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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Wall Street Journal Headline on Retailers Using Containers to Store Excess Inventories. Definition of Form and Function of Inventory: Source Supply Chain Insights. For example, the North American Council of Supply Chain Executives (NASCES22) in Chicago next week builds off of the Rolodex of Daniel Myers. My take away?

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Labor Strike Targeting Three U.S. Automakers- Update Four

Supply Chain Matters

Last Friday the labor union elected to target the Ford Motor assembly plant in Chicago that assembles the Ford Explorer SUV , and a General Motors final assembly plant in Lansing Michigan that assembles the Chevrolet Traverse SUV. Both facilities included an added 7,000 workers. That stated, senior executives among the three U.S.

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Retailers receiving inventories any which way they can

Cathy Roberson

Expanding and shifting sourcing Earlier this year, a number of retailers told analysts that they had expanded their sourcing partners to diversify inventories and mitigate risks. Floor & Decor is one of the latest retailers to diversify its countries of origin by moving a large portion of sourcing out of China.

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Interview: Get ready for Supply Chain Outlook conference!

Supply Chain View from the Field

The Supply Chain Management Review, one of the leading practitioner journals in the field of supply chain, is hosting their first ever conference in November at the Rosemount Hilton at O’Hare Airport in Chicago. I look forward to hearing what my former colleague from Michigan State, Steve Melnyk, is up to these days!

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Strategies for Managing Stress in the Workplace: Advice From 30 Experts Across the Globe

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Image source: APA. For example, as of March 2022, 81% of Americans say the supply chain is a significant source of stress. Image source. Image source: APA. The following experts share eight sources of stress at work. And plenty of us are feeling that stress at work. In…and out…there you go!)

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Future of Procurement Study Available

Supply Chain View from the Field

The Comptroller of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad wrote the first book exclusively about the purchasing function, The Handling of Railway Supplies—Their Purchase and Disposition , in 1887. Fearon, “History of Purchasing,” Journal of Purchasing (February 1968): 44. [ii]

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech June 28 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The Wall Street Journal reported last week that global retailer Walmart has developed a capability to be able to switch seamlessly between Cloud computing platforms and its own application servers, offering a roadmap to other organizations: “ that want to reduce their dependence on giant technology companies. ”. million daily shipments.