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Labor Strike Targeting Three U.S. Automakers- Update Four

Supply Chain Matters

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.

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AASHTO 2019 Annual Meeting, Oct. 5-9

ivalua

Louis, Missouri. The Annual Meeting offers transportation executives the opportunity to network and share the latest in industry policies and innovations. The Ivalua team will be attending the AASHTO 2019 Annual Meeting in St. Come and visit us at Booth 418! Ivalua at AASHTO. The post AASHTO 2019 Annual Meeting, Oct.

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Could Looming Supply Chain Risks Sink Your Company?

Material Handling & Logistics

Instead of trying to cut costs silo by silo, these companies take an integrated view of operations (product design, procurement, manufacturing, supply chain management). Companies often spend large sums of money researching, developing and manufacturing products with innovative features that customers don’t value.

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Digitizing Check Calls with Trey Griggs and Ryan Rogers

The Logistics of Logistics

After graduating from William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, Trey began his career as a high school physics teacher and coach. At Covenant, Ryan had direct responsibility for technology, continuous improvement, mergers and acquisitions, innovation and strategic planning across the Covenant enterprise. His experience at U.S.

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Manufacturers Having Trouble Finding Cheap, Clean Renewable Energy

Material Handling & Logistics

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. A new report, “ The Growing Demand for Renewable Energy Among Major U.S. A new report, “ The Growing Demand for Renewable Energy Among Major U.S.

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Nursing Hospital and Healthcare Supply Into a New Age

Logistics Bureau

Centralisation then, is all about taking procurement and logistics out of the hands of medical professionals and placing it under its own governance structure. Rather than outsource the operation, Intermountain chose to keep control of all procurement and supply activities.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19-23, 2018)

Talking Logistics

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. Four States Push Back on ELD Mandate.