Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 7, 2025

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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

APRIL 30, 2025

In addition , Airbus will also take over production of wing components for the A320 and A350 in Prestwick, Scotland, a site that makes A220 pylons in Wichita, Kansas, and another facility for the production of A220 wings in Belfast, Northern Ireland.”

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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. The agreement further points to automakers seeking more deemed friendly nations for strategic materials sourcing needs.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 10, 2014

What that means is that just as traditional sources of supply are in decline, sources that only a decade ago were uneconomical to recover are now in play, thanks to advancements in technologies such as horizontal drilling. midcontinent … Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas … as well the Gulf Coast and in B.C.

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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., is critical to help meet demand.”

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

”[6] One source of continuing tension between manufacturers and farmers is: Who owns the data? But while these functions are understood to be the core features of automated systems, the same thing is true here as it is across technology: It’s all about the data. Plant Health and Improved Crop Yields.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

According to the press release: Transplace leverages the CombineNet ASAP® advanced e-sourcing technology as part of its expert solutions, helping customers develop and optimize their carrier strategy for procurement events involving truckload, less-than-truckload (LTL), and intermodal needs.

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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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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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Stord

APRIL 7, 2019

For example, Kansas City Southern has accepted trains from other lines that it usually wouldn’t have to accommodate. Macy’s hired its first chief supply chain officer (CSCO) to oversee sourcing, inventory management, distribution, and sustainability.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 24, 2023

On Thursday, Wichita, Kansas based Spirit told workers not to report for their work shifts. On Wednesday, union workers rejected by a margin of 79 percent, the termed “ last and final ” wage and benefits offer from this supplier, thus placing a major disruption back in play.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

based Kansas City Southern , pending full regulatory approvals which is expected sometime this year. Surface Transportation Board on the merger with Kansas City Southern. . Canadian Pacific is the sixth-largest North America freight railway, and in December 2021 completed an agreement to acquire U.S.

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Resilinc

JULY 26, 2022

Samsung follower SamMobile.com reports that Samsung is boosting its use of domestic Korean sources for expandable components in semiconductor manufacturing. And tech firms are getting into the automotive industry.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 12, 2015

Most do not have the deep infrastructure to source transportation services in a multitude of lanes. It also increases our market share with small businesses and significantly expands our presence in the Kansas City market. Many of Freightquote’s 80,000 customers are small businesses or consumers with irregular shipping patterns.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2024

Early this morning, more than 9,000 unionized workers were locked out by carriers Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) resulting in a halt to freight and bulk cargo transport operations.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 30, 2023

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., According to published reports, this action represents the first new labor contract that workers at Spirit have had in over a 13 year period.

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Unleashed

MARCH 19, 2024

To relax, I read Adam Gnade : he’s a modern day John Steinbeck out of San Diego and living on a farm in Kansas. His work is poetic, beautiful, harsh, and sometimes crass. Always full of perspective.” ” On the lighter side… Who’s hiring?

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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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MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 5, 2023

For example, when GM faced chip shortages after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, CEO Dan Akerson used his position on the board of chipmaker Freescale to seek an alternative source of chips. “I For example, Kansas-based Invista Inc., I picked up the phone, called the CEO of Freescale, and said, ‘I know you make chips of this type.’

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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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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. On June 25, around 6,000 workers at Spirit AeroSystems went on strike in Kansas.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

And if most of your production happens in FL, you may choose to divert sourcing to your secondary facility, say in New Jersey, during heavy produce shipping season months to avoid the heightened costs. As the center of the dustbowl during the early 20 th century, Kansas has a long history of agriculture in the United States.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Originally from Kansas City, Quinn is a graduate of the University of Missouri where he studied finance. His entire career has been with Lockton starting at the global headquarters in Kansas City and now in Detroit. Other sources consider any jury award over $5 million as a nuclear verdict.

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IQMS

APRIL 21, 2025

Remember, you may be sourcing from a distributor who is sourcing products offshore, so your prices may increase in lock step with your distributor’s costs plus the new tariffs. 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

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 6, 2015

percent, 136,700 jobs), and Kansas (11.9 Manufacturing provides a significant source of demand for goods and services in other sectors of the economy, and these sales to other industries are not captured in measures of manufacturing sector GDP but are counted in the broader measure of its gross output. percent, 162,900 jobs).

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IQMS

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Often, software tools from all three sources are used create the necessary communication, coordination and scheduling between the various devices. Steve holds an engineering degree from the University of Kansas and an MBA from Rockhurst University.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The larger acquiring companies saw the legacy installed base as 1) a steady source of reliable cash flow from support and maintenance fees and 2) a captive market for selling their newer technology to the legacy installed base. Steve holds an engineering degree from the University of Kansas and an MBA from Rockhurst University.

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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.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 25, 2016

One Kansas hospital has realised significant benefits from applying RFID tags to all inbound inventory items with a value greater than $5 (US). These might serve as a source of ideas for any healthcare chain seeking to drive improvements and savings in both external and internal logistics activity. Some Scanning Success Stories.

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Cognira

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Divining too many details Want to know whether a discount with a recipe sent to Jasmine’s mobile account will inspire her to buy that lemon-infused Tunisian olive oil when she walks into your Kansas City store the second week in July - if July 4th falls on a Wednesday – and it’s raining, but just a little bit?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 21, 2023

Nearly two thirds of the company’s carbon emissions come from ingredient sourcing, which is largely based in agricultural practices, according to the company. The investment will impact over 100,000 acres of wheat-producing farmland, which is nearly double the amount of acreage used to grow the wheat sourced for DiGiorno products.

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Cognira

APRIL 1, 2019

Want to know whether a discount with a recipe sent to Jasmine’s mobile account will inspire her to buy that lemon-infused Tunisian olive oil when she walks into your Kansas City store the second week in July – if July 4th falls on a Wednesday – and it’s raining, but just a little bit? Divining too many details.

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ShipBob

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Uniform sourcing rules for all taxable transactions. For exam ple , most states with economic nexus allow an exception for small sellers (a notable exception is Kansas , which may come under fire for failing to do so); m ost states are enforcing economic nexus on a prospective basis only; and most give businesses a decent heads-up.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The initial findings from the investigation indicate that a subset of illnesses may be linked to slivered onions used in the Quarter Pounder and sourced by a single supplier that serves three distribution centers. Once again, federal food safety officials are focusing on a single production facility as the suspected source of the listeria.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 16, 2023

Rail Regulator Approves Canadian Pacific Acquisition of Kansas City Southern Line Background In 2021, a bidding war regarding the proposed acquisition of Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) involving both Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) and Canadian National Railroad (CN) dominated surface transportation headlines.

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