Kentucky Logistics Procurement 
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 30, 2025
Ford’s Kentucky-built Escape crossover faces a roughly $5,000 cost disadvantage to a Toyota Rav4, and as much as a $10,000 handicap between a Japan-built 4Runner SUV compared to a Ford Bronco made in Michigan, he said. a large cost advantage over Ford, when Japan’s lower labor and currency costs are factored in.
GlobalTranz
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
As time passed, procurement gradually gained a larger role in the scope of manufacturing and order fulfillment. By the mid-1950s , procurement had become a commonplace aspect of minor business, and procurement was almost comparable to secretarial work. Why Is Technology Driving Procurement Trends and the Role of Procurement?
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
The Logistics of Logistics
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Brad serves as the Senior Director of Customer Strategy at Emerge , the leading freight procurement platform. in Sports & Business Leadership from the University of Kentucky. Transforming the $800 billion freight industry, Emerge empowers meaningful logistics relationships through its award-winning Freight Procurement Platform.
Freightos
JULY 26, 2018
In other words, last month’s announcement was a stay of execution, not a reprieve, and it’s only a matter of time before Amazon reveal plans for a comprehensive logistics network. Amazon is at the nexus of ecommerce, data, and logistics, with a drive to constantly improve their logistics network. Amazon’s logistics hiring plans.
Supply Chain Game Changer
NOVEMBER 25, 2018
There’s another unfortunate entry in the annals of Supply Chain failures that burst into the wider world of business and pop culture: More than half of the UK’s Kentucky Fried Chicken stores recently closed because they ran out of chicken! Argentus is a boutique recruitment firm focused on Supply Chain and Procurement.
FLEXE
MARCH 5, 2017
The growing company began selling clothes under its own name, it procured a distribution center in Kentucky, and venture capitalists started to take notice—leading to at least $40 million in funding. Investing in the wrong kind of logistics. For many of today’s startups, outsourcing logistics and fulfillment is a no-brainer.
Supply Chain Matters
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Founded in 2015, Ascend currently operates a facility in Georgia , and aims to build another recycling facility in Kentucky. Reportedly, the funding is split between equity and debt and values that start-up at more than $500 million. Others in this area include Li-Cycle Holdings Corp.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
Let's personalize your content