Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

The entire supply chain industry was caught flat-footed by the seismic disruptions wrought by the pandemic. It was precisely the industry’s inability to make real-time decisions (based on real-time data) that was at the root of depleted store shelves, clogged ports and warehouses overflowing with excess inventory.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a blog and infographic from The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP). manufacturers to help the>m create and retain jobs, increase profits, and save time and money. Alexander Hamilton: The First Government Expert & Champion on Manufacturing.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Now the strike covers 21 states and 41 distribution centers, including two new, crucial plants: Ford’s Chicago assembly plant and GM’s Lancing Delta Township plant. The Chicago assembly plant is Ford’s largest and oldest plant , opened in 1924. Small Businesses Feel the Effects of the UAW Strike There are 4.8

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 6, 2021

Varda Space Industries secures $42m for off-planet manufacturing. FDA grants industry 30-day extension to comment on track and trace guidance. ” Delays in manufacturing and distribution can have a ripple effect that can cause larger delays further down the supply chain. Amazon’s Whole Foods to add delivery charges.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 20, 2015

Approximately 60 percent of today's unfilled manufacturing jobs are due to a shortage of applicants with sufficient proficiency in science, technology, engineering, and math ( STEM ) skills. IMPO Executive Editor, Anna Wells provides insights into the complicated issue in her article “Why The Manufacturing Skills Gap Is Serious”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

The supply chain industry is on a years-long digital transformation journey, and one of the key objectives that industry leaders almost universally aim to achieve is true end-to-end (E2E) visibility across their complex global networks of suppliers, partners and customers. He lives in Chicago. It’s the right goal.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

ProMat 2023 is being held this week, March 202 -23 in Chicago. McCormick Place North Entering the grand concourse and riding the escalator up one floor, we will take a left hand turn into the North Hall, home to the North Manufacturing and Assembly Solution Center and the Robotics and Automation Solution Center. First stop, Manhattan.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The supply ecosystem connects over 630,000 manufacturers and suppliers. FourKites is a private company headquartered in Chicago in the US. project44 is a private company headquartered in Chicago. Over 12 billion transactions per year occurred on the network.

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Kinaxis

JULY 18, 2018

Since 2012, The Manufacturing Institute has celebrated women in manufacturing with its STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) Ahead Awards, which recognize women in manufacturing who exemplify leadership within their companies. consumer and industrial products leader for Deloitte and Touche.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

So I am incredibly excited to announce that beginning today, futures for six lanes of the Freightos Baltic Index are available for trading on the CME ( Chicago Mercantile Exchange ), the world’s largest derivatives exchange, for the trading of futures contracts, which can be used for hedging. But seriously, what does it mean? Zooming out.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Business continuity continues to be a risk for many retailers and manufacturers. Definition of groupthink A pattern of thought characterized by self-deception, forced manufacture of consent, and conformity to group values and ethics Wikipedia. Event Companies Are the Nemesis of the Industry. My take away?

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2024

Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chicago , Sphera is a portfolio company of Blackstone , a U.S.-based This SaaS software provider has a noted 7,000 customer with a vertical industry presence spanning chemicals and life science , government , manufacturing and metals and mining industry sectors.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

This year, Fabtech was at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL from November 6th through the 9th. In this video we talk to: Sturdell Industries - Booth: C41006 - [link]. The event covered more than 750,000 net square feet and hosted over 50,000 attendees and 1,700 exhibiting companies. Weldobot Technologies Inc - Booth: C41236 - [link].

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Every day has felt like a major squall, from natural disasters closing down manufacturing facilities and ports, to container shortages and labor issues, to rising costs and the ongoing pandemic. Factor in big-picture industry changes. Scenario planning should take into account significant changes to the industry landscape.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 31, 2014

Manufacturing teams used to manage the supply chain group. Today, in most organizations, the supply chain team manages manufacturing. The irony is that fewer and fewer people within the supply chain team understand manufacturing. Instead, many of these teams just accept manufacturing strategy as a constant.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2019

As an industry analyst in the supply chain planning market for fifteen years, this month, I will publish my tenth report on S&OP. Manufacturing companies are statistically less satisfied with their S&OP processes in 2019 than they were in 2016 at a 90% confidence level. The Preamble. The Research. . Businesses are complex.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 26, 2023

Dez played in the NFL for 12 years, 8 years with the Chicago Bears – hence the company name. About Desmond (Dez) Clark Desmond Clark is a multi-talented individual with a diverse range of experiences. Desmond is also the former President of the Chicago Chapter of the NFL Alumni Association.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 9, 2018

With the advent of the fourth industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0, Research by Deloitte and the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) shows that many companies are aware of these benefits and the value they can provide. million manufacturing jobs will need to be filled in the next decade.

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Freight Plus

AUGUST 10, 2021

Volumes remain high and with import volumes remaining elevated and domestic manufacturing continuing it’s bull run, there’s no foreseeable light at the end of the tunnel in 2021. The UP stopped moving containers for a week in SoCal for boxes moving to Chicago. The acquisition comes at a time of accelerated transformation in logistics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

In my work with manufacturing companies recently, I am thinking a lot about the need for diagnostic testing. Understand Industry Performance. Build an industry peer group and gain insights on major trends. The average for the industry was 7% profit margin and 5.20 The result was an endless list of possibilities.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 30, 2019

But what does that mean for industry employment? To gain some insight into how today’s industry professionals view the potential impact of warehouse robots on industry employment, we reached out to a panel of warehouse and automation experts and asked them to answer this question: “What’s your take on warehouse robots?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

“The idea of the value chain is based on the process view of organizations, the idea of seeing a manufacturing (or service) organisation as a system, made up of subsystems each with inputs, transformation processes and outputs. ” Institute for Manufacturing, 2013. __. Tonight, I am stranded in a hotel in Chicago.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

An extreme example of this is a ride from Chicago to Colesburg, Tennessee taking 18 days, 13 hours, and 57 minutes! Over the years, I have partnered with a number of customers across a variety of industries as part of their supply chain planning transformation journey.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 28, 2023

The following are the insights gained from the recently held ProMat 2023 event and my discussion with Ann Marie Jonkman , who leads Blue Yonder’s 3PL Industry Strategy. ProMat is an Important Indicator We spent an amazing four days at ProMat 2023 in Chicago last week, with a record breaking 50,000+ attendees and more than 1,000 exhibitors.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Industry pundits were quick to seek reasons for the slowing of activity. “It Analysts point to the steep decline in orders for new transportation equipment as evidence that manufacturers are seeing weakness. The consensus opinion of the most recent Institute for Supply Management (ISM) report is that it reveals weakness in U.S.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

I presented at Supply Chain Outlook 2015, an event hosted by the Supply Chain Management Review in Chicago on Monday morning. She pointed out that much of the re-shoring will not be the same industries. But the trend is definitely going in the direction of manufacturing moving back locally to America.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The number one question that I am asked today by manufacturers across all industries is “How can I improve customer service?” A common issue in financially-driven companies is the heavy utilization of manufacturing assets past reasonable limits throwing the supply chain out of balance. Background. 4 Maximize Buffers.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The findings in the report mirror what we wrote about in January in regards to how emerging technology will forever impact the manufacturing and logistics space. Key findings included: 40%+ of manufacturers and retailers expect their logistics providers to have some understanding of driverless vehicles.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2021

Previously, some Prime members could get Amazon Fresh orders and Whole Foods deliveries dropped off in their garage, but only if they lived in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle. Apple’s Advanced Manufacturing Fund is financing the project. And these retailers could certainly use some help.

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

the industrial AI supply chain pioneer, today announced that it has entered into a technology partnership with project44 , the global leader in supply chain visibility, to unlock supply chain profitability amid disruptions and global port congestion. PALO ALTO, CA, November 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — ThroughPut Inc. , Learn more at project44.com.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Over the years, there’s been a lot of commentary (discussion, debate) about the driver shortage in the trucking industry — whether it really exists or if it’s just a ruse by carriers to negotiate higher rates. Yet the American Trucking Associations estimate that the industry is short of 35,000 to 40,000 drivers.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Next week, I’ll be speaking at the Ryder Innovate Forum in Chicago and the Elemica reveal 2014 conference in Frankfurt. UPS said…that nearly 300 outlets, including dry cleaners, convenience stores and pharmacies, in New York and Chicago would serve as access or pickup points. Life is good in freight transportation.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 26, 2015

If you want to stay ahead of the competition, it’s not just a question of reading industry newsletters. Conferences and expos are a chance for you to hear from the industry’s top players, and most importantly, build relationships with other freight shipping professionals. 7 of the Best Freight Shipping Events to Attend in 2015.

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All Things Supply Chain

AUGUST 1, 2016

As part of the Supply Chain Tech Show in Chicago I had the opportunity to sit down for a brief interview with Professor Erick C. Jones focuses on industrial, manufacturing and systems engineering … Continue reading → Jones of the University of Texas, Arlington.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 3, 2019

Dad worked with a regional pool distributor who ordered candy from all the different manufacturers, like Brach's, and supplied the jobbers in his territory. As recently as the 1980s, however, candy shipments were generally small, with hundreds of manufacturers. It's a complicated business, but I picked up some pointers along the way.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 17, 2022

Added Manufacturing Disruption in China. Last week after a series of manufacturing and product design flaws impacted the deliveries of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner wide-body aircraft since 2020, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cleared the way to resume airline deliveries of previously ordered aircraft.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 16, 2023

The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Salim Shaikh , who leads Blue Yonder’s Automotive Industry Strategy, and James Peck , VP of Supply Chain Execution Presales, during a recent Blue Yonder Live and from webinars and automotive events that we prepared for.

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