NC State SCRC

JANUARY 24, 2020

Today’s WSJ front page shares the important role of one of Apple’s top senior executives who runs much of the procurement and supply chain activity for Apple – Tony Blevins. Mr. Blevins studied industrial engineering at North Carolina State, and grew up near Jefferson, NC in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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American Global Logistics

JULY 14, 2023

They encompass a vast ecosystem of industries and sectors that work together to deliver the right products at the right time, place, cost, quantity, and quality. The supply chain supports an additional 770,000 jobs, comprising 31%, of North Carolina's workforce. business logistics amounts to 9.1% of the country's GDP or $2.3

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 12, 2024

The center fuselage and other structural components for the wide body Airbus 350 are produced at Spirit’s facilities in Kinston , North Carolina and in Prestwick, Scotland. However, when the two customers are arch industry rivals and in turn make up a literal industry duopoly, dynamic is the operative context.

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Kanban Logistics

AUGUST 13, 2020

See, there’s a big difference between handling inbound logistics yourself and outsourcing it to a trusted North Carolina third-party logistics (3PL) provider that knows the manufacturing industry. This includes the procurement and delivery of the parts used to build the finished product. Third-party procurement.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Logistics Start-Up Loop Announces $35 Million Series B Funding Logistics industry audit and payment services platform provider Loop has announced that the start-up has raised $35 million in a Series B investment round co-led by J.P. OCEMA”) , an industry association consisting of 10 major international container shipping companies.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

I had the opportunity to have him talk to my MBA class recently, and we covered a variety of topics – from career development to the biotech industry. from North Carolina State University (graduating with Beta Gamma Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi honors), and an MHA from Cornell University where he received the prestigious Sloan award.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 22, 2024

With the latest developments there is a growing sense that the ongoing crisis now has major implications for Boeing along with dependent industry supply networks. The center fuselage and other structural components for the wide body Airbus 350 are produced at Spirit’s facilities in North Carolina and in Prestwick, Scotland.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

While some industries/verticals have fared better than others , it is fair to say that ALL have been affected in some way. Step 1: Use e Procurement Systems as a Potential Source of Revenue. Thinking of procurement as a new source of revenue is certainly counterintuitive, but it fits the bill of thinking differently.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 18, 2018

In a prior post on 2018 supply chain predictions, I shared how NC State’s Poole College of Management engages directly with industry through student-led projects. The Strategic Metrics should serve the needs of a Chief Procurement Officer that operates as a critical part of the enterprise, encompassing all material program elements.

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NC State SCRC

JULY 21, 2022

This activity spans almost every possible industry, and can focus on a variety of different activities. For that reason, the division does a lot of outreach to industry. No industry is immune. So, what triggers an investigation? Another channel for triggering investigations is through law enforcement.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Both pointed out some critical points that are indeed challenges for the seafood supply chain in North Carolina, as well as some avenues to explore that may drive solutions. First, Gary pointed out that 91% of the seafood in North Carolina is imported! ” Most of the fishermen in NC are “dayboat people”.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 24, 2015

Center for Environmental Farming Systems (1) – Dairy Farming Project – Helping to create a transition plan to Austin Family Dairy Farm, a 75-Jersey cow conventional dairy farm located in Yancey County, North Carolina. These preferences and skills must then be matched with a partner company project.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 5, 2014

For example, the widening of the Panama Canal will change the conditions here in North Carolina, as enormous container ships will be circumnavigating the globe. And in Panama a huge transshipment area will grow where they will will do break bulk, put cargo onto smaller ships and send to North America.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Workers from picking and packing to planning and procurement are in short supply, stimulating interest in increasing productivity of the existing workforce. One trend is AI moving from “artisanal to industrial,” as companies adopt platforms with the capabilities they need already built in.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 8, 2013

Although strategic sourcing capabilities are well established in industries ranging from automotive to electronics, they are still in the formative stages in the biotechnology sector. In addition, much of the power in decision-making lies in the hands of clinical trials scientists, who often have power over procurement decisions.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

Industry supply chains experienced unprecedented and sudden changes in pandemic related product demand coupled with nonstop production, transportation and logistics delays. Precor provided upwards of 625,000 square feet of manufacturing capability in Washington state and North Carolina.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager.

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Kanban Logistics

JULY 23, 2020

Here are some of the ways that 3PLs can help smaller plants take advantage of logistics services in the manufacturing industry. Parts procurement and VMI services offer further efficiency. Your 3PL partner can handle the procurement and management of these components on your behalf. That’s a missed opportunity.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

While some industries/verticals have fared better than others , it is fair to say that ALL have been affected in some way. Thinking of procurement as a new source of revenue is certainly counterintuitive, but it fits the bill of thinking differently. Step 3: Drive Value with State Procurement Agreements.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 9, 2015

Her vision for what is otherwise often considered a stable and boring industry, energy utilities, provided a great deal for students and faculty to think about. Good is seeking to transformation in an industry that is vital to everyone, and it will take a lot of capital, as well as a lot of innovative thinking and effort.

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Requis

MAY 22, 2020

Meanwhile, salespeople for suppliers were trying to work around procurement. For example, there are around 200 startups for procurement analytics. To do that, you have to get out and talk to the people in the industry. In the 1990s, purchasing managers were focusing on how to beat up their suppliers in order to buy cheaper.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Procurement will play a key role in monitoring supply base conditions.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Since graduating from the NC State Jenkins MBA program in 2006, Joydeep Ganguly has risen through the ranks at Biogen Idec – the world’s oldest independent biotechnology company and the largest biotech employer in North Carolina. We didn’t expect that and our cost profiles were lower then the industry as a result.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Some of the recommendations I made to the group are discussed here in this blog, and published in the latest edition of Industrial Biotechnology journal. All of the individuals we met with were willing to support our work and eager to find ways to support further growth of the bioproducts industry.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2016

Author’s Note: Below is an excerpt from Moving Up the Supply Chain Maturity Curve: The Process Industry Executive Agenda for 2016 and Beyond , a white paper recently published by Elemica with research conducted by Adelante SCM. When it comes to supply chain management, however, many companies are far from achieving that swing.

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EC Sourcing Group

APRIL 7, 2020

Is their industry dealing with labor shortages, or could they? As the late Jim Valvano, who was the former North Carolina State basketball coach, was fond of saying about the NCAA tournament “survive and advance.”. How many documented issues related to quality, delivery, on-time performance or billing exist?

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Kanban Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2021

There are 21,769 standards, with quality management (ISO 9001) being the most common within the logistics industry. The AS9100 quality management system (QMS) standards are an extension of ISO 9001 standards that are specific to the aerospace and defense industry. Parts Procurement. Department of Defense, NASA, and the FAA.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 11, 2024

Supply chain orchestration enables seamless collaboration All this tinkering undoubtedly involves effort from across the supply chain, from sales to procurement to manufacturing to distribution and more. Historically these roles are siloed, focused on their own functional metrics.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Advance Auto Parts @AdvanceAuto The auto parts industry is driven by speed, as independent garages can’t afford to wait for parts they need to repair their customers’ vehicles. Located in Chicago, the facility opened in 2015 , making it the first LEED Platinum certified manufacturing plant in the industry.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 31, 2017

iconic places, such as the Route 128 tech corridor around Boston, Massachusetts; Research Triangle Park in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Austin, Texas; Seattle, Washington; and, of course, California’s white-hot Silicon Valley. congressional districts, 50 states, plus the District of Columbia. In short, the U.S.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

In the manufacturing arena, we are at the beginning of an industrial revolution labeled Industry 4.0 Scott Fawcett, Divisional Managing Director at Essentra Components, explains, “The Industry 4.0 Driver shortages have increased the transportation industry’s interest in autonomous vehicles.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 22, 2017

The Supply Chain Resource Cooperative held its bi-annual Industry Partner Meeting in the Talley Student Center at North Carolina State University this past week. The barriers to global trade may or may not occur, as there is a lot of political influence on behalf of many industrial interests.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 18, 2023

The metrics used by Handfield & de Oliveira’s study use well-established, industry-standard metrics for supply chain management. In the early days of the cloud, many firms in regulated industries (banking, healthcare, etc.) Supply Chain Metrics!?!? What is an “Open Analytics Culture” (OAC)? “the

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ivalua

MARCH 3, 2020

Five years ago, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina made news when it decided, like the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services before it, to publish the prices it pays to specific sites of care for specific procedures. Unsurprisingly, the healthcare industry is pushing back against mandated changes.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Five years ago, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina made news when it decided, like the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services before it, to publish the prices it pays to specific sites of care for specific procedures. Unsurprisingly, the healthcare industry is pushing back against mandated changes.

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