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Happy Groundhog Day

Supply Chain Shaman

When the groundhog sees his shadow, the belief is that North America will experience an additional six weeks of winter. It is time to bring Manufacturers, Retailers, and Distributors together with Technology Providers in order to better understand the issues and generate ideas to help build the “network of networks.”

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The Toilet Paper Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Manufacturers make toilet paper based on those demand signals in a very predictive manner. The majority of toilet paper sold in North America is manufactured in North America. There is also nothing particularly challenging or unique about the manufacture of toilet paper nor its Supply Chain.

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Liquidity Services operates eight regional warehouse-size facilities in North America. One of those is America’s Remanufacturing Co., or ARC, based in Georgia, which contracts with brand owners to receive their returns and, when possible, to repair or refurbish them so that they can be sold by others.

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Benefits of Cross-Docking and the Port of Mobile, AL

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

The Port of Mobile in Alabama is a well-connected port that manufacturers and industries worldwide rely on for a good reason. Seamless global trade to and from North America starts in Mobile because of the physical connections it has to rails, roads, rivers, and runways. About the Port of Mobile, AL.

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Food and Beverage Industry Reevaluating Strategies to Combat Coronavirus

USC Consulting Group

This includes food and beverage suppliers, packers, and manufacturers. Griffith Lynch, executive director for the Georgia Ports Authority, noted in a recent group discussion that he’s witnessed the degree to which organizations have inquired and focused on smart storage strategies.

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Transformation of Automotive Industry Supply Networks- Size, Resources and Supply Network Scale Matters

Supply Chain Matters

Thus far, over $13 billion has been raised from an initial public offering, with corporate strategy aiming to focus on acquiring adequate manufacturing capacity and demonstrating capability and actual delivery of designed vehicles to the market in order to garner a mover advantage among EV market competitors.

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Tesla is a Unicorn – There is Not Another One Out There

QAD

As President and CEO of AutoForecast Solutions, he has been advising tiered suppliers, vehicle manufacturers, government agencies, financial institutions, and the academic community fo r over 25 y ears. “We I pressed McCabe for his opinion on the current state of the North American automotive industry. “