Talking Logistics

MAY 8, 2013

California, for example, passed the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010 , which went into effect in January 2012. The US State Department estimates that there are 27 million slaves globally. In response, federal and state governments are taking action to drive down the use of slave labor in supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 27, 2021

To demonstrate, one California autonomous vehicle company, TuSimple, tested the efficacy of long-haul driverless vehicles in a recent trek from Nogales, Arizona to Oklahoma City, shaving 10 hours (42%) off of what would otherwise be a 24-hour trip. Keep Your Eyes on the Road.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Headquartered in Oakland, California, Infor Nexus , reportedly, is the developer and operator of the largest cloud supply chain platform of its kind, with over $100 billion in goods managed annually and over 25,000 active trading organizations across all major industries. million daily shipments. Infor Nexus.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 12, 2019

During a fall meeting of the Manufacturers’ Council of the Inland Empire, Gregg Profozich, Director of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies at California Manufacturing Technology Consulting (CMTC), told participants, “Technology is key to survival of manufacturers.”[1] You wouldn’t think encouragement would be required.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The unprecedented cargo logjams off the southern California coast wreaking havoc on supply chains show no signs of waning. Just two days before Thanksgiving, FreightWaves reported an “all-time-high 93 ships” were waiting there.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

But variations exist between regions, e.g., California is at $4.291 as of August 30, 2021, while the Gulf Coast was at the lower end of the spectrum at $3.038. . transportation metrics ?that According to the? Energy Information Agency , U.S. on-highway diesel fuel prices are up $0.898 from the end of August 2020. Focusing on the?

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 23, 2017

Consumer Convenience” will become a new supply chain metric (more on that idea in a future post). I would also add Engines-and-Tires (i.e., transportation assets) to the equation. From that perspective, Amazon has been a brick-and-mortar company for a long time already.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Therefore, the challenge to establish ranking method is to find more economical data source and unbiased metric. Stanford University, Northwestern University, University of California, Berkley and Indiana University are usually ranked in top MBA programs (Tier 1) by US News College Ranking.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

While progress was indicated against key business performance metrics, investors prompted a reported 25 percent decline in the company’s stock value. Rivian Automotive Last week, Rivian Automotive reported on the fourth quarter and full year financial performance that disappointed company investors.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 29, 2020

Therefore, the challenge to establish the ranking method is to find a more economical data source and the unbiased metrics. Anyway, the access to this database costs an arm and a leg. Ranking of Supply Chain Books We're sure some of you've been using Google Scholar to find related publications.

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Stord

APRIL 7, 2019

In California, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach released a clean trucks assessment, the next step in their public plan to establish zero-emissions trucking at their facilities by 2035. This move by Macy’s reflects how many retailers are prioritizing their supply chains more than they have in the past. This number fell by 5.4%

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

On September 19, Exalos AG, headquartered in Switzerland, announced its sale to California-based Indie Semiconductor. Broadcom, one of the world’s largest semiconductor companies by revenue, can now accelerate its adoption of cloud technologies to fund research and development. There have also been numerous business sales in 2023 so far.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 18, 2017

For companies operating at lower levels of S&OP maturity, the process is often siloed by department or business unit, with locally optimized or department-specific metrics. Metrics: are you focused on departmental objectives or organization-wide objectives? 12, from 12 – 5 pm at the KPMG Orange County office in Irvine, California.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 18, 2017

For companies operating at lower levels of S&OP maturity, the process is often siloed by department or business unit, with locally optimized or department-specific metrics. Metrics: are you focused on departmental objectives or organization-wide objectives? 12, from 12 – 5 pm at the KPMG Orange County office in Irvine, California.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 19, 2015

My travels this week took me to California and Boston. Supply Chain Metrics That Matter has been selling briskly on Amazon, and we are actively working on the program for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 9th and 10th, 2015.The Today is a rainy day in Philadelphia. I am recovering from bronchitis.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 13, 2022

For instance, California is one of the worst places to buy a new car, and the taxes alone can shoot up into the thousands. The major metrics that make up the cost are the make and model of the vehicle, and the economic conditions when you’re buying your insurance. Insurance rates vary between different states.

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4WL Consulting

MAY 4, 2020

Based in Silicon Valley, they’re fully scaled in California but have operations in China and South Korea, giving Cliff an up-close perspective on offshore manufacturing, supply chain, and more. Most recently, Cliff has developed C3Nano into an international leader in its industry with manufacturing locations in California, Korea, and China.

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4WL Consulting

MAY 4, 2020

Based in Silicon Valley, they’re fully scaled in California but have operations in China and South Korea, giving Cliff an up-close perspective on offshore manufacturing, supply chain, and more. Most recently, Cliff has developed C3Nano into an international leader in its industry with manufacturing locations in California, Korea, and China.

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Unleashed

MAY 22, 2022

“The US is a massive market, and as a business, they’re going to want to separate out so that we’ve got more localised supply perhaps in the north-east of the US, perhaps on the west coast in California, perhaps down towards Florida. And making sure that we’ve got the ability to scale – both in terms of the materials, and in systems.”

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USC Consulting Group

AUGUST 11, 2020

According to the piece published in North Carolina State University journal BioResources, the growth in demand for pulp and paperboard thus far in 2020 has been unprecedented, with production topping 419 million metric tons and consumption reaching over 423 million metric tons worldwide.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

performance-based metrics. These include the policing of conflict minerals (Dodd-Frank), forced labor (Australian and UK modern slavery acts, and California Transparency in Supply Chains Act), and food safety (U.S. Transparency milestones include: codes of conduct. standards and certifications. traceability; and. full disclosure.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The event was sponsored by Coupa, one of the leading providers of software, and several of the Coupa executives from the Houston area and from California were present. The event was well attended, with over 40 executives present.

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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. Supply Chain Matters provides initial highlights and commentary related to supply chain planning tech provider Kinaxis’s annual 2022 customer conference.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Inventors from San Jose, California have been issued more patents than any other city on our list despite having a population less than 1/8th the size of New York’s. Joining San Jose in the top five are two more staples of the California tech industry, San Francisco and San Diego. patents issued per 100,000 people that live there.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

I was in the Alabama National Guard and the California National Guard. At one of the contracts, I was in charge of all the logistical support for a military base in California. SCN: What branch of the military did you serve? RT: I served in the U.S. Army for almost 10 years and did part active duty and part National Guard.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

I was in the Alabama National Guard and the California National Guard. At one of the contracts, I was in charge of all the logistical support for a military base in California. SCN: What branch of the military did you serve? RT: I served in the U.S. Army for almost 10 years and did part active duty and part National Guard.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Gulf Coast export PVC prices were assessed at $1,900 a metric tonne for the week of Sept. Many tree crops in California have been impacted including almonds, peaches, citrus, avocados, and other fruits and nuts, and California’s agricultural heartland is projected to lose more than a 10 th of its acreage by 2040.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2019

More stringent customer delivery requirements is certainly one factor, with On-Time In-Full (OTIF) becoming a more critical metric. I highlighted how Walmart is bringing operations at two California warehouses, which it had outsourced to Schneider Logistics for the past 13 years, back in-house. What’s driving this demand?

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

In fact, the concept of a spreadsheet on a computer goes back to 1961, when Professor Richard Mattessich, from the University of California at Berkeley, pioneered the development of computerized spreadsheets for use solely in business accounting. They helped launch the personal computer, or PC, as a viable business tool.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Amazon FBA sometimes falls short in this crucial metric. Amazon has some Rise ‘N Shine coffeemakers with the same SKU in a warehouse in Northern California. In the name of efficiency, Amazon ships a Rise ‘N Shine coffeemaker from its California fulfillment center to Zelda in Eugene, but Bob in Florida gets credit for the sale.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2023

according to the report, which was released Thursday by the Environment California Research & Policy Center and the Frontier Group. terawatt-hours of solar electricity annually — with the greatest potential in California, Florida, Illinois, Texas and Georgia, per the report. Generating the full 185.6 Generating the full 185.6

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Requis

MARCH 23, 2021

For example, where I live, in Marin County, California, there is now a regulation concerning embodied carbon for cement used in commercial buildings. And elsewhere in California they have a policy on the embodied carbon present in steel from extraction to production. This is helping to push sustainable practices globally.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Founded in 1988 in Milpitas, California, SanDisk is publicly traded on NASDAQ with 8,600 employees globally, and market capitalization in 2015 over $13B. Lora wrote the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. in Net Cash on Hand.

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Locus

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Piyush’s first job was at Cadence, an enterprise based out of San Jose in California. Once you get the momentum running, you want to close each and every deal but they are not efficient in terms of their metrics, profitability, acquisition and maintenance cost. His first and second jobs have validated this feeling.

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West Coast and California Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The article details the current industrial real estate landscape, with a variety of graphs charting industry metrics like available space, industrial leasing activity, and retailer inventory-to-sales ratios. According to the Wall Street Journal , the amount of available warehouse space remains historically tight.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 13, 2021

As of the end of October, and according to CNBC , “ some 77 ships are waiting outside docks in Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, carrying $24 billion worth of goods looking to find their way into the American ecosystem, according to Goldman Sachs.” Hold carriers account for service performance. Develop informative guides based on data.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

What are the metrics used to measure performance is part of the contract terms, especially around on-time service commitments. Particularly on new product introductions, we needed to be very careful on being able to deploy a product roll-out simultaneously across the entire country, in California, New York Chicago, etc.

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