Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In this third Supply Chain Matters reader update, we highlight the ongoing supply chain and manufacturing implications of the labor strike involving the three U.S. unionized auto companies. Background The UAW has elected a two-fold strategy. The existing labor disruption includes all three of the U.S. Specifically for the U.S.

Negotiating Skills 64

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Some states are limiting corporate access to renewable energy, making it difficult for manufacturers to meet energy goals. Yet many of these manufacturers now face a challenge in accessing the clean energy they want and need, due to state policies that limit corporate renewable energy procurement.

Manufacturing Procurement 81

Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Ohio 81

Material Handling & Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

Instead of trying to cut costs silo by silo, these companies take an integrated view of operations (product design, procurement, manufacturing, supply chain management). The prize is huge for manufacturers that get it right. Procurement: Buy Better, Spend Better. Product Design: Put Customers First.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

Supply Chain Design Software Price Reduction Vendor Strategies Cost Reduction Strategies 40

Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Initially, 12,700 workers walked off their assigned shifts at the Ford Motor vehicle assembly plant that produces the Bronco SUV , a GM Missouri assembly plant producing popular pick-up trucks, and the Stellantis assembly plant producing the branded Jeep Wrangler SUV.

Negotiating Skills 59

Negotiating Skills Buyer Training Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 59

Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Orders are typically placed by different factions within a single facility, and fulfilled by multiple manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors. Centralisation then, is all about taking procurement and logistics out of the hands of medical professionals and placing it under its own governance structure.

Inventory Reduction 40

Inventory Reduction Material Savings Cost Reduction Strategies Vendor Strategies 40

Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Apple in talks with miners to secure cobalt supplies: sources (Reuters). Procuring logistics services is not the same as buying paper clips, yet that’s how many procurement organizations approach it. Procuring logistics services is not the same as buying paper clips, yet that’s how many procurement organizations approach it.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 100

Logistics Network Optimization Software South Dakota Supply Chain Planning Software Predictive Analytics Software 100