Tompkins Blog

JANUARY 15, 2014

For example, one can assume that there will be labor shortages after the Chinese Spring Festival holiday. Manufacturers need to stay abreast of new regulations and be capable of responding rapidly. However, most manufacturing is on the east coast, while the earthquake and flood-prone regions are further west. Natural disasters.

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Kanban Logistics

MAY 12, 2022

The Triangle is major region in the Central part of the state that includes the cities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill. FedEx, for example, has opened two large facilities. The Tar Heel State is no longer a best-kept secret among manufacturers and logisticians. in the region. Spillover from other major hubs.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

As another example, when you buy fish, you convert cash into fish – and put it in the fridge. For example, an ear nose and throat doctor doesn’t do what a pediatrician does, or a radiologist, or a pulmonary doctor. To summarize, Tom discussed something he observed on a drive from Asheville to Raleigh, on the way to the conference.

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Kanban Logistics

MARCH 26, 2020

The state is also ranked #5 in GlobalTrade Magazine’s “ Best States for Manufacturing.” Here’s why: In terms of output, North Carolina is the second-largest food and beverage manufacturer in the U.S., Total manufacturing output was over $103 billion in 2018. have opened major manufacturing facilities.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 13, 2017

In speaking with a large manufacturer, I learned of a story where being too quick to be transparent worked against them. Here’s a great example. We had a huge snow and ice storm in Raleigh last week. Transparency is supposed to be a virtue in such cases, right? Not always.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 12, 2016

He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh. The are a regional make to order kitchen cabinet manufacturer, and have two primary sales channels of modular kitchen and bathroom cabinets. He met a colleague who worked at Car Quest, and after several interviews, started there.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

A senior executive from a large global manufacturer came to speak in my MBA class this week, and discussed the major shifts in global business that was occurring due to the emergence of omni-channel capabilities in the supply chain. A few of these were discussed in our class last night by this executive.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 31, 2017

iconic places, such as the Route 128 tech corridor around Boston, Massachusetts; Research Triangle Park in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Austin, Texas; Seattle, Washington; and, of course, California’s white-hot Silicon Valley. congressional districts, 50 states, plus the District of Columbia.

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