subsequent attempted release of a Danish cargo vessel and its crew.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The work of these inventors has shaped the present state of many of the industries QAD’s customers and partners operate in, and we anticipate that trend continuing far into the future. Joining San Jose in the top five are two more staples of the California tech industry, San Francisco and San Diego.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

As a result of shifting manufacturing networks across the world, distribution networks will change substantially in the next few years. Reporting regulations in Europe such as CSRD and the US (California) are now in place, so companies will have to hurry to catchup and be ready to report accurate figures in the very near future.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Dixon Valve & Coupling Company, LLC, Dyehard Fan Supply, LLC, Husqvarna AB, John Paul Richard, Rhone Apparel, Spanx, Stony Apparel Corp, The Echo Design Group, Topson Downs of California, Inc., Color Image Apparel, Inc., Diversey, Inc., Huhtamaki, Inc.,

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RFgen

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Three companies share how they fixed problem areas with SAP barcode software: Schwing America, Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua and a California Utility Company. For some, cost considerations, complexity and accessibility present barriers. Schwing America manufactures concrete construction equipment. Read the Full MRO Use Case ».

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BlueYonder

APRIL 15, 2015

Brian Warsa, the Avnet employee volunteer managing this year’s JDA Supply Chain Challenge says the competition presents real-world manufacturing scenarios that participants have to solve using well thought out strategies and engineering principles. This year’s winning team was an interesting collaboration across three universities.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Three companies share how they fixed problem areas with SAP barcode software: Schwing America, Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua and a California Utility Company. For some, cost considerations, complexity and accessibility present barriers. Schwing America manufactures concrete construction equipment. Read the Full MRO Use Case ».

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EcoVadis

APRIL 11, 2012

Regarding regulatory pressure, the last two years alone have presented some major implications for supply chain management: UK Bribery Act : Came into effect on July 1st 2011: Companies can face a major corporate offense, with an unlimited fine, if convicted of bribery that talks place in their supply chain.

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Unleashed

JUNE 7, 2022

Zimba, a manufacturer of teeth whitening products Where? While presenters discuss the products or answer people’s questions, product information comes up on-screen that viewers can click on, add to cart, and purchase. 100% Pure, a natural skincare and beauty products manufacturer Where? 100% Pure Who? Itzy Ritzy Who?

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Freightera

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The award was presented at the Clean50 Summit in Toronto on Sept. Eric Beckwitt was born in California but had to flee with the family in 2003 to save his son, who suffered severe asthma in the Sierra Nevada foothills where the Beckwitt family lived. Over 8,000 manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and retailers in the U.S.

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Bristlecone

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

What do a California-based global Fortune 500 tech company, a Saudi Arabian electrical systems manufacturer, a global medical device company headquartered in New York, an access products manufacturer in Illinois and a global pharmaceutical leader headquartered in Ireland all have in common? Watch NEXT Trucking presentation.

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 9, 2020

And Midwestern manufacturing hubs are potent sources of outbound volume as parts of the industrial economy have restarted following their March downturn. However, same-day or next-day requests are difficult to cover without notification, primarily outbound southern orders and outbound California shipments.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 14, 2013

provides greater flexibility in establishing how the freight is presented to authorized carriers, and the amount of visibility carriers have into the progress of the auction. Highly customizable, FAM 2.0 Authorized carriers may offer capacity for each load based on rates already established or based on shipper-established parameters.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

With more than 100 co-packers specializing in food and beverage products in California alone, how do you find the right partner? Working with a co-packer means you will lose control to a certain degree over your products and how they are manufactured. You also must factor in shipping the products to / from the co-packer.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

With more than 100 co-packers specializing in food and beverage products in California alone, how do you find the right partner? Working with a co-packer means you will lose control to a certain degree over your products and how they are manufactured. You also must factor in shipping the products to / from the co-packer.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

With more than 100 co-packers specializing in food and beverage products in California alone, how do you find the right partner? Working with a co-packer means you will lose control to a certain degree over your products and how they are manufactured. You also must factor in shipping the products to / from the co-packer.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

With more than 100 co-packers specializing in food and beverage products in California alone, how do you find the right partner? Working with a co-packer means you will lose control to a certain degree over your products and how they are manufactured. You also must factor in shipping the products to / from the co-packer.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

With more than 100 co-packers specializing in food and beverage products in California alone, how do you find the right partner? Working with a co-packer means you will lose control to a certain degree over your products and how they are manufactured. You also must factor in shipping the products to / from the co-packer.

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Arena Solutions

AUGUST 17, 2023

This has led me to pursue my master’s degree in human-computer interactions at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Jonathan : I am currently a senior completing my undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley. I eventually changed my major to computer science, and I’ve been loving it ever since!

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QAD

JUNE 22, 2021

MaryAnn Guthrie , VP of Research and Development (Santa Barbara, California). Smita Agarwal , Sr Director in Engineering (Livermore, California). I was always inspired by a colleague in a role which often meant she had little time to research detailed technical material before presenting authoritatively on the topic to a customer.

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