Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2022

The Texas based Austin American Statesman reported yesterday that Samsung is considering the construction of upwards of 11 new semiconductor fabrication production facilities in the Austin, Texas area over the next two decades. Supply Chain Matters Perspectives. Increased tensions among China and the U.S., has to do so as well.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Early data shows that most supply managers believe that Hurricane Harvey, which caused widespread destruction in south Texas and the closure of the Port of Houston, will impact supply chains in coming months. In other circumstances, parties may lack any contract and rely upon purchase orders or other short forms of documentation.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

The biggest career transformation for me was after leaving Dell when I joined Lucent in 2002 and entered supply chain in technology sourcing. The first huge project I was part of at Dell was our transformation from paper documents in the computer boxes for businesses to what we called E-Docs for electronic documentation.

Gartner 74

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ShipBob

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This helps you understand trends so you can be better informed during inventory procurement and when you’re forecasting demand. This documentation accounts for any units that are in transit and also in case anything is lost or damaged in transit. Learn more about inventory reconciliation here.

Inventory Reduction 52

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The sentence comes as a result of the late 2008-2009 salmonella outbreak linked back to PCA plants in Texas and Georgia. They were sued at least twice in the 1990’s for providing manufacturers with shipments found to have high-levels of contaminants. The effects of a rotten supplier. How can you protect yourself from this type of risk?

Manufacturing Procurement 40

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Arena Solutions

DECEMBER 23, 2021

This article defines engineering change orders (ECOs) and describes the role they play in new product development (NPD) and manufacturing. An engineering change order (ECO) is a document that specifies either new product design details or proposed changes to existing products. Engineering change order (ECO) definition. ECO benefits.

Manufacturing Procurement 103

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 15, 2021

These interviews are often the best source of information and are not published. Secondary data sources are published available databases, reports, websites, and so on. Examples might be a “state of the industry” report purchased from a consulting company or a publicly available database such as the Census of U.S.

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