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20 Years of Outsourcing Come Back to Haunt Boeing

Logistics Viewpoints

Instead of developing the aircraft in-house and sourcing parts from suppliers,” Dr. Tang explained, “Boeing decided to outsource 70% of the design, engineering and manufacturing of entire modules to over 50 strategic partners.” The Dreamliner program was launched in April of 2004 with an order for 50 aircraft from All Nippon Airways.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. 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. Robinson load numbers.

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Bio-based Products Future is Promising, but Hurdles Exist

Supply Chain View from the Field

I had the opportunity to present at a hearing in Washington last week – this was a public meeting of the Biomass Research and Development Technical Sub-Committee. Plant construction must be carefully managed to control costs, especially with engineering procurement construction supplier contracts.

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Getting that “Swing” in Supply Chain Management

Talking Logistics

George Yeoman Pocock, a leading designer and builder of racing shells who built the boat used by the University of Washington team, describes it this way in the book: “When you get the rhythm in an eight, it’s pure pleasure to be in it. Step 2 – Develop Metrics and Data Sources. Which metrics are the right ones?

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50 expert tips on supply chain management

6 River Systems

“Some companies are starting to invest in creating data-backed profiles of their supplier base so they know where and when to look for second sources. These tools can also rapidly model alternate supply and transportation scenarios, such as rerouting around a port strike or going to an alternate source of supply.”

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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

from Washington University St. Companies have been in a “wait and see” mode for the last three to six months with regard to this, and now their procurement and supply chain leadership are being forced to find new and creative ways to handle the purchasing and movement of goods on a global scale. Louis, M.S. University of North Texas.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

The company was replenishing dealers’ inventory weekly, using direct shipment and cross-docking operations from source warehouses located near Deere & Company’s manufacturing facilities. Procurement analysis. Retail activity is extremely seasonal, with the majority of sales occurring between March and July.