Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Ford has elected to partner with South Korean based battery manufacturer SK Innovation , in building and the joint operating of three battery production facilities, two in Kentucky and one in Tennessee. Both of these U.S. states support to right-to-work laws that make it very difficult for labor unions to organize workers.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In our conversation, Radu provides a unique perspective from the lens of working on C-Suite focused recruitment needs derived from global based organizations for senior leadership needs spanning overall supply chain, manufacturing, transportation, logistics and E-commerce leadership needs.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 13, 2023

In Part Two of this blog series , we provided highlights our third prediction, that supply chain management teams will continue to exercise more direct control of direct materials sourcing, and these efforts will be a prominent element of business strategy for CSCO ’s and CPO ’s this year.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 7, 2023

In this fourth Supply Chain Matters reader update, we highlight this week’s developments related to ongoing UAW labor strike involving the big three U.S. big three automakers with implications to their supply networks vs. prior strategies in targeting just one. auto companies.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 15, 2021

These interviews are often the best source of information and are not published. Secondary data sources are published available databases, reports, websites, and so on. Examples might be a “state of the industry” report purchased from a consulting company or a publicly available database such as the Census of U.S. Descriptions.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 12, 2016

He started in supply planning, overseeing over $100M of spend in batteries and other categories. He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh. The are a regional make to order kitchen cabinet manufacturer, and have two primary sales channels of modular kitchen and bathroom cabinets.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Our predictions included that uncertainty in global markets and the likelihood of regional economic and manufacturing recession conditions should be anticipated. Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® November 2023 report remained below the 50.0

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Supplier driven innovation was also a major theme at the Procurement Leaders meeting in Miami this spring. I also wrote about this in the context of “ heedful interrelating ” between people working in the same supply chain. This is how innovation ultimately occurs.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In this third Supply Chain Matters reader update, we highlight the ongoing supply chain and manufacturing implications of the labor strike involving the three U.S. big three automakers with implications to their supply networks vs. prior strategies in targeting just one. unionized auto companies.

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