Supply Chain Matters

JULY 14, 2022

In this regular edition of our featured column, Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , we provide highlights of two noteworthy supply chain management focused technology development efforts which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based multi-industry supply chain readership. Panasonic Energy Co.,

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 24, 2023

After the news of a tentative agreement being reached, the industry likely had a sigh of relief on the implications of a major supply disruption. On Thursday, Wichita, Kansas based Spirit told workers not to report for their work shifts. Reportedly, workers are especially upset regarding existing core health insurance benefits.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Background As the month of October comes to a close, we revisit one of our 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains published at the beginning of this year. This study’s framework defines resiliency in the context of materials sourcing, production and supply chain digital transformation, and on industrial automation.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 30, 2023

This rejection was noted by Reuters as sending a shockwave through the industry. Spirit announced it will begin restoring operations at its Wichita , Kansas facility today, Friday, June 30, and begin to fully resume production on Wednesday, July 5., On Thursday of last week, Spirit suspended all production operations.

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Elementum

AUGUST 29, 2017

As a center of petro-chemical industry and a conduit of trucking and rail out of Mexico, the key supply chain hub is currently devastated by Hurricane Harvey. Rail freight networks operated by Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific in Texas, USA were heavily disrupted due to Hurricane Harvey, according to reports on Friday, August 25th.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

And most importantly, the consumers are changing their minds faster than the industry can respond. Whatever the reason, the surge in online food buying has changed the manufacturing industry as well as the food & beverage value chain and supply chain. Healthier but Quick and To-Go The movement to healthier lifestyles is not new.

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Unleashed

MARCH 19, 2024

The UK government announced the additional funding for the Green Industries Growth Accelerator (GIGA), bringing the total to almost £1.1bn. To relax, I read Adam Gnade : he’s a modern day John Steinbeck out of San Diego and living on a farm in Kansas. Learn more in the latest Manufacturing Health Index report.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters March 23 rd edition of our COVID-19 and Ukraine Conflict News Capsule, we provide updates to ongoing industry supply chain developments and disruptions of concern to our reading audience. based Kansas City Southern , pending full regulatory approvals which is expected sometime this year. Canadian and U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

Background As the month of August comes to a close, we wanted to revisit one of our 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains published at the beginning of this year. Of particular interest for us, the paper indicates that reallocation has been occurring among specific industry supply network dimensions.

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MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 5, 2023

Wider collaborations The social networks implicit in supply chains also extend beyond direct supplier-customer connections, as the case of a disruption at Evonik Industries shows. On March 31, 2012, a tank filled with highly flammable butadiene exploded in one of Evonik Industries’ chemical factories in Marl, Germany.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 20, 2022

As the driver shortage shows no signs of slowing down, and supply chain disruptions continue to affect industries around the globe, the push for these trucks is becoming stronger. The race to win in the autonomous trucking market is certainly heating up. That’s nearly 29 percent of their workforce.

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Logility

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The groups on my most listened to playlists include Boston, REO, Rush, Kansas, Styx, Van Halen, Eagles, Foreigner and The Police, just to name a few. Recently, I was listening to Journey, another of my favorite groups, while reading about the current state of the Wholesale Distribution Industry. I’m sure you’ve experienced this too!

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Google Express, the tech company’s fast delivery service, expands in Kansas City (Kansas City Star). Cargo owners such as consumer products maker Dorel Industries Inc and the U.S. Meanwhile, according to a survey conducted by Transplace: ELDs have caused drivers to exit the industry. project44 Raises $10.5M

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The long-term agreement will initially enroll corn, soy and wheat farmers across Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Nebraska, with the opportunity for future expansion. One of those requirements is that the project include a shadow price for carbon at the industry standard rate of $50 a ton.

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Resilinc

JULY 26, 2022

” That should be music to the ears of supply chain managers in automotive and other industry sectors struggling to catch up with the disruptions in chip supplies. And tech firms are getting into the automotive industry. Another potential customer would be Apple, which has been exploring getting into the auto business for years.”.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

I was born and raised in a rural, small town in Kansas, attended Kansas State University and moved to Dallas after college. I came to JDA because I was interested in getting into the software industry and also wanted to stay in supply chain. Laura with her husband Matt and daughter Teagan. Tell us a little about yourself.

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The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

For 17 years he paid his dues as an assistant coach – first at the University of Minnesota, then with the Steelers, followed by the Kansas City Chiefs, and finally back to Minnesota. It’s so bad that we have spawned an entire industry and discipline of what are referred to as “system integrators”. Dungy’s story provides the clues.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 21, 2021

In less than a year, Kansas City Southern has transformed from an industry wallflower to the belle of the ball, getting courted by Canada’s two biggest railroads.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 17, 2023

I arrived at the office expecting to start a research project related to the semiconductor industry (where I had spent most of my career at that point, and what I had been hired to do). 24 years ago today, I started a new job. Instead, I was told that I would do a market study.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

I was born and raised in a rural, small town in Kansas, attended Kansas State University and moved to Dallas after college. I came to JDA because I was interested in getting into the software industry and also wanted to stay in supply chain. Laura with her husband Matt and daughter Teagan. Tell us a little about yourself.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Originally from Kansas City, Quinn is a graduate of the University of Missouri where he studied finance. His entire career has been with Lockton starting at the global headquarters in Kansas City and now in Detroit. The industry, in general, will need higher rates and margins to cover the increased insurance costs. Learn More.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 28, 2023

When I worked for Richard Helppie ’s Superior Consultant Holdings Corporation, while between programming assignments, I shadowed an industrial engineer who was helping to redesign an Emergency Department’s (ED) physical layout; we watched the flow of doctors, patients and nurses.

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QAD

MARCH 25, 2021

Whatever the reason, the surge in online food buying has changed the manufacturing industry as well as the food & beverage value chain and supply chain. In terms of next day delivery, it is difficult to supply a consumer in Florida a food product tomorrow produced in the middle of Kansas if that is their only facility.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 10, 2014

midcontinent … Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas … as well the Gulf Coast and in B.C. These are issues that anyone who has worked in the oil and gas industry is all too familiar with, and not at all uncommon in most companies I’ve worked with. We’re also seeing growth from the U.S.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 18, 2014

Field Stocking Location (FSL) Network to Support Medical Device Industry. In short, the outcome of this case could have broad implications for the transportation industry. ” This announcement highlights several important trends in the 3PL industry. . SAP Launches 2.0 Version of SAP® Demand Signal Management Application.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

s industrial heartland is dotted with examples of how some links in the supply chain have been adapted to keep the wheels of commerce turning while others seized up. The shipping industry, which accounts for 80% of world merchandise trade, had a record year in 2021 , with volume totaling 179.1 Photographer: Megan Jelinger/Getty Images.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Though it was introduced three decades ago, it is recently that its impact is felt in industrial and manufacturing sectors. The aerospace industry is at a good space with the advent of 3D printing since it facilitates them to print special tools that were difficult to find, require months to make, and used to be expensive.

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AB&R

JANUARY 10, 2019

The GS1 Standard barcode was adopted in 1973 by industry leaders to standardize barcodes and unique numbers so they’re accepted by retailers and distributors worldwide. A barcode is more than a combination of black and white stripes. They’re used on virtually everything you see, which is why it’s imperative they’re compliant. California.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 30, 2022

He has helped hundreds of companies, in various industries and sizes, create marketplace disruption – leading to explosive, profitable growth. He is also a columnist with the Business Journals, serves on the Sales Education Advisory Board, and is the Program Advisor to Kansas State University’s Strategic Selling Institute.

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Warehouse closings in Aberdeen, Maryland; Edgerton, Kansas; and Rialto, California came as a surprise and a “body blow” to XPO, said their CEO Brad Jacobs. "We And like in other industries there will be digital winners and losers.". Morgan analysts. This has resulted in a loss of $600 million in revenue for the carrier giant.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 12, 2020

Currently, this has not made a substantial impact on the freight market, but we are seeing signs that the industry is beginning to recover. We expect cross-industry reopening, combined with produce season, to marginally tighten capacity on a regional level in pockets around the country in the coming weeks. Status: Partially Open.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 8, 2014

There was no line in the bathroom at the Kansas City CLM conference in 2001, but there will be at the CSCMP conference in San Antonio in 2013. Industrial Value Networks webinar on August 12th at 11:00 AM. In fact, it will probably be a long line. Today, based on our studies, women compose about 43% of the supply chain workforce.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 23, 2021

billion to one-up rival’s bid for Kansas City Southern railway. A bidding war is heating up for Kansas City Southern’s north-south rail network through the North American industrial corridor, with Canadian National Inc. (CN) Shortage of ocean containers shows no sign of easing. Save Mart kicks off pilot of shelf-scanning robots.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

Iowa is one the most agriculture heavy states in the US and its industry is dominated by corn and soybean production. As the center of the dustbowl during the early 20 th century, Kansas has a long history of agriculture in the United States. North Dakota is a grain-dominated part of the US agricultural industry. Massachusetts.

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Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

The route is part of the the Kansas City Southern (KCS) network and is one of a few new options carriers like Maersk (the company Walmart contracts) have started to provide as an alternative to the West Coast port congestion. Upgrades For the Energy and Mining Industries. Are Mexico’s Port Investments Prescient or Presumptuous?

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 19, 2020

cross-industry?reopening, Kansas ? . not expect much logistics disruption in Kansas.?? . However, many of its industries are coming back online and retailers were permitted to open with modified curbside pickup. . Stay Up to Date with the Logistics Industry? ? . Regional Freight Volume Update ? .

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Transplace delivered more than 50 customer solutions in 2012 using the CombineNet sourcing technology, in industries including consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing, and retail.

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