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Why It Matters

Supply Chain Shaman

As I work with companies, I often contrast the strategies, approaches and outcomes within a peer group. Over the last five years, I have helped two companies, Sonoco Products and Owens Illinois (OI) with their selection of technologies to improve Sales and Operations (S&OP) planning. Owens Illinois (OI), a $6.3

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Two Automakers Make Senior Supply Chain and Procurement Executive Leadership Changes

Supply Chain Matters

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 first-mover advantage in the EV market segment. Stellantis Senior Procurement Leadership Change.

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Rivian’s Q2 Production and Delivery Performance Impresses Wall Street

Supply Chain Matters

Improved Operational Performance Earlier this month, EV automotive and parcel van start-up producer Rivian Automotive announced that in the latest quarter, the EV maker produced 13,992 vehicles at its manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois and delivered 12,640 vehicles during the same period. and Europe.

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Rivian’s Missed 2022 Production Performance and Executive Turnover

Supply Chain Matters

The company whose headquarters are in Irvine, California, utilizes a former Mitsubishi Motors automotive assembly production facility in Normal, Illinois , geared to produce upwards of 150,000 vehicles annually. In December 2021, the company announced plans to invest in a second U.S. production facility to be located east of Atlanta, Georgia.

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Rivian Automotive Learns Another Important Supply Chain Focused Lesson

Supply Chain Matters

Last week our news feed included an exclusive published report from The Wall Street Journal , Rivian Moves More Engineers Near Illinois EV Factory to Speed Up Output (Paid subscription required). The Supply Chain Matters blog provides perspectives on an emerging supply chain management focused lesson occurring at Rivian Automotive.

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How to Plan for Common Disruptors in Ocean Freight

Talking Logistics

Here’s an easy way to think about the regular and potential future disruptions that could impact your ocean shipping strategy, and what you can do to prepare for what comes next. At these times of the year, you should see less risk to your standard ocean shipping strategy. Robinson offices, procurement teams, and customers.

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Former Walgreens and Caterpillar Executives Join the AIM10x Executive Network to Help Deliver Business Value

o9 Solutions

At Caterpillar, he led the transformation of the Global Supply Network and implemented a portfolio of high-value capabilities to improve procurement and supply chain visibility, monitoring and decision-making. The Assurance of Supply Center (ASC) was one such program recognized as game-changing by the enterprise.