Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2023

Thomas, Ontario , upwards of a two hour drive from Detroit. Inflation Reduction Act , which fosters consumer incentives to purchase EV vehicles if 50 percent of major battery components are produced in North America. Plans reportedly call for the facility to be operational by 2027.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 24, 2023

Thomas , Ontario , upwards of a two hour drive from Detroit. Inflation Reduction Act , which fosters consumer incentives to purchase EV vehicles if 50 percent of major battery components are produced in North America. Plans reportedly call for the facility to be operational by 2027. Separate and Related Development Last week the U.S.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

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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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

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. In the olden days, we had software but it wasn’t customer-facing.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

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. Governments themselves are trying to come up with solutions. SCN: What are companies doing to overcome the key challenges facing the automotive industry?

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IQMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

One of my favorite customer examples is Comar, a manufacturer specializing in packaging solutions for markets that demand quality, service and creativity. By contrast, many auto parts companies in China and Vietnam simply want to purchase the least expensive pallets available. These can be found at [link].

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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. Evans has recently launched a new business intelligence tool, evans365 , to give customers visibility of their account activity and to spot long-term trends. Here are considerations for selecting the right fulfillment partner.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Sales numbers indicate that global early adopters are starting to purchase EVs. Countries like Norway (where climate change is very real) are purchasing almost 90% electric vehicles. Sources: Google AI and DTE Energy, Detroit, MI It is ~4 times the cost to own/drive an ICE and that is just gas. There are no oil changes in an EV.

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3PL Insights

APRIL 14, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic continues, and with every passing day, we hear about more individuals, communities and businesses finding new innovative solutions to help combat the ongoing crisis. Tesla actually purchased their own ventilators and donated them to hospitals with greater demand.

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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] ” Coining a term and defining the term are two different things. Carey School of Business, explains what it entails.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Blue Yonder , a leading supply chain solutions provider, announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Doddle, a first and last mile technology business. Once completed, the deal will allow Blue Yonder’s suite of supply chain management and commerce offerings to expand with final mile, returns management, and reverse logistics solutions.

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