Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In its reporting, Bloomberg indicated that Amazon has long practiced a strategy of taking stakes in business areas deemed a priority including a grocery chain, cargo airlines, EV powered parcel vans and others. with more than 75 locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina , and South Carolina.

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Kanban Logistics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

For example, let’s say your product is manufactured and packaged in China and is shipped to you in North Carolina for distribution here. Third-party procurement. Third-party procurement services from a 3PL can help. Third-party procurement services from a 3PL can help. retailers). Pay less for supplies.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 18, 2018

The current phase will involve using the analyzed spend & other inputs to refine the Category Strategy optimization approach. This team will work to identify specific opportunities within the sourcing process at Duke Energy to advance sourcing strategies through AI technology and reduce low value sourcing efforts.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Instead start with the foundation of your AI strategy, which should be an understanding of your company’s supply chain and your data. Workers from picking and packing to planning and procurement are in short supply, stimulating interest in increasing productivity of the existing workforce.

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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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Requis

MAY 22, 2020

Meanwhile, salespeople for suppliers were trying to work around procurement. On every screen there were moving graphical visualizations of material inventory. Tom had literally put his inventory on these control towers, and it was all updating in real time. If you have good data, you can build a good strategy.

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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. The beauty of this strategy is that if we have five new launches, we have scalable leverage.

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Kanban Logistics

JULY 23, 2020

But small and mid-sized plants haven’t necessarily adopted the manufacturing logistics strategies large plants use to drive productivity and cost savings. The greatest benefit of a JIT supply of raw materials is that your on-hand inventory is substantially reduced, which frees up more space for money-making production.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In higher-traffic markets, Advance Auto Parts has “hub” stores that keep more inventory in-stock to give customers what they need when they need it. Bed Bath & Beyond is also implementing inventory reduction strategies and is on track for a 5% reduction year-over-year by the end of the current fiscal year.

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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. This project is a 100 year trade strategy that China has undertaken. Tim also discussed the “One Belt One Road” project in China.

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