Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 15, 2022

GEP and the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Supply Chain Resource Cooperative surveyed supply chain, procurement and IT professionals across a range of industries to gain insight into their priorities and strategies regarding supply chain resilience and optimization.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Camp Lejeune, a Marine Corps Base in North Carolina, was recently hit with the largest environmental disaster in its history when toxic water was discovered in wells throughout the base. Originally written for Supply Chain Game Changer and published on November 20, 2022.

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Kanban Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Additionally, 3PL providers have experience in dealing with a variety of supply chain disruptions, such as natural disasters and labor disputes. Continuous improvement For most companies, it is important that their 3PL partner has a documented continuous improvement program (CIP) in place.

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Kanban Logistics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

When it comes to the pharmaceutical supply chain, safety is the name of the game. And perhaps no element of the supply chain is more integral to the safety of pharmaceutical products than the warehouse. 5 things to look for in pharmaceutical supply chain 3PL. Can the 3PL segregate products appropriately?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I helped create the first North American chapter of BVL International in the Carolinas, and we hosted two meetings at Volvo in North Carolina and Thyssen-Krupp in South Carolina. We just finished hosting over 150 executives at our Supply Chain Resource Cooperative, with a theme on Supply Chain Analytics.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 18, 2018

In a prior post on 2018 supply chain predictions, I shared how NC State’s Poole College of Management engages directly with industry through student-led projects. And everyone I know has issues and challenges with their supply chains! Our students are executing and making them happen in these projects.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 24, 2015

The challenge involves matching a group of bright, eager, and hungry young MBA and engineering students to a group of projects identified by a group of companies, through the now well-established Supply Chain Resource Cooperative in the Poole College of Management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2022

Few organizations are immune to the effects, which are acutely felt in supply chains — and the more complex they are, the greater the probability of interruptions. The study found that these leaders considered the largest gap to be between supply chain and procurement, citing it as a major issue. Collaboration is Key.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

As to be expected, video has proven to be the most effective workplace training element, with most employees ranking this medium above text documents. ” Supply Chain and Industry-Specific Training Online. What Do You Get With Supply Chain Secrets? eBooks: A series of books on Supply Chain and Logistics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 4, 2022

For supply chains to get more use from their models, we need to “trust the box;” recognize that models are not the holy grail; and remember that a forecast is an input into making better decisions, not an end in and of itself. AI/ML can be applied to supply problems but the biggest interest is in demand.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 9, 2015

For the average customer in North Carolina, he or she pays about $3 a day for electricity. Her comments echoed much of what I heard in Germany by Dr. Michael Seuss, head of Siemens at a conference in Germany, and documented in a blog I wrote last year. But this also has to be delivered at a reasonable price.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 5, 2020

The Nonwovens Institute in the North Carolina State College of Textiles has stepped in to convert much of its equipment over to production of a new material that involves just a single ply mask, an important innovation that will allow the team to begin production of massive amounts of materials for masks.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

In addition, users are able to view events of a shipment, imaged documents, and can email their account representative with questions on a particular move. The Navisphere customer app can be downloaded for free at the Apple App Store on iTunes , Google Play and Amazon Marketplace.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 1, 2022

Cardinal Health starts Zipline drone deliveries of drugs and medical supplies. US port backups are extending into freight rail supply chains. Cardinal Health started air delivery of pharmaceutical products and medical supplies via Zipline drone in North Carolina.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2016

Author’s Note: Below is an excerpt from Moving Up the Supply Chain Maturity Curve: The Process Industry Executive Agenda for 2016 and Beyond , a white paper recently published by Elemica with research conducted by Adelante SCM. When it comes to supply chain management, however, many companies are far from achieving that swing.

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Kanban Logistics

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

For most companies, it is important that their 3PL partner has a documented continuous improvement program (CIP) in place. While documented policies, processes and procedures can go a long way in establishing a comfort level between you and your 3PL partner, they don’t mean much if they are not actionable. Continuous improvement.

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EC Sourcing Group

APRIL 7, 2020

A crisis will shine a light on the weakest links in your supply chain. Wouldn’t we all like to have a supply chain built to withstand a ramming like the cruise ship RCGS Resolute? The current Corona virus pandemic will impact the supply chain of virtually every company. Expect shortages.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

We were surprised to find that many states with the highest Location Quotients were not states that are typically associated with the biofuels economy, including Oregon, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Maine, and others.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 5, 2017

A roundtable of executives was held at North Carolina State University on May 31, 2017, focused on exploring insights into the following questions related to counterfeiting in the supply chain. A secondary question is the size of the counterfeit problem across supply chains. (A

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 22, 2017

On April 19th and 20th the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative held its bi-annual Board Advisory meeting and Partner Meeting in the Talley Student Center at North Carolina State University. Bayer won this award for its work in helping to bring agricultural supply chain into the 21st century.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 11, 2019

As the global environment is shifting based on political debates, EU/British negotiations, tariffs driven by the Trump administration, as well as the sudden shifts in country-level policies, supply chain executives and planners are working to plan for future uncertainties. Paul B: Put simply, tariffs disrupt supply chains!

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