Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 7, 2025

Products Before Talks Photo: iStock/Rat0007 June 7, 2025 Bloomberg RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Global Trade & Economics Regulation & Compliance Apparel High-Tech/Electronics Related Articles CP Rail Agrees to Buy Kansas City Southern for $25 Billion Sartorius to Buy French Biotech Polyplus for $2.6

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IQMS

MARCH 24, 2023

It’s no surprise then that many manufacturing enterprise resource planning (ERP) users state that the first and most straightforward value they derive is gaining control of inventory costs and availability. Let’s look at common inventory management challenges and how they can be addressed using a manufacturing ERP system.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 29, 2022

Starting this week, customers across the US will begin to see custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian delivering their Amazon packages , with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Even today when one reads the numerous articles about the benefits of manufacturing or assembling in Mexico, most of them highlight Mexico's low-cost labor and, of course, its proximity to the US market. But what does it all mean for those shippers and manufacturers that rely on cross-border trade between the two countries?

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QAD

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It was a relatively simple network that started with the food manufacturer sending products to distribution centers, then on to the grocery stores and specialty shops. The evolution of the value chain has been driven by multiple factors; technology, manufacturers and the consumer. That was the value chain.

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QAD

MARCH 25, 2021

It was a relatively simple network that started with the food manufacturer sending products to distribution centers, then on to the grocery stores and specialty shops. The evolution of the value chain has been driven by multiple factors; technology, manufacturers and the consumer. That was the value chain.

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IQMS

JUNE 16, 2023

Manufacturers face growing pressure to shrink their time to delivery, but with interest rates at their highest in years, few companies today can afford to add machinery. Typically, manufacturers rely on management by exception to help achieve one or more of the following objectives: Make sure current operations are running on plan.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 30, 2025

As a reference to our non-commercial aircraft industry readers, Spirits production facilities were once a part of Boeing s internal manufacturing operations and were spun off to be an independent supplier. As our readers are likely aware, Boeing has been challenged by a number of manufacturing quality control lapses that have cost the U.S.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. 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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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

They include the Airbus A220 wings and mid-fuselage structures produced in Belfast, Northern Ireland , and Casablanca, Morocco along with the A220 pylons produced in Wichita, Kansas. Concerning the Airbus A350 twin aisle wide body aircraft, the fuselage sections were being produced at a Spirit facilities in Kinston, North Carolina , and St.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 26, 2022

This report cited informed sources indicating that the State of Oklahoma is being considered as a location for this facility but that there are no guarantees that an agreement will be reached. manufacturing facility somewhere in Oklahoma as well. based production facility. Paid subscription required).

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

”[6] One source of continuing tension between manufacturers and farmers is: Who owns the data? AI can help farmers manage risks by monitoring things like weather and receiving messages from equipment manufacturers recommending preventive maintenance actions. Plant Health and Improved Crop Yields.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 14, 2022

a Panasonic Group company, and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly jointly announced yesterday that the state of Kansas will be a new location for a proposed US-based lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility, pending approval by Panasonic Holdings Corporation Board of Directors. Panasonic Energy Co., location.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Prediction Three of our research advisory indicated that more direct control of strategic and tactical direct materials sourcing would continue to be a prominent element of business strategy in 2023 and beyond. In 2022, more U.S. percent to 11 percent due to disruption in either their engineering, supply, production or operations units.

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Resilinc

JULY 26, 2022

Not coincidentally, the company opened its first in-house European manufacturing facility in Budapest in June. Samsung follower SamMobile.com reports that Samsung is boosting its use of domestic Korean sources for expandable components in semiconductor manufacturing. Lenovo, the largest PC maker by unit sales, saw 12.5%

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IQMS

APRIL 21, 2025

This is putting unprecedented pressure on manufacturing companies to understand the potential tariff risks on their businesses as they evolve and quickly take action to mitigate their impact. Start by reviewing all of your open purchase orders and recent receipts and understand what unplanned tariff charges you may have incurred.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 3, 2024

A majority of manufacturers have automated their primary manufacturing operations for producing parts and products. But when it comes to secondary operations, a huge gap remains between the largest manufacturers and many second- and third-tier component producers. Today, the manufacturing automation gap is beginning to close.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group, via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog calls reader attention to two recently published research papers that address evidence of ongoing shifts in global supply component and end production sourcing. The above seems to imply, from our lens, the movement toward China Plus sourcing activity.

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Unleashed

MARCH 19, 2024

In this issue: The latest in global supply chain news 5 secrets you can steal for better cash flow Growth advice from the founder of a healthy soda brand Job opportunities from Fujitsu, Tesla, and more In the supply chain headlines Manufacturing profit margins recovering. Learn more in the latest Manufacturing Health Index report.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 24, 2023

Spirit , which was spun off from Boeing in 2005, is a key supplier to both major aircraft manufacturers, Boeing , and Airbus. 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

MARCH 23, 2022

After a three-day stoppage of rail operations impacting transcontinental shipments of key commodities and manufactured goods, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference have reached a settlement calling for final and binding arbitration of differences. East Coast Ports the Likely Next Test.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This exclusive data comes from EventWatch AI , Resilinc’s 24/7 AI-powered, global event monitoring platform, which collects information and monitors news on 400 different types of disruptions across 104 million global sources. The fire started when a small piece of Styrofoam the company manufacturers caught fire in an oven. billion.

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MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 5, 2023

As Lynn Torrel, chief procurement and supply chain officer at Flex, explained the company’s operations during the Covid-19 pandemic, “We’ve had a few escalation calls with suppliers, and you get on a call, and there are critical needs. CDT is a critical ingredient in manufacturing a high-tech type of nylon called PA-12.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 30, 2023

Spirit , which was spun off from Boeing in 2005, is a key supplier to both major aircraft manufacturers, Boeing and Airbus. 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.,

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 6, 2015

While US manufacturing has been hit hard by nearly two decades of policy failures that have damaged its international competitiveness, it remains a vital part of the U.S. The US manufacturing sector employed 12 million workers in 2013, or about 8.8 On average, non-college-educated workers in manufacturing made 10.9 employment.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 23, 2024

The order calls for the Canada Industrial Relations Board , a termed independent body, to impose binding arbitration on both Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference. Both railways were ordered to resume operations while the arbitration process initiates.

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IQMS

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Some are expert users of our manufacturing enterprise resource (ERP) system who are seeking advanced knowledge. The opening keynote session will feature a company-wide update from our CEO and senior leadership, as well as cutting-edge presentations from luminaries in the manufacturing and design world.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 1, 2024

Nazaire, France; of the A220’s wings and mid-fuselage in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Casablanca, Morocco; as well as of the A220 pylons in Wichita, Kansas, U.S.

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IQMS

JANUARY 11, 2024

At DELMIAWorks, we attend a lot of manufacturing trade shows: MD&M, PACK EXPO, and FABTECH, to name a few. It also knows what your customers have purchased in the past, how much they paid, what your customers currently have on order, and where those orders are in the production process. In fact, ERP serves sales quite well.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2020

He currently leads the property/casualty practice for Lockton Michigan and works with transportation, construction/real estate, and manufacturing companies for risk management and insurance. Originally from Kansas City, Quinn is a graduate of the University of Missouri where he studied finance.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 27, 2023

As manufacturing continues to evolve, many legacy enterprise resource planning system (ERP) systems have failed to keep pace. To understand what manufacturers need today, let’s first define what we mean by a legacy ERP system. Steve holds an engineering degree from the University of Kansas and an MBA from Rockhurst University.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 14, 2018

The 2018 Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card , conducted by Conexus Indiana for the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research, rates U.S. The 2018 Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card , conducted by Conexus Indiana for the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research, rates U.S.

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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. Some Scanning Success Stories.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 3, 2019

Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center (FAPC) predict, “From tried-and-true barbecue sauces and flavorful potato recipes with a twist, food developers are becoming inspired by Kansas City barbecue, Southern Appalachian pimento cheese, Made in Oklahoma salsas and other areas from sea to shining sea. ” Hemp-infused foods.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 3, 2015

Mark Bogucki, our general manager in Kansas City, recently announced he would retire at the end of 2015. A person either had to purchase the carrier and get the authority in the transaction or have it passed down through an estate. Since joining C.H. This level of authority was next to impossible to acquire. Private fleets.

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Resilinc

JULY 20, 2021

In the decades since, Linton and his teams at IBM, LG, Flex and other companies have driven billions in annual procurement to China and other Asian countries, helping to create the Asia-centric manufacturing supply chains of today. based manufacturers will still need a strong supply base from friendly countries.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

And developing a Pan American Manufacturing Ecosystem would also create jobs, build wealth, reduce the pressure to migrate, and promote political stability in countries such as Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. manufacturer Parkdale Mills. supply chains to a Latin American manufacturing supply base will likely take 20 years.

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