Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The publication cites a Wells Fargo equity analyst estimate that if all of the UAW asks were granted, “ labor costs for Detroit companies would soar from $66 per hour to $136 per hour.” According to The Wall Street Journal , thus far GM has offered a 10 percent wage increase while Stellantis offered 14.5 percent and Ford offered 9 percent.

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QAD

OCTOBER 17, 2023

As we move from the leisurely days of summer to fall and peak demand season, I’m reminded that the automotive supply chain is changing just as rapidly as the seasons do. Shutdowns are long gone, but we’re still grappling with unprecedented supply chain disruption and feeling the absence of workers who left the industry never to return.

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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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QAD

MAY 30, 2023

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. It takes a village; an industry.

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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. Stellantis Senior Procurement Leadership Change.

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QAD

MARCH 14, 2024

Welcome to the latest episode wrap-up of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast, where Jan Griffiths of Gravitas Detroit and I unravel the complexities and unveil the insights driving innovation in the automotive supply chain.

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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.

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QAD

JULY 28, 2022

In addition, she is an ASQ fellow, a Shainin medalist, was named a “Notable Woman in Manufacturing” by Crain’s Detroit Business in 2018, and in 2020, was inducted into the Women in Manufacturing Hall of Fame.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In its reporting, The Wall Street Journal indicated today: “ The United Auto Workers campaign against Detroit’s three automakers can be described as one thing for the union: a win. The CFO of Ford Motor has already indicated to company investors that the new labor contract will add $850 to $900 in added labor expenses per vehicle.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 3, 2020

.” Nelson agrees supply chain digitalization is important. He explains, “The pandemic has shown that the risks of supply chain disruption are higher when manufacturing is centralized and transportation is widespread and the emergency brought awareness of AM as a technology and as an enabler of digital supply chains.”

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QAD

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Episode #12: The Many Dimensions of Supply Chain Success. Celebrating successful women in the automotive supply chain is a theme that’s very near and dear to our hearts. This episode with Sherise Brown and Katrina Allen of Detroit Manufacturing Systems (DMS) may be one of our very favorites.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 28, 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 1 of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast is a wrap and Cathy Fisher of Quistem , Jan Griffiths of Gravitas Detroit and I couldn’t be more proud.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

A key battleground region that stretches from Detroit in the north to Houston in south is especially sensitive to such trade-offs. The above actions will not eliminate risk from your supply chain, but they will help you to keep disruptions to a minimum. Vessel size is a further consideration.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Regarding perspectives on these ongoing labor relations development, Jacobs observed: “ The UAW is attempting to return to a previous era of shared prosperity in the auto industry, a return to the treaty of Detroit that provided a period of shared economic development and progress in the auto industry.” automakers facing bankruptcy.

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QAD

JUNE 13, 2023

Had the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast been around in the 1980s and 1990s, I like to think that Cathy Fisher of Quistem, Jan Griffiths of Gravitas Detroit and I would have seen this tidal wave of supply chain disruption coming and played a role in safeguarding our industry. Talk about a domino effect.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 19, 2022

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. While Toyota’s U.S.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 18, 2022

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. While Toyota’s U.S.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 17, 2022

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. By the year’s end, Toyota’s U.S.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

As Bindiya, Tom Linton, and other colleagues have often said, there is no better time to be in supply chain management—and no better time to make a case for robust investment in SCRM. You’ve run it twice, once at Wayne State University in Detroit and once in San José. theft and others. What can you tell us about it?

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Disruption and volatility is anathema to supply chain managers; but, as noted above, that’s the world in which they must function. Terri Hiskey ( @terrihiskey ), Vice President of Global Product Marketing for Manufacturing at Epicor Software, agrees supply chains need to adjust to this new VUCA world.

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