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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. Today, I hosted the monthly call for the Network of Networks group. The start of the Network of Networks Share Group April 2016 The group did make some progress. I feel the pain.

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Unilever’s Relentless Commitment to S-Curve Transformations

Logistics Viewpoints

S-curves have been applied to product development, returns from an IT project, a new manufacturing process, and other business activities as well. In the past, Mr. Smith explained different business groups were using different planning solutions. Unilever started in North America in 2020.

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Breakbulk Americas with Jeff Tucker

The Logistics of Logistics

Jeff Tucker and Joe Lynch discuss the Breakbulk Americas conference. Jeff is the CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide , the oldest privately-held freight brokerage in North America, specializing in notoriously complicated freight, like temperature-controlled, oversized, and high-value, high-security shipments. About Jeff Tucker.

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REPOST: The True Cost of OTIF Failure with Andrew Lynch

The Logistics of Logistics

Andrew Lynch is President and co-founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. He works alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage businesses in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CPG brands in North America.

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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. Also, warehouse automation excludes similar systems such as airport baggage handling, manufacturing-line automation, and manually driven forklifts. Looking back, I estimated the market in 2013 at $6.4 billion in 2019.

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The Rise of EVs: Taking a Leadership Role at NAATBatt 2023

QAD

To move the electrification of North America securely into the future with a self-sustaining supply chain. Before adjourning, Bareid and Lee got consensus from the membership on a monthly meeting cadence for the purpose of identifying foreign companies establishing operations in North America. What is NAATBatt?

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The Journey to End-to-End (E2E) Supply Chain Visibility Is Ongoing

Logistics Viewpoints

According to McKinsey, an auto manufacturer, on average, has around 250 tier-one suppliers – and 18,000 across the full value chain. Aerospace manufacturers have an average of 200 tier-one suppliers and 12,000 across all tiers. Which brings us back to the work that is still ahead.