Stord
MAY 2, 2022
Manufacturing and shipping–already handicapped by worker shortages–weren’t able to keep up with new demand. That resulted in bottlenecks, such as the record backlogs at the port of Los Angeles, where container ships waited for weeks to offload cargo. If all your inventory is in my building in St. Louis and St.
Operations and Supply Chain Management
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
With global cargo lanes clogged, businesses are turning to new ways to deliver goods. Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. The former wartime airbase handled a record 1,655 international cargo arrivals in 2021, a 73% jump from 2019, and overall tonnage rose 18%. We had a good cargo business before the pandemic.
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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog
AUGUST 1, 2022
Supply planners routinely plan purchasing, manufacturing, and outbound shipments based on detailed parameters relating to inventory levels, purchasing lead times, and manufacturing capacity. Source: Data from the Federal Reserve Board of St. Costs have increased about 60% since before the pandemic.
Kanban Logistics
MAY 19, 2023
The burgeoning manufacturing and logistics hub of Rocky Mount, NC has received another rail-related boost. The rail terminal offers direct connections to major Midwest hubs like Chicago and St. It enables cargo to reach the Midwest in five to seven days. million tons of cargo moving through it in fiscal year 2022.
Operations and Supply Chain Management
APRIL 24, 2015
10: Taylorism: In the late 1800s, the great Frederick Taylor takes the first scientific approach to manufacturing. Taylor’s ideas were simply seminal – and often controversial – and dramatically influenced the practice of manufacturing over the next few decades and even to this very day.
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