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The North American Battery Supply Chain is Getting Amped Up!

QAD

Recently, I attended a dinner outside of Detroit hosted by QAD, the Korean Battery Industry Association and NAATBatt (an organization dedicated to the development and commercialization of advanced battery manufacturing in North America). On the consumer EV front, the IRA provides up to $7,500 in federal tax credits for the purchase of an EV.

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The Origins of Category Management

Supply Chain View from the Field

The origins of the Extended Enterprise went before this period, however, and began with the early work that Steve did while he was a senior purchasing buyer at the Ford Motor Company. (I Steve described his experience this afternoon over pizza and sodas in Detroit. Later I was rehired and brought back into purchasing.

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Volkswagen Selects Canada for North America Battery Production

Supply Chain Matters

This facility, which will represent VW ’s first battery production facility outside of Europe , is to be located in the city of St. Thomas, Ontario , upwards of a two hour drive from Detroit. Plans reportedly call for the facility to be operational by 2027. Factors that reportedly influenced this automaker were the U.S.

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Sustainable Manufacturing is the New Key to Profitability

IQMS

One of my favorite customer examples is Comar, a manufacturer specializing in packaging solutions for markets that demand quality, service and creativity. and Europe demand certain colors for their pallets, either for branding purposes or for color-coding. Complying with ISO 14001 has represented a serious investment by Somaschini.

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Added Information to Report of Volkswagen Battery Plant Investment in Canada

Supply Chain Matters

This facility, which will represent VW’s first battery production facility outside of Europe , is to be located in the city of St. Thomas , Ontario , upwards of a two hour drive from Detroit. Plans reportedly call for the facility to be operational by 2027. Factors that reportedly influenced this automaker were the U.S.

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Dispelling Three Common Myths about Global TMS Deployment

Talking Logistics

And it’s hard to find supply chain managers with the moxie to go to their senior leadership and say, “We want to purchase a global TMS, but it’s going to take a couple of years to roll out and a few more after that to realize a return on investment.”. Myth #2 – TMS providers don’t offer a truly global solution.

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The FarEye Story With Kushal Nahata

The Logistics of Logistics

You start having all the data, bringing AI and some other tools against it. I’m in Detroit about 4 and a half to 5 hours away, depending on the traffic. We built it because we wanted to scale, and we wanted our customers to be able to use the tool. Then we started with Europe and US. It doesn’t get worse.