Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

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.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 1, 2023

Supply Chain Matters updates readers on actions occurring yesterday as some Amazon workers across multiple facilities walked out to demonstrate grievances with management. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 7, 2023

In this fourth Supply Chain Matters reader update, we highlight this week’s developments related to ongoing UAW labor strike involving the big three U.S. big three automakers with implications to their supply networks vs. prior strategies in targeting just one. auto companies. Both facilities included an added 7,000 workers.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In this third Supply Chain Matters reader update, we highlight the ongoing supply chain and manufacturing implications of the labor strike involving the three U.S. big three automakers with implications to their supply networks vs. prior strategies in targeting just one. unionized auto companies. Stay tuned.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

The purchasing function was such a major contributor to the performance of the organization that the chief purchasing manager had top managerial status. [ii]. Although procurement has certainly evolved from its early roots, it still faces challenges in terms of executive recognition, talent management, and organizational challenges.

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