Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2022

Malcolm McLean, a trucker from North Carolina, was tired of waiting. He had a load full of cotton bales, and while idling away hours at a shipyard watching stevedores load other cargo onto ships he dreamed up containers that transformed global supply chains. The myth of the “perfect plan”.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 25, 2024

Courtney Muller and Joe Lynch discuss reflections on Manifest , the premiere conference that unites the entire eco-system of Fortune 500 global supply chain executives, logistics service providers, innovators and investors at the forefront of logistics tech and supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 11, 2021

It’s graduation season, so the hunt for critical supply chain talent is more vigorous than ever. We may be known for ensuring we can make and move “stuff,” but ultimately supply chains are human. So as you prepare to onboard new supply chain talent, are you ready to answer the questions they will have?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. What is supply chain visibility?

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 5, 2021

Supply chain sustainability is a higher priority than ever. In MIT’s State of Supply Chain Sustainability 2021 , 80% of executives surveyed said the pandemic either had no impact on their commitment or increased it. We must plan, source, make, and deliver differently for supply chain sustainability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 7, 2022

Having an effective supply chain practice has always been a difficult balancing act, even in relatively stable times. The pandemic has exposed flaws in business practices across industries, which have been acutely felt in their supply chain and procurement operations. Gap between supply chain and procurement.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Vaccinating the Supply Chain with Andrew Kelley. Andrew Kelley and Joe Lynch discuss vaccinating the supply chain. Andrew is the Chief Commercial Officer at BoxLock , a company that facilitates secure vaccine transfer for biotechs, manufacturers, labs, hospitals, and clinics. About Andrew Kelley. About BoxLock.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 4, 2023

About Mike Jarrett Mike Jarrett , President, and CEO of Jarrett, founded the company in 1999. Prior to starting the company, Mike spent several years in the supply chain industry where he was Vice President of Carrier Operations for Hudson, Ohio–based Caliber Logistics (now known as FedEx Supply Chain Services).

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 17, 2023

Courtney is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She enjoys gardening and cooking and adores the natural beauty of her island home in North Carolina. Courtney’s creative approaches to growing business are exemplified by her strong leadership and team building skills.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 13, 2021

Supply Chains in VUCA Environments with Jim Tompkins. Jim Tompkins and Joe Lynch talk about Supply Chains in VUCA Environments. Jim is the Founder and Chairman of Tompkins International, a company that helps clients achieve supply chain excellence and profitable growth. About James Tompkins.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In this October 10, 2023 2023 edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Technology we provide our capsule highlights of investments announced by supply chain management focused tech providers. Each relationship adds risks like data security, privacy, and fraud.

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Logility

APRIL 17, 2020

The dramatic spread of COVID-19 has disrupted lives, livelihoods, communities and businesses worldwide and created supply chain heroes across the globe. Here are just a few examples of innovation involving manufacturing and distribution of medical supplies, cleaning products, paper goods, and food & beverage.

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Kanban Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2024

Fortunately, outsourcing warehouse services to a Third-Party Logistics (3PL) provider can offer substantial cost-saving benefits for your company. By leveraging their technological infrastructure, your company can benefit from real-time visibility, accurate inventory tracking, and efficient order fulfillment processes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 10, 2022

One of the most difficult and expensive aspects of the supply chain is last mile and home delivery. However, more and more companies are exploring the use of last mile drones, hoping to bring down the cost of deliveries while improving customer service. Wing is a subsidiary of Alphabet, the holding company for Google and Waymo.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The most recent McKinsey Global Survey on AI shows a 25% increase in use by companies over the prior year, a trend that shows no signs of slowing. Do we even need supply chain planners, or can we turn out the lights and go home, because we now live in a world of autonomous planning? The Changing Supply Chain Landscape.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 15, 2022

He has leadership and P&L responsibility for XPO’s asset-light North American truck brokerage business and complementary brokered services of managed transportation, last mile logistics and global freight forwarding. The corporate headquarters will be in Charlotte, North Carolina. Robinson Worldwide. RXO Profile .

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog features its latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Technology. This column serves as a news capsule of specific developments occurring in the supply chain technology sector. The action is termed an assignment for the benefit of the company’s creditors.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Just last week, my colleague Clint Reiser wrote an article about the top logistics and supply chain conferences to attend in 2024. 5 Supply Chain Predictions for 2023 ; Dr. Madhav Durbha ( Coupa Software ) So much has changed in a year! So, let’s take a look now at the 15 most popular logistics stories of 2023.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 21, 2019

by Ilyas Kucukcay The concept of a drone was not something we gave much thought too just a few years ago—except for the applications of the military-related operations, much less drones in supply chains as product delivery mechanisms. Meet the dazzling drones of the supply chain near future.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 28, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides added information and perspectives related to last week’s natural disaster involving a U.S. Background On July 19, a devastating tornado with reported winds of upwards of 150 miles-per-hour devastated an area in eastern North Carolina. Pfizer drug manufacturing facility. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

This Ferrari Consulting and Research Group advisory brief provides added perspectives on premium personal fitness equipment and services provider Peloton Interactive , the litany of events that have surrounded the company, and some lessons acquired. Supply chain strategy, process, talent and enabling technologies each play important roles.

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Kanban Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In this article, we’ll look at current warehousing trends and tell you why a North Carolina warehouse may make sense for your company. While this new construction may seem exciting to companies looking to expand, the competition for available space is fierce. Support your supply chain with a NC warehouse.

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Kanban Logistics

MAY 13, 2021

In this article, we’ll take a closer look at these Port volumes and how they tie into logistics infrastructure enhancements within North Carolina. Continued North Carolina logistics enhancements. To take advantage of the many logistics benefits North Carolina has to offer, let Kanban Logistics support your operations.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Prior to Gilead, Joydeep spent 10 years at Biogen, in roles of increasing responsibility in the areas of process sciences, manufacturing and supply chain. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for Culture Biosciences, as well on the Advisory Council for NC State University’s Supply Chain research program.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 27, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our March 27, 2023 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news. It further reflects the current wave of tech company layoffs that have been occurring since the start of the year.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 12, 2024

As Supply Chain Matters highlighted in our last update on the ongoing production quality crisis that has now surrounded Boeing , if the U.S. Reportedly, supply contracts involve the wing structures for the Airbus A220 aircraft family that are produced in a facility in Belfast, Ireland. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This week, global automaker Toyota indicated that the company would nearly double its investment in a planned battery production facility being constructed in the state of North Carolina. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 11, 2017

by Melissa Clow This guest post comes to us from Jim Fulcher , Blogger on the Supply Chain Expert Community. Specifically, the companies agreed to establish a joint-venture plant which produces vehicles in the U.S., Toyota will be better positioned to respond to the growing North American market. billion U.S. billion U.S.

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Kanban Logistics

JANUARY 12, 2021

In this article, we’ll look at some of the ways 3PL warehouse companies can help take the warehousing burden off of you and support your company’s growth in 2021 and beyond. How 3PL warehouse companies can support your operations. Or, you can entrust your operation to a 3PL warehouse company.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A recent episode of CBS’s “60 Minutes” ran a segment on some of the issues involved in the current global supply chain crisis — focusing primarily on U.S. For the supply chain to work smoothly, a complex and highly choreographed dance, involving both full and empty shipping containers, must be performed.

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SCM Research

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I spent the last couple of days at North Carolina State University to work on a joint research project with my good friend Robert Handfield. The SCRC’s organizational structure enables projects to be jointly led by SCRC directors and supply chain managers that financially support the SCRC. Handfield, R.,

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Kanban Logistics

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

If you are searching for 3PL order fulfillment companies in North Carolina, or anywhere, you may come up against “minimums.” These minimum requirements can be a non-starter for smaller companies just ramping up their volumes. Do all fulfillment companies have minimums? What is an order volume minimum?

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Resilinc

APRIL 26, 2022

manufacturing of drugs, semiconductors and other critical products, supply chain managers in the life sciences industry continue to pivot from the pandemic to proactively analyzing supply chain risks and evaluating options to develop more resilient supply chains.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Communication is Essential for Supply Chain Leaders I had the pleasure of speaking with Jodie Clarke, Vice President of Procurement at Altria Client Services thisweek. Jodie grew up in Western North Carolina and graduated from Virginia Tech with a Master’ of Science in Crop & Soil Environmental Science.

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BlueYonder

JULY 5, 2023

WISE is a student organization with the primary purpose of promoting the field of supply chain management/logistics. Stephanie: WISE stands for Women Impacting Supply Chain Excellence. Tell us a little bit about how you came to be in the supply chain field. Susan: Can you please share more about WISE?

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Kinaxis

APRIL 13, 2015

by Alexa Cheater We’re delighted to be bringing you a great live discussion on successful supply chain transformation based on Avaya’s first-hand experience. Join us on Thursday, April 30 at 1pm EST (5pm UTC) for “Supply Chain Transformation: Avaya’s Journey.”. VP and Group Director, Supply Chain and Operations.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Once again, the Drucker Institute has put together a list of the “Top 250 Best Managed Companies” , which was highlighted in the Wall Street Journal. For the record, the list of our “Top 10” companies in the supply management innovation category are as follows: 1. Microsoft. Alphabet Inc. Ford Motor.

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