Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In September of 2020, the company hired Jeff Baker to be their Vice President of Procurement and Integrated Supply Chain. Mr. Baker spent over 34 years leading procurement teams at The Dow Chemical Company. Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) is a public cybersecurity company with headquarters in Santa Clara, California.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Raj holds a Master’s degree in computer science from Texas A&M University, an MBA from the University of California Berkeley, and a computational mathematics and statistics degree from the University of Washington. About Uber Freight. Empty miles are about 1.5% of US greenhouse gas emissions. Raj Subbiah. Uber Freight.

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Adexa

JUNE 21, 2023

About Supply & Demand Chain Executive Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the only supply chain publication covering the entire global supply chain, focusing on trucking, warehousing, packaging, procurement, risk management, professional development and more.

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EcoVadis

JANUARY 3, 2012

The Act was originally adopted by the State of California in 2010 and it requires impacted companies to disclose their efforts, if any, to ensure their direct supply chains are free from slave labor and human trafficking. Such modern slavery dilemmas are exactly what the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act aims to elude.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

For instance, the recycling rate in California for cans made from aluminum has fallen to a mere 20% from 91% in 2016 and 73% in 2021. This mismatch in demand and supply as well as decreasing recycling rate over the years has further complicated aluminum can production.

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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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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. . A Possible Stimulus on the Horizon May Increase the Challenge of Procurement Through Peak Season. According to the? Energy Information Agency , U.S.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 26, 2023

Negotiation, a crucial skill in the realms of business and procurement, demands the ability to remain calm, collected, and confident even in the most challenging situations. These films were chosen to inspire and educate both aspiring negotiators and seasoned procurement managers.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

His experience covers the full Logistics spectrum, from raw material procurement to physical distribution and eventually Customer Service and care, with a strong grounding in Quality and Six Sigma. The Green Corridor: Saving Whales in California – A Case Study in Regional Collaboration.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

Today, we have an additional factor with inflation to add to the mix of issues, that changes the requirements for the “buy plan in procurement.” The summer port labor negotiations in southern California ports typically reduce the terminal output by 40-50%. The impact is projected to impact the unloading in July.

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EcoVadis

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Do you hear more and more companies talking about Sustainable Procurement? The “California Transparency Act” is also active since January 2012 and in the UK the UK Bribery Act in 2010. Two weeks ago the DoddFranck Conflict Minerals regulation was finally approved.

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

As factories have struggled to ramp back up (or even open up), obviously the volume of imports to the US is down significantly-especially into California. Given this drop in volume, we’ve seen some carriers increase rates for loads going into California as they are not confident they will be able to secure a load coming out of California.

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

As factories have struggled to ramp back up (or even open up), obviously the volume of imports to the US is down significantly-especially into California. Given this drop in volume, we’ve seen some carriers increase rates for loads going into California as they are not confident they will be able to secure a load coming out of California.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2022

The company has faced sourcing constraints as a result of the war in Ukraine, causing the company to rely on second sourcing capabilities for its mustard procurement. percent in Southern California and top markets experiencing double-digit rental growth, the industrial market continues to be challenging for tenants.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

The supply plan will include the procurement plan for their raw material supplies (Tier 2) needed for their finished goods suppliers (Tier 1). VF is also building a new distribution center in Ontario, California. We will build one demand signal and produce one supply plan,” Mr. Bailey said. There will be no emails or spreadsheets.

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EcoVadis

JUNE 9, 2016

We were glad to have David Burrows, Sustainability Supply Chain Manager of Independent Purchasing Cooperative (IPcoop, the purchasing organization for Subway restaurants) join us at the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Summit on May 25th to talk about their sustainable procurement program, and address this topic.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In his current role, he is accountable for several strategic functions, including corporate engineering; capital and infrastructure strategy; corporate real estate; risk management; operations research and global procurement. Procurement, when embedded into the operating fabric of ESG can add tremendous value. He earned an M.S.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Today, we have an additional factor with inflation to add to the mix of issues, that changes the requirements for the “buy plan in procurement.” The summer port labor negotiations in southern California ports typically reduce the terminal output by 40-50%. The impact is projected to impact the unloading in July.

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EcoVadis

APRIL 11, 2012

When new clients come to us they often have many questions about the right steps to take in order to ensure effective implementation of their sustainable procurement program. Procurement professionals are an extraordinarily busy breed and are especially bogged down with supplier data on cost, quality, delivery, price, etc.

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ProcurePort

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Harris, former university professor at the University of Southern California (USC) first coined the term “category management” it was in relation to retail. Today, however, the term has found widespread use across sectors including the procurement industry and adopted a variety of meanings. When Brian F.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

I was in Houston yesterday evening, speaking to a large group of procurement executives at a roundtable held by KPMG’s Procurement Advisory Group, at the fabulous Brennan’s restaurant on Smith Street. The event was well attended, with over 40 executives present. ”” This is exactly the root cause of the problem.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Wall Street Journal Logistics Report indicated late last week that: “ the backup of container ships off the Southern California coast that was at the heart of the U.S. It is becoming clearer that supply chain procurement and logistics teams elected to route import shipments thru either U.S. West Coast port operators.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 29, 2023

In 2021, Tesla acquitted a former JC Penny distribution center located in Lathrop, California for the initial production of megapacks. Reportedly, the megapack to be produced in Shanghai can store 3.9 MWh of energy. The company’s Sparks, Nevada based gigafactory can also produce megapacks.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 25, 2022

Whether it’s rolling COVID-19 lockdowns in port-heavy provinces or the dozens of ships waiting to offload at the ports in California, there’s not nearly enough capacity to fulfill demand. This blog is co-authored by Redwood Logistics and Blue Yonder. Even as the current driver shortage in the U.S. Automate supply and demand coordination.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 6, 2024

Fisker’s Financial Performance and Subsequent Warning In conjunction with the reporting of 2023 financial performance, California based Fisker announced that the company would lay off upwards of 15 percent of its current staffing, amid cash and ongoing business and supply chain related challenges.

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NC State SCRC

JULY 21, 2022

Another case involved the California Department of Transportation and an investigation that led to a plea agreement for a conspiracy to thwart the competitive bidding process when co-conspirators submitted inflated bids in exchange for kickbacks to a government official.

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Bristlecone

JUNE 23, 2021

The strategic engagement brings together Aera’s Cognitive Operating System and Bristlecone’s expertise in digital supply chain, sourcing and procurement, and business process transformation to help enterprises accelerate their journey toward a highly intelligent, self-driving, self-optimizing supply chain. “In SAN JOSE, Calif.,

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

On a short trip to California I had dinner with the founder. The companies’ histories–both founded in 2000 and in California– have always been tightly woven. The focus was on automating procurement. It depends. Here is my analysis. A Look Back. Is Steelwedge a Tragic Hero of Supply Chain Cloud Technology?

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 10, 2023

Tesla’ s Lathrop, California facility also produces Megapacks , which currently provided an estimated five percent of revenues. Published reports indicated that this new factory would have the capacity to produce 10,000 Megapack batteries annually and be sold and distributed globally.

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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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Procurement Academy

MARCH 14, 2022

A technologist at heart, Sam originally made his name by founding a metadata business in California that provided advanced advertising and media interactivity solutions. Prior to this, he was executive chairman of Sahara Presentation Systems and CEO of EdTech business Impero. He was also previously CEO of Softel, amongst other roles.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2024

Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Cruz, California , SupplyShift has established a supply chain network of over 100,000 suppliers, where buyers and suppliers engage and share information quickly in order to manage risk and facilitate supplier regulatory compliance.

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Elementum

APRIL 5, 2016

Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli also has extensive experience working with supply chains, and he gave me his insights into what links all the most successful procurement teams: Supplier relationships. There’s a strong link between design and procurement. And you thought his name was a mouthful. Driving Supply Chain Solutions.

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West Coast and California Logistics

MAY 26, 2021

As if supply chain professionals don’t have enough on their plate these days, we can now add the procurement of pallets to their list of concerns. A backbone of retail and grocery supply chains, pallets are now both hard to come by and much more expensive than they were prior to the pandemic.

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Requis

MARCH 23, 2021

Sustainability should impact procurement choices, such as favoring lower embodied carbon products over higher embodied carbon products. Safety and quality became key buying factors during procurement. It got to the point where we would make procurement decisions based on safety. You want your suppliers to adopt a common ethos.

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Precoro

APRIL 1, 2024

E-invoicing module as part of a comprehensive software Some procurement software solutions incorporate e-invoicing functionality as part of their broader suite of modules. For private businesses not mandated to utilize structured e-invoice formats, procurement software is the most advantageous choice for managing supplier invoices.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 11, 2023

As we and other business and industry media have noted, there was turnover at the supply chain leadership level in 2022 including the director of procurement. and at corporate headquarters in Irvine, California , and not co-resident and part of daily communications with production operations.

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