QAD

MAY 30, 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. Season 2 of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets is underway and I can’t even begin to tell you how good that feels. And that’s why we created the Auto Supply Chain Prophets.

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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

OCTOBER 1, 2022

I just returned from the Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Conference in Detroit. This annual event explores supply chain management and how logistics can succeed in a fast-changing environment. I am feeling energized by what I learned and the people I spoke to while there.

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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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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 13, 2014

by Prasad Satyavolu Last week, Trevor Miles wrote “ SMAC in the Middle of Supply Chain Change ” and it made me recall the dozen or so articles I’ve read recently on the Internet of Things (IoT). Perhaps a philosophical underpinning to the possibilities from convergence of physical and digital supply chain?

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The protests—especially the blockade of the Detroit-Windsor border crossing—have caused delays and bottlenecks in production across the automotive industry in the U.S. While the Detroit-Windsor crossing was opened Monday morning (February 14), blockades continued to disrupt crossings in Manitoba and Alberta. and Canada.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 6, 2018

However, Lineage, a mid-cap company based in Detroit, Michigan, is one of the world’s largest and most innovative temperature-controlled supply chain providers. The post Lineage Logistics: A Data-Driven Approach to Cold Chain appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. The temperature-controlled […].

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3PL Insights

MAY 3, 2021

May 03, 2021— Evans Distribution Systems, a leading provider of third-party logistics and supply chain solutions, launched a new business intelligence tool: evans365. Our customers identified a need for a data insight tool that shows trends in their inventory and transactions,” Evans says. MELVINDALE, Mich.,

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

MAY 26, 2020

s ambitious plans to ramp up production of its high-profit pickup trucks is bumping up against supply-chain reality. Detroit auto makers derive much of their profit from those vehicles, and resuming the production is especially important to GM since its inventories were depleted by a labor walkout last fall.

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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. based production and supply network strategies in the coming years. unionized auto companies. Specifically for the U.S.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Sounds like a typical day in supply chain and logistics to me. Wal-Mart seeks to tether small stores to big ones ( The Detroit News ). In other news… Descartes Launches Updated Advanced Home Delivery Solution. HighJump Software, TrueCommerce EDI Solutions Group Announces Strategic Partnership with Unisun Software.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

Amazon has been pushing its same-day delivery model for Prime members over the last year, making large investments in its supply chain infrastructure. With the new expansion, Amazon is rolling out same-day delivery to Prime members in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Tampa, Charlotte and Houston, bringing the total markets served to 12.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Turkish port “Iskenderun” severely damaged Gap and Ware2Go offer SMB Fulfillment Services McCormick to cut supply chain workforce GM Signs exclusive deal with GlobalFoundries January 2023 Logistics Manager’s Index up 3.0 And now on to this week’s logistics news. produced semiconductor chips. in January, up 3.0 from December’s reading.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 18, 2022

It was how the company handled its supply chain. spokesperson noted that beating GM was “not our goal, nor do we see it as sustainable,” the change in ranking is widely seen as a vindication of Toyota’s supply chain strategies. It should be noted that Toyota wasn’t immune to supply chain disruptions, and its U.S.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 23, 2023

Early this year, it said it would spend $100 million over the next three years to build a larger network of supply chain hubs to support the effort. Despite falling markups, rising inventory, and even some new car deals to be had, there’s a new challenge befalling automakers that has nothing to do with the cars themselves.

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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. I was involved in inventory control area on what they used to call “residual parts”, which were leftover parts that you ended up trying to sell into the service parts organization. I recombined the data and understood where they were getting the parts.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 19, 2022

It was how the company handled its supply chain. spokesperson noted that this was not Toyota’s goal – and likely not sustainable – the change in ranking is widely seen as a vindication of Toyota’s supply chain strategies. It should be noted that Toyota wasn’t immune to supply chain disruptions, and its U.S.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 17, 2022

It was how the company handled its supply chain. While Toyota was careful not to gloat, the change in ranking is widely seen as a vindication of Toyota’s supply chain strategies. Toyota wasn’t immune to supply chain disruptions, and its U.S. Was it Toyota’s marketing? Its reputation for quality?

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TMC

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The trade-offs are especially critical for destinations in a “battleground” region that stretches from Detroit in the north to Houston in the south. The preferred amount of inventory held on ships and trucks depends on constraints such as the value of the cargo. Is your supply chain make-to-order, make-to-stock, or both?

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 26, 2016

For the last couple of decades transportation management systems (TMS) have revolutionized supply chains, helping companies streamline their logistics processes, achieve greater visibility into their operations and save significant dollars on transportation. That’s the big win. What does it mean to finance?

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3PL Insights

MARCH 3, 2023

Due to the constantly changing consumer demands, a ripple effect is experienced throughout the supply chain, resulting in a greater demand for more robust value-added services from 3PLs. Nowadays, 3PLs have evolved into strategic partners that offer not only traditional services but also value-added services to their customers.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It’s a term that started creeping into supply chain discussions several years ago. Back in 2011, supply chain analyst Trevor Miles ( @milesahead ) noted there is a similar sounding word supply chain managers should associate with VUCA. Supply chain management. ”[3].

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Texas alone produces nearly three-quarters of the country’s supply of one of the most basic chemical building blocks. consumer and industrial goods, feeding into car parts used by Detroit and diapers sold by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The sudden dearth of ethylene and other materials is being felt up and down the supply chain.

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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. plant strikes.”

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

I’m in Detroit about 4 and a half to 5 hours away, depending on the traffic. We are seeing a fundamental change where the inventory is moving closer to consumers, and I don’t think we need the same day next day for everything. We will be there at the Gartner Supply Chain Conference happening in June 2022.

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