Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

If they could see the value to sell into Raleigh, Charlotte, and Asheville, they could perhaps move to a place where fishermen can earn enough money to stay on the water, fish houses can be profitable, retailers will provide what their customers want, and we can once again eat healthy, tasty local seafood.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 15, 2016

Regional trends for vans can be divided into two groups: South and North. Jacksonville is also going strong, with big rate increases on the lanes to Miami up 13¢, and to New Orleans , up 40¢ Rates are rocketing up in Raleigh , after a down month. Four major lanes out of Raleigh had double-digit increases last week.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

To summarize, Tom discussed something he observed on a drive from Asheville to Raleigh, on the way to the conference. He observed a group of starlings murmurating, that is flying in a cohesive pattern – guided by some sixth sense, involving intense collaboration between thousands of birds in motion.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 29, 2019

Here are some details from the press release: Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Volkswagen Group announced a multi-year, global agreement to build the Volkswagen Industrial Cloud, a cloud-based Industrial digital production platform that will transform the automotive company’s manufacturing and logistics processes.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The four day workshop, being held December 9 – 13, 2019 in Raleigh, will focus on how procurement and supply chain leaders need to better sell the value of procurement to the organization. And when I say value, I mean more than just cost savings, or the infamous “purchase price avoidance” metric.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2016

Hub Group Inc., On Wednesday Amazon announced “the expansion of Prime FREE Same-Day Delivery to even more metro areas including Charlotte, Cincinnati, Fresno, Louisville, Milwaukee, Nashville, Raleigh, Richmond, Sacramento, Stockton, and Tucson, plus new areas in Central New Jersey, Dallas-Fort Worth, Los Angeles, and San Diego.”

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NC State SCRC

MAY 11, 2020

For example, companies like Amazon are constructing massive distribution centers outside of major hubs like Atlanta, Raleigh, and Chicago, and are building them with direct access to on-ramps that go onto interstate highways built in the 1950s. What we need is a plan for ongoing and persistent immunity.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 12, 2016

He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh. He met a colleague who worked at Car Quest, and after several interviews, started there. He started in supply planning, overseeing over $100M of spend in batteries and other categories.

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