QAD

AUGUST 17, 2023

If you haven’t yet listened to or read about them, take a look at our wrap-up blogs covering past episodes of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast. Our Delivering on the Promise of Delivery white paper that discusses our vision, “The 24 Essential Supply Chain Processes,” is just as good poolside as it is at your desk!

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 6, 2023

” – Sir Winston Churchill Having just returned from the 2023 Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Global conference in Detroit, these words are very fitting to encapsulate the essence of the event. “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Short-term visibility at the Purchase Order/ASN level is insufficient.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 14, 2024

Blue Yonder and Microsoft co-hosted the annual Blue Yonder Automotive Connect event in Detroit, Michigan, bringing together 67 supply chain practitioners from 15 companies in the Automotive OEM, Tier 1, and Aftermarket sectors.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 31, 2022

Supply Chain Matters readers are well aware that the looking glass for an organization’s overall supply chain performance is intense right now, especially when C-Suite executives feel the heat from investors and board rooms. Rivian Automotive. This facility is being geared to produce upwards of 150,000 vehicles annually.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

In this second Supply Chain Matters reader update, we highlight the ongoing supply chain and manufacturing implications of the labor strike involving the three U.S. Today, China based EV automakers and suppliers have notable cost advantages in materials sourcing, production and labor costs. Thus, some U.S.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Steve described his experience this afternoon over pizza and sodas in Detroit. So then I got the forecast of material projections and labor and did some projections. But I was able to map out the value chain back to petrochemicals, and was able to estimate weights which were then pushed back onto part numbers.

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DynaSys

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

“Who says supply chain cannot be a hotbed of creativity?” Says speaker Josh Linkner, jazz guitarist and founder of digital promotions company ePrize (now HelloWorld) and Detroit Venture Partners. Josh peppered his presentation with often humorous out-of-the-box examples of creativity from the supply chain world.

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