Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 21, 2021

Rob Handfield, Bank of America Professor of Supply Chain Management with the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative in the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University, discusses the reasons behind the current worldwide shortage of ocean containers, and what carriers and manufacturers must do to solve it.

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Logility

APRIL 17, 2020

The dramatic spread of COVID-19 has disrupted lives, livelihoods, communities and businesses worldwide and created supply chain heroes across the globe. Here are just a few examples of innovation involving manufacturing and distribution of medical supplies, cleaning products, paper goods, and food & beverage.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 13, 2021

Supply Chains in VUCA Environments with Jim Tompkins. Jim Tompkins and Joe Lynch talk about Supply Chains in VUCA Environments. Jim is the Founder and Chairman of Tompkins International, a company that helps clients achieve supply chain excellence and profitable growth. About James Tompkins. Dr. James A.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

This week, the company announced a reversal in manufacturing and supply chain strategy, as well as a major turnabout. The company will henceforth outsource the manufacturing of its stationary exercise bikes and treadmills to a Taiwan based contract manufacturer. Business Model.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 28, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides added information and perspectives related to last week’s natural disaster involving a U.S. Pfizer drug manufacturing facility. Background On July 19, a devastating tornado with reported winds of upwards of 150 miles-per-hour devastated an area in eastern North Carolina.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

states, obvious disruptions to supply chains and supply chain risk management were a given. Many of the states affected contained key ports and supply destinations, as well as transportation and logistics hubs. The human links of the supply chain were stressed. These ports accounted for 18.3%

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This week, global automaker Toyota indicated that the company would nearly double its investment in a planned battery production facility being constructed in the state of North Carolina. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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Resilinc

APRIL 26, 2022

manufacturing of drugs, semiconductors and other critical products, supply chain managers in the life sciences industry continue to pivot from the pandemic to proactively analyzing supply chain risks and evaluating options to develop more resilient supply chains.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In his current role, he is accountable for several strategic functions, including corporate engineering; capital and infrastructure strategy; corporate real estate; risk management; operations research and global procurement. He is a member of the company’s executive ESG committee, as well as a Board member of the Gilead Foundation.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Despite this growth, Resilinc’s half-year data for 2023 shows that Aerospace is one of the top five industries impacted by supply chain disruptions. This isn’t surprising, considering factory fires have been the leading supply chain disruptions across all industries tracked by Resilinc for five consecutive years !

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Exploring the Automotive Chip Shortage Supply Chain! But with the impacts of the pandemic , and environmental concerns as to sustainability, its time to explore the true condition of the Christmas tree Supply Chain? Supply Issues in the Christmas Tree Supply Chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 5, 2022

Supply chain disruptions continue to lead to product shortages around the world. The ongoing pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions, along with the Russia-Ukraine war, limited available supplies of cocoa, edible oil, and other food ingredients.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 19, 2021

That’s the prognosis from experts—including those at Resilinc—about the chaos that is swamping global supply chains and undercutting the economic recovery. As is the case for so many commodities, China is the world’s leading producer, with about two-thirds of global production in 2020. Aluminum in the spotlight.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Supply chains have been around since people realized they had things worth trading. As new technologies emerged, supply chains transformed to take advantage of these technologies. As a result, transformation has been and remains an essential characteristic of supply chains. That debate may well be over.

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IQMS

MARCH 27, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed manufacturers to rapidly shift gears, from addressing work-from-home policies to managing extreme swings in demand and uncertain supply chains. In the process, it has highlighted an aspect of manufacturing ERP that is not as visible in more normal times— business continuity.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Andrew Kelley is a global technology executive focused on logistics and supply chain software. Andrew has an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MSME from MIT, and a BSME from North Carolina State University. [1:15] I’ve also driven for the North Carolina Department of Transportation. [2:17]

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Successfully rolling out a supply chain management system can be an extraordinarily complex and stressful project – not to mention expensive. In this guide to implementing supply chain management systems: What is a supply chain management system? Why implement a supply chain management system?

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

We salute the year’s top advancements in supply chain technology and processes. Thanks to omni-channel distribution, 3-D printing, self-service logistics and other avenues of disintermediation, traditional supply chain roles are rapidly being transformed into all-new opportunities. Warehouse Automation. Media Type.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 27, 2022

A small group of executives enjoyed a particularly interesting set of insights yesterday at our first Supply Chain Resource Cooperative meeting since December, 2019. He shared with us the fact that the chip shortage is resulting in reduced deliveries from truck manufacturers, who are unable to keep up with demand for new trucks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

Frozen dairy manufacturers reduce packaging footprint. Walmart, along with its partner DroneUp, now operates drone delivery hubs in seven states, including Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. Biden climate blueprint promotes modal shift away from trucks. The December box volumes were 19.3

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 11, 2019

On December 5, 2019, we held a panel discussion that focused on different perspectives related to global trade. The goal is to create redundant sources based on supplier-specific and country-of-origin, to ensure that each product category has redundancy as a form of insurance on the supply chain.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I also worked with a team of leading thinkers in developing the Future of Procurement Report (published by KPMG) , as well as publish the BVL International Global Logistics Trends and Strategies report with a team of leading academics and executives in Europe, China, North and South America, Russia, and India.

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USC Consulting Group

AUGUST 11, 2020

The novel coronavirus has produced a lot of uncertainty, and for manufacturers in the pulp and paper industry, that includes uncertainty related to demand. “The sanitary paper product manufacturing market may near $108 billion by year’s end.” and worldwide. Paper use up dramatically. Back to top ?.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Joydeep Ganguly from Biogen Ide c spoke in my Supply Chain Relationships class last week, and shared his insights on how Biogen’s supply chain evolved. Supply chain has a big focus on the currency of today’s theories being implemented here. The supply chain is NOT nimble and people struggle.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 8, 2013

In the last several years, the company has undergone a huge shift in the way it operates its supply chain, particularly in the management of sourcing. The company discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets biological products for treating conditions such as multiple sclerosis and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 13, 2018

Katz manages a plant at United Chemi-Con in Lansing, North Carolina, a village of about 150 people with no traffic signal. Across America, companies are scrambling to respond to higher tariffs on the foreign goods in their supply chain. But overhauling supply chains is a costly decision that can take years to execute.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics. Additionally, the company’s manufacturing expertise will enable the reduction of production costs. Kick back, be inspired and happy innovating.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2022

Cyberattack on Toyota’s supply chain shuts 14 Japanese factories. Xerox addresses $300m backlog due to supply shortages. As Clint Reiser pointed out earlier this week, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is impacting global supply chains. Ukraine in the news: War in Ukraine disrupts ships around the globe.

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Requis

MAY 22, 2020

Rob Handfield has over 30 years of experience in supply chain as an educator, researcher, consultant, and author. He is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and US federal agencies, and a speaker with focus on the fields of strategic sourcing, supply market intelligence, and supplier development.

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Elementum

JULY 28, 2015

The trucking industry is hugely important for the United States’ supply chain— 67% of all freight in the U.S. Some companies, like Cargo Transporters from North Carolina, have installed satellite TV systems with more than 100 channels to serve as entertainment for when the truck drivers are away from home.

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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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Supply Chain View from the Field

JUNE 17, 2015

This means small businesses and global companies alike can continue to harness the power of America’s farms and forests to create new and innovative biobased products that are used all around the world.” jobs in other sectors of the economy. The new regulations also implement a streamlined application process.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 18, 2023

The following is a guest blog from Craig Lukasik , one of my former MBA students from the Poole College of Management’s supply chain program. Supply Chain Metrics!?!? – Why should managers who work outside of “Supply Chain” care about this study? Thanks Craig!

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Murano Corporation

JANUARY 19, 2016

which combines Cloud Computing, Big Data and Analytics, Horizontal and Vertical System Integration, the Internet of Things, and Cybersecurity to interconnect manufacturers and their customers and suppliers in an extended supply chain. It incorporates the Business to Manufacturing Markup Language (B2MML) XML standard.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Effectively, there is no database that permits reliable reporting on the volume of biobased products sold in the US or exported for global consumers. Unfortunately, The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard-bearer for classifying businesses and sectors.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

I’m based out of Charlotte, North Carolina, which is a beautiful part of the country. Eventually, I moved into manufacturing. As a manufacturer, it is giving the customer recommendations of things they could do to prevent something from happening or address the situation through some level of action. That is great.

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