Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks. There won’t be a new normal, just new sources of disruption, from weather to government policies to industry conditions. Price fluctuations and sourcing issues.

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QAD

JULY 28, 2022

While building an EV requires a significantly smaller manufacturing footprint than what an ICE vehicle requires, many EV manufacturers lack the business systems and connections to support their production. Her students tend to focus on purchasing, logistics and consulting.

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QAD

MARCH 29, 2022

Guest hosted and produced by Gravitas Detroit Founder and President, Jan Griffiths, a former key supply chain executive in the industry, the podcast is available on the Auto Supply Chain Prophets website or any major podcast platform. Manufacturers should view the supply chain as a profit driver. Becoming Supply Chain Focused.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In his short tenure, Clark proceeded to recruit a number of additional high power executives, including former Amazon managers, to transform this digital start-up to what we perceived as beyond digital freight forwarding to a full services, almost fourth party logistics services provider (4PL).

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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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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Several years ago, I interviewed CIOs and IT executives from leading third party logistics (3PL) companies, and one of the most interesting findings was that their teams spent a majority of their time fixing and cleansing data. Sounds like a typical day in supply chain and logistics to me. What are the odds I’ll use them again?

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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. As a logistics service provider, we are always trying to add value to our customers,” says John A. “The MELVINDALE, Mich., This is only the beginning.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 12, 2023

In honor of International Women’s Day, Blue Yonder hosted a special Blue Yonder Live “Fearless Females of Supply Chain” with our customer BrassCraft Manufacturing Company. Ann: I am the Director of Supply Chain at BrassCraft Manufacturing. I went to the University of Detroit, Mercy and majored in Accounting.

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RFgen

AUGUST 1, 2016

Detroit, America’s automotive manufacturing headquarters, is working to revolutionize the industry once again. The rate of innovation in vehicle design, advanced manufacturing, and engineered materials has been truly remarkable and necessitated the creation of an unprecedented collaboration between industry and academia.”

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RFgen

AUGUST 1, 2016

Detroit, America’s automotive manufacturing headquarters, is working to revolutionize the industry once again. The rate of innovation in vehicle design, advanced manufacturing, and engineered materials has been truly remarkable and necessitated the creation of an unprecedented collaboration between industry and academia.”

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Supply Chain Nation recently sat down with Automotive Logistics Group Publisher, Louis Yiakoumi, about the hot topics in this industry. Before, they might say to purchasing, “You guys have done a brilliant job; you’ve reduced your costs by a million dollars because you’re buying everything from India. The same can be said for IT.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2020

He currently leads the property/casualty practice for Lockton Michigan and works with transportation, construction/real estate, and manufacturing companies for risk management and insurance. His entire career has been with Lockton starting at the global headquarters in Kansas City and now in Detroit. The Logistics of Logistics Podcast.

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QAD

JUNE 13, 2023

It’s no secret that putting all of your eggs in one basket probably isn’t the best idea, but that’s exactly what manufacturers around the world have been doing for years in offshoring production to China. That includes front-end forecasting and planning, procurement, manufacturing, logistics and import/export.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 15, 2019

I grew up in Southern Michigan about 1 hour from Detroit, Michigan. Next, I went to work for an industrial manufacturing / distribution company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A purchase is strategic based depending on it’s importance to the buyer. download the audio file. [00:21] 00:21] Opening / Introduction. [01:09]

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3PL Insights

JUNE 23, 2021

After an online purchase is made, customers want to receive their product as soon as possible. Returns Management/Reverse Logistics. Reverse logistics is returning a product from the end-user back to the supplier, manufacturer, or distributor. Here are considerations for selecting the right fulfillment partner.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Rick Freeman joined Resilinc in July after more than a dozen years in procurement and supply chain for semiconductor manufacturer Micron Technology. Then start looking at the risks in your supply chain for those items, including geopolitical, natural disasters, financial health and where a single source supplies items.

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3PL Insights

APRIL 14, 2020

Across the globe, companies are shifting from their normal production to manufacturing products that directly help fight against the novel Coronavirus. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has teamed up with Exor and Ferrari to manufacture ventilators and face shields for global relief. Defense Production Act.

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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. And it’s simply not true. There’s really no difference. What does it mean to finance?

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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. Cargo can enter the country via East coast or West coast ports depending on variables such as the type of product being shipped. The savings achieved by routing shipments through the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Total spending on food, drinks, apparel, decorations, and other purchases for the day is expected to reach $14.6 And now on to this week’s logistics news. According to Ellis, Relativity’s methods will allow them to build a rocket in less than a month, while labor-driven rocket manufacturing can take months to more than a year.

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Freightos

JULY 11, 2017

market, creating over a billion good reasons for US exporters and manufacturers to sell there. Alibaba’s Jack Ma recently urged 3,000 US small businesses to do just that at a conference in Detroit, and he is making good on his vision to take down trade barriers that are holding smaller businesses back from buying and selling globally.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Yet all of the functions that we now associate with Supply Chain have been around for a very long time: Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, Procurement and Purchasing, Warehousing and many more.”[2] To make that point, Mortson lists ten different definitions for the term from various sources.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

Do you want to learn more about logistics? I started The Logistics of Logistics as a blog. The logistics of getting products at home are complicated. You are dealing with customers who need foster, who have anxiety, and who are price-driven, who do not want to pay for the logistics. Thank you, Ann. It is complex.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

But one source mentioned the unlucky nature of the number “13” is a Norse myth about 12 gods having a dinner party in Valhalla. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Driverless trucks will help Maersk improve on-time performance, said Erez Agmoni, Maersk’s global head of innovation for logistics & services.

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