Tompkins Blog

APRIL 15, 2014

RALEIGH, NC, April 15, 2014 — Is it important to connect your supply chain strategy with your business strategy? From a global view, survey participants from North America believe their supply chains are of greater value to their companies than do the rest of the world. LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/tompkins-international.

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Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Strategy 46

NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

And the fundamental issue is about TIME as a foundational concept for running a company. My first Monday in, I asked for a full report of all our supply chain metrics, and my analyst told me he could get it to me by Friday. Practices: The Supply Chain “Scope of Practice” within your industry and company is defined as what?

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Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design 52

NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 8, 2019

When Gene Richter led the procurement function at IBM (saving billions of dollars and key to turning the company around), the annual report mentioned that ‘even traditionally prosaic functions, such as purchasing, have adopted innovative ideas.’

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 12, 2016

He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh. Marsh is a 110 year old company, with the 3 rd generation of leadership. A lot of companies no longer exist in High Point because of the housing crash. The company grew at an enormous rate of 30-35%, through overtime and labor increases.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Purchasing Skills Negotiating Skills Supply Chain Software 40

NC State SCRC

MAY 11, 2020

For example, companies like Amazon are constructing massive distribution centers outside of major hubs like Atlanta, Raleigh, and Chicago, and are building them with direct access to on-ramps that go onto interstate highways built in the 1950s.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

His insights and presence were most appreciated by everyone, especially given the snowfall we were experiencing in Raleigh last night! To give you an idea of what this is doing, the classic retail metrics, “same store sales” and “sales per square foot”, are no longer being reported by Macy’s department stores.

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Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Software 60

GlobalTranz

JANUARY 31, 2017

iconic places, such as the Route 128 tech corridor around Boston, Massachusetts; Research Triangle Park in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Austin, Texas; Seattle, Washington; and, of course, California’s white-hot Silicon Valley. congressional districts, 50 states, plus the District of Columbia.

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