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. Better resiliency reportedly enabled a competitive advantage that helped to achieve an additional 1.2

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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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Logility

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The groups on my most listened to playlists include Boston, REO, Rush, Kansas, Styx, Van Halen, Eagles, Foreigner and The Police, just to name a few. The Journey album “ Any Way You Want It ” made me think about the current strategy of wholesale distributors and the desire to provide whatever a customer wants whenever they want it.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Looming Great Allocation In conjunction with the Jackson Hole Symposium held last week and organized by The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City , a research paper titled: Global Supply Chains: The Looming “Great Reallocation ” was released. In mid-July, this blog highlighted reports of how HP was modifying its global sourcing strategy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 20, 2022

Over the last six years, Class I freight railroads — which include BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Kansas City Southern Railway, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific — have hemorrhaged a combined 45,000 workers, according to the Surface Transportation Board. This shift in strategy has been referred to as “ friend-shoring.”

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Resilinc

JUNE 28, 2022

Even though we’re only one week into summer 2022, excessive heat is already damaging agricultural production across the globe, from mangos and wheat in India to cattle in Kansas and chilis in New Mexico. In Europe, extreme heat has hammered much of the continent since mid-June, breaking records in France.

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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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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. . importers are resetting inventory ordering strategies to avoid any contentious contract talks this summer. East Coast Ports the Likely Next Test.

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Resilinc

JULY 26, 2022

Recent tie-ups include: LG Energy Solutions battery deals with Stellantis (formerly Fiat Chrysler/PSA Group) and GM; Tesla and long-time partner Panasonic’s $4 billion investment in a Kansas battery plant; and Li Auto’s strategic cooperation with NVIDIA and Desay SV on 8nm SOC chips for autonomous driving.

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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. True Value has already successfully implemented this strategy in the Midwest, and is now bringing it to its Northeast region with this new investment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Because of the food giant’s size, their sustainability strategy also is very broad. The long-term agreement will initially enroll corn, soy and wheat farmers across Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Nebraska, with the opportunity for future expansion.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 30, 2022

He is also a columnist with the Business Journals, serves on the Sales Education Advisory Board, and is the Program Advisor to Kansas State University’s Strategic Selling Institute. All New Sales Differentiation Strategies to Outsmart, Outmaneuver, & Outsell the Competition. Key Takeaways: Sell Different. Sell Different!

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 8, 2014

In the story, Joe and his leadership team work together to learn the answers to these questions through a series of strategy days. There was no line in the bathroom at the Kansas City CLM conference in 2001, but there will be at the CSCMP conference in San Antonio in 2013. Writing a book is a bit daunting. Big Data Supply Chains.

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AB&R

JANUARY 10, 2019

For that reason, you may want to consider a project manager to help oversee your implementation to help drive your compliance strategy forward. New technology and processes will likely need to be implemented, and what’s more, your staff will need to be on board and fully trained with these new changes. California. Connecticut. Massachusetts.

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

With Platinum’s support, we will continue to execute on our customer-centric growth strategy, which focuses on offering best-in-class customs brokerage, trade compliance and logistics services to more than 30,000 businesses in the U.S., 50% of carriers now have a head of transformation and 40% have published a digital strategy.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 18, 2014

UPS Capital – Sponsored Study Shows Supply Chain Risk Mitigation Strategies Lacking. Kansas has allocated some of its gas-tax revenue to pay for Medicaid and schools. DHL launches new logistics service for life sciences products handled at extremely low temperatures. States Siphon Gas Tax for Other Uses (WSJ – sub.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 12, 2015

It also increases our market share with small businesses and significantly expands our presence in the Kansas City market. That will strengthen our ecommerce portfolio—something we consider crucial to our strategy in the years to come. These benefits are just the beginning.

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Tompkins Blog

MAY 5, 2014

In 2011 Virginia Commonwealth shocked Kansas. In 2010 Butler overthrew Kansas State and Syracuse. Report: Aligning Supply Chains with Business Strategy. From the opening tip-off, Lehigh played with surprising aggression, forcing turnover and drawing hard fouls. Lesson learned: intimidation works. More Resources.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 28, 2023

Consider whether or not you would see such opportunities by looking at charts and graphs… The gymnast’s turnaround Alan Mulally was figuratively and literally a gymnast (at least during his time at the University of Kansas).

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GlobalTranz

JULY 21, 2015

and Kansas City, MO. . Author information Peter Resnick CEO & Co-Founder at XB Logistics LinkedIn The post Rapidly Rising Minimum Wages Will Significantly Increase Your Warehouse and 3PL Costs: Effective Strategies to Combat Their Impact on Your Bottom Line appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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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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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 30, 2016

To create a successful CC+1 strategy, you need to have the right asset providers, the right 3PL, and solid communication. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Kansas. The post A Core Carrier +1 (CC+1) Strategy: A Solution for a Changing Market appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 6, 2015

percent, 136,700 jobs), and Kansas (11.9 Author information Adam Robinson Adam Robinson oversees the overall marketing strategy for Cerasis including website development, social media and content marketing, trade show marketing, email campaigns, and webinar marketing. percent, 491,900 jobs), Wisconsin (16.3 percent, 162,900 jobs).

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Requis

JANUARY 22, 2021

So another way to say this would be: the first step to digitization is to have a digital twin strategy. The architects never envisioned it as being part of a multiple database strategy. He holds a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Kansas and is a licensed professional engineer in Texas.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 15, 2018

Earlier this year, Linda Brown, the Kansas school girl at the center of the 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. ” Some analysts believe the educational system needs disruptive innovation since much of the current thinking appears focused on the same kind of “more-of-the-same” strategies measured by the OECD report.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 1, 2018

Hariharan adds “As more cities embrace an outcome-based approach to their smart city strategies, citizen expectations will rise. 1] Leslie Collins, “ Black & Veatch report: Skepticism grows around smart cities ,” Kansas City Business Journal , 22 January 2018. [2] ” Footnotes. [1]

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MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 3, 2021

In March of this year, the railroads Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern announced they had entered into a merger agreement. Yossi Sheffi, Director of MIT CTL, in his new book, The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy Beyond Covid-19 (MIT CTL Media, 2020). The book is now available in Spanish.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Another is getting a product strategy in place. Panasonic plans to resolve the bottleneck in early 2024 when it starts producing the advanced cells at the $4 billion battery factory it’s building in Kansas. One key part of this is to determine holiday hiring (see below).

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The investment reflects Parkdale’s assessment that brands and retailers want to redesign their sourcing strategies to mitigate the supply chain disruptions that became so formidable during the pandemic. These include a new “multi-million-dollar” investment in a Honduran yarn spinning facility by U.S. manufacturer Parkdale Mills.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Barcode scanning is becoming a commonly used method of tracking inventory and for those organisations that have embraced it, has resulted in reduced inventory losses and obsolescence, and helped to promote a shift from push to pull in supply chain strategy. Some Scanning Success Stories.

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Resilinc

JULY 20, 2021

The Mexico-US-Canada rail network envisioned in the pending merger of Kansas City Southern with Canadian National would help. “Ocean shipping also creates situations where ports can become a single point of failure,” said Vakil, noting the congestion and container shortages that have plagued Pacific Ocean ports over the last year.

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