Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 12, 2022

It’s a common goal for people and industries worldwide to work together to reduce our collective carbon footprint and counteract climate change. The shipping industry plays a significant part in this equation, as carbon emissions from shipping make up a substantial portion of the problem. You must report these.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 1, 2023

Walmart will pay more for domestic sources, but will not be burdened with the inventory and purchasing FOB. One reason for this is that the COVID crisis in China is escalating to incredible levels, and that is shutting down a lot of manufacturing hubs. But that doesn’t mean we will stop having shortages of critical materials.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The manufacturing sector covers such a broad spectrum of products and processes that any discussion about industry trends must take place at a very high level. One of the megatrends that has been driving manufacturing for over a decade is digitization. Manufacturing Trends. Labor Woes. Workers understand this.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

I had the opportunity to present at a hearing in Washington last week – this was a public meeting of the Biomass Research and Development Technical Sub-Committee. 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.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 30, 2019

But what does that mean for industry employment? To gain some insight into how today’s industry professionals view the potential impact of warehouse robots on industry employment, we reached out to a panel of warehouse and automation experts and asked them to answer this question: “What’s your take on warehouse robots?

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

Walmart+ costs $98 per year, or $12.95 It includes free shipping of online purchases, free grocery deliveries to the home for orders of at least $35, prescription discounts and other benefits. XPO Logistics launched a Ship Net-Zero program, giving shippers the option to purchase carbon credits to offset emissions from shipments.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Former McKinsey analyst Markus Zils adds, “The circular economy aims to eradicate waste — not just from manufacturing processes, as lean management aspires to do, but systematically, throughout the life cycles and uses of products and their components. Kadir van Lohuizen ( @mediakadir ) reports, “The world generates at least 3.5

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Resilinc

MAY 18, 2021

As expected, the semiconductor shortage continues to plague the automotive industry with carmakers now expected to suffer losses of $110 billion in 2021, according to a widely reported estimate from Alix Partners. And, the long timeframes required to build new semiconductor fabs mean chip supply won’t be flowing anytime soon.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Journalists Ellen Nakashima ( @nakashimae ) and Rachel Lerman ( @rachelerman ) report, “The extortionists said, ‘you can restore everything by purchasing a special program from us — universal decryptor.’ Better to require companies to publicly disclose attacks and their potential cost. ’ The price: $1.2

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

The disruption caused by COVID-19 is unique in that it impacted supply chains across all industries. “The pandemic, however, is affecting supply chains in the aircraft, automobile, electronic products, hospitality, medical, pharmaceutical, retail, technology, travel, and personal service/support industries.”

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively. Louis, M.S.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2015

Cass Freight Index Report for December 2014. And we’ll certainly see more of it this year, as evidenced by the news this week that Anheuser-Busch InBev is launching an e-commerce app called Bud Light Button that will allow consumers in Washington, D.C. an alcohol-delivery startup operating in Washington. .

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 6, 2020

It was a good year for shippers as freight rates plummeted for the majority of 2019, substantially backing off the historic highs the industry witnessed in 2018. But much in the same way shippers had transportation difficulties in 2018, the past year was not easy on the other side of the industry — carriers.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 17, 2023

According to the SAP announcement , at a purchase price of $18.15 The software provider will continue to be led by its existing CEO Zig Serafin and reportedly will remain headquartered in Provo, Utah and Seattle, Washington. in cash per share, the transaction corresponds to a Qualtrics equity value of approximately $12.5

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Cross-border growth is projected to outperform industry growth, due to the near-shoring of manufacturing. • billion combined spend on purchased transportation; • Using the larger flow of data from its combined $2.7 In the second year, the company expects additional profit improvements by: • Reducing its $3.6 About Con-way Inc.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 12, 2020

Matt Leonard ( @Matt_Lnrd ) reports, “Almost 75% of U.S. … This comes after a survey by Thomas found 60% of North American manufacturers say operations have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.”[1] Disruptions caused by the pandemic revealed just how brittle some supply chains can be. supply chains.”[2]

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. Revenue: $8.7 Revenue: $8.17

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NC State SCRC

MAY 21, 2020

There’s zero transparency from the White House about how they’re allocating critical medical supplies, what is being produced, and how much is sent to the private market for purchase.” ” The Act would: Require publicly reported national assessments on a weekly basis to determine national critical equipment supply and requirements.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 13, 2019

However, the new tariffs will indirectly affect every industry due to tightened capacity, increasing supply chain costs, and longer production lead times. companies with global supply chains reporting adverse impact on business operations. Would they pass on increases/decreases in costs to consumers, and by how much?

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BlueYonder

JUNE 1, 2018

Federal Reserve sees signs of manufacturing growth; Softbank Robotics gets ready to scale up their business; Brazil reaches a deal to end its truck drivers’ strike; and Alibaba leads a $1.38 Fed’s Beige Book Shows Manufacturing Gearing Up. this spring , as manufacturing activity increased in spire of ongoing tensions over trade.

Retail 42

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BlueYonder

JUNE 1, 2018

Federal Reserve sees signs of manufacturing growth; Softbank Robotics gets ready to scale up their business; Brazil reaches a deal to end its truck drivers’ strike; and Alibaba leads a $1.38 Fed’s Beige Book Shows Manufacturing Gearing Up. this spring , as manufacturing activity increased in spire of ongoing tensions over trade.

Retail 40

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 22, 2021

The same held true for the inauguration party, with only a few musical guests anywhere near Washington. Vernon, Washington, as well as on public roads. The membership program costs $98 per year and allows Giant Direct and Martin’s Direct online grocery customers to order as often as they like and never pay a delivery or pickup fee.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 9, 2022

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) analysts David Young and Simon Beck insist, “Rarely in business history have CEOs had more significant opportunities to capture advantages, reset industries, and anchor their legacies than at this moment in the global race to sustainability.”[2] ‘Goodbye Washington, for that matter.’

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