Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

According to McKinsey, an auto manufacturer, on average, has around 250 tier-one suppliers – and 18,000 across the full value chain. Aerospace manufacturers have an average of 200 tier-one suppliers and 12,000 across all tiers. Ensuring that systems can meet the goals of local and HQ teams equally well.

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 21, 2023

Getting your business future-ready Manufacturers and businesses are currently adopting new business models, implementing waste-reduction programs, designing greener products, and applying lean manufacturing principles (value, value stream, flow, pull, perfection).

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2023

She is a member of The Expedite Association of North America, Women in Trucking, and the Transportation Intermediaries Association. While no two clients or urgent shipments are the same, Candor has significant experience with customers in manufacturing, trade shows, hotels and hospitality, air-freight, and facility services.

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Synovos

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They were a new company that had taken over an existing manufacturing plant and lacked the infrastructure needed to keep the facilities in good working order, whether that was buyers to order parts or an accounts team to manage the purchasing process. It’s a juggling act between the finance and manufacturing side of the business.”

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 7, 2021

Andrew Lynch is President and co-founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. He works alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage businesses in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CPG brands in North America.

Cost Reduction Strategies 147

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BlueYonder

MARCH 5, 2024

As cars become more connected, autonomous, electric and configured to order, automotive manufacturers are increasingly becoming software companies. Software companies operate much differently than traditional manufacturers. This represents a significant change from their historic approach.

Automotive 96

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

I spent the full day yesterday roaming the floor and meeting with exhibitors. ProMat 2023 occupied both McCormick Place South and McCormick Place North with over 1,000 exhibitors. McCormick Place South The South Hall is home to the IT Solutions Center and the South Manufacturing and Assembly Solutions Center.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021. But in North America, distribution is predominately through their company-owned fleet. There are continuing efforts to reduce the weight of their tractor and trailers in North America.

Supply Chain Design Software 188

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AIMMS

JUNE 16, 2020

A recent Thomas survey found that 64% of manufacturing companies are likely to “bring production and sourcing back to North America” in view of COVID-19. A manufacturer of medical equipment was among the many companies that was better prepared to meet disruptions thanks to a previous strategic investment.

Modeling 361

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2018

In attendance are manufacturing representatives from BASF, BerryGlobal, Corning, Covestro, Grace, Evonik, Intel, Monsanto, and Smith’s Detection. It is a meeting of equals. Technologists and manufacturers working together to try to define multi-tier processes to redefine B2B. The meetings are open. The reason?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 17, 2020

Manufacturers make toilet paper based on those demand signals in a very predictive manner. The majority of toilet paper sold in North America is manufactured in North America. There is also nothing particularly challenging or unique about the manufacture of toilet paper nor its Supply Chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Also, warehouse automation excludes similar systems such as airport baggage handling, manufacturing-line automation, and manually driven forklifts. This growth was primarily attributed to the long-term project business, and regionally to North America and western Europe. In 2021, the SCS segment revenues grew an impressive 44.5

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 14, 2020

ToolsGroup’s GM of North America, David Barton, sat down for a video interview with Robert Bowman, managing editor at Supply Chain Brain , to share anecdotes and advice for supply chain planners in a year no one could have planned for. What are your customers experiencing this year in the wake of COVID-19? Be creative!

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Ware2Go

JUNE 20, 2023

Ocean Freight Shipping: What to Watch For In 2023 When it comes to ocean freight decision making, emerging businesses should keep an eye on manufacturing costs, ocean freight rates, and supply chain disruptions. Manufacturing Costs Manufacturing costs in North America are higher than those in other global areas, such as China.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

I had a remarkable interview with a medium sized supplier today, that has truly found a business model which I believe holds a promise for a new industrial revolution in North America. To achieve this capability, the company has invested a lot of upfront resources that not a lot of manufacturing companies in North America have today.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Prior to that, Allen served as SVP, North America Sales & Service at CarGurus (NASDAQ: CARG) where he led a team of more than 300 sales, service, and operations professionals during the company’s most expansive growth period. GxP-compliant: Tive’s solution follows the guidelines of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).

Real-time Visibility 130

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Schedule Meeting. As part of the panel, four ex-AMR analysts –Roddy Martin, Mickey North Rizza, Lora Cecere and CJ Wehlage– will share insights on the results and the trends. Schedule Meeting. Schedule Meeting. Schedule Meeting. Learn More. Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. September 10-11. Scottsdale, AZ.

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RFgen

JANUARY 2, 2019

Key Takeaways: Process and discrete manufacturers face increased pressure in today’s highly competitive, volatile marketplace. Process manufacturers can leverage traceability technology to meet compliance regulations. Process manufacturers can leverage traceability technology to meet compliance regulations.

Supply Chain Software 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. I worked with the organization for a year and scheduled a meeting with Lucas to explain that his policies were the primary issue. Manufacturing equipment lead times were 19 months. His response?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Mars Wrigley chose Transplace, now UBER Freight, for North America and a partnership with Maersk/E2Open for ocean freight. What a Supply Chain Digital Transformation Means Unsurprisingly, a company as large as Mars has a highly complex supply chain involving global sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. I worked with the organization for a year and scheduled a meeting with Lucas to explain that his policies were the primary issue. Manufacturing equipment lead times were 19 months. His response?

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Supply Chain 24/7

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

AlixPartners 2016 annual survey of manufacturing and distribution companies serving North America and western Europe found that 69% say they consider near shoring a possible opportunity to meet US and European demand, this up from just 40% in last year’s analysis.

Supply Chain Software 40

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Logility

MARCH 13, 2020

Instead it is all about meeting the short-term need. These are questions everyone from manufacturing to retail must analyze now. We can quickly look at options to ramp up manufacturing and model how changes in our workforce may impact our ability to satisfy demand. Even Amazon is struggling! Where will you place that inventory?

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Global challenges, including port congestion, fuel costs, governmental policies and the ongoing pandemic will be among the factors affecting over-the-road hauling across North America as we look forward through this year and beyond. Class 8 manufacturing capacity has slowed to record levels, with backlogs of a year or more.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2024

We attributed the customers’ success to our focus on value, and our product, service and support teams, who are keen to meet our customers’ requirements today and in the future. Transportation Optimization microservice: top-tier Blue Yonder planning made available to wider audience via a standalone API.

Gartner 86

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AIMMS

JUNE 16, 2020

A recent Thomas survey found that 64% of manufacturing companies are likely to “bring production and sourcing back to North America” in view of COVID-19. A manufacturer of medical equipment was among the many companies that was better prepared to meet disruptions thanks to a previous strategic investment.

Modeling 177

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QAD

MARCH 3, 2022

And the effects of the use of mobile devices and enabled communications on manufacturing, for example, have been staggering. During his funeral, every phone in North America was silenced for one minute to pay tribute to him. The Evolution of Communications in Manufacturing. Who was Alexander Graham Bell? .

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3PL Insights

JUNE 30, 2020

What does this mean for trade and manufacturing in North America? The North American Auto Industry. of the material used to make the vehicle produced in North America. The USMCA contains new laws related to intellectual property, e-commerce, and the internet which were not written into NAFTA. Going Green.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 26, 2022

This week, in conjunction with General Motors reporting of Q2-2022 financial performance, the auto maker disclosed that it had secured strategic supply agreements to support one million electric powered vehicles in North America by 2025. or North America presence. Some Broader Context.

Material Savings 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 31, 2014

Manufacturing teams used to manage the supply chain group. Today, in most organizations, the supply chain team manages manufacturing. The irony is that fewer and fewer people within the supply chain team understand manufacturing. Instead, many of these teams just accept manufacturing strategy as a constant.

Supply Chain Planning Software 265

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Synovos

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Peter Olejniczak, General Manager for Operations in North America at RS Integrated Supply, a global Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) supply chain solutions provider, agrees. Keeping downtime to a minimum means understanding whether the amount of available stock meets requirements. The figure can be enormous.

Inventory Reduction 52

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Companies like ELIX Polymers and Fresenius Medical Care North America have chosen SC Navigator because it makes powerful prescriptive analytics accessible and allows them to quickly answer very specific questions about their business. Diversification has been the theme of the last decade.” .

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Material Handling & Logistics

JULY 26, 2018

Engineering & Manufacturing (E&M) companies are advancing their business models to focus more on providing services and capability to their customers, a practice known as “servitization.” Service type activities already make up from one-third to more than one-half of manufacturing employment in some industries.

Manufacturing 40

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2023

The essence of this report that cites an informed source, indicates that Rivian is about to initiate a manufacturing reorganization that will include the relocation of portions of the start-up’s manufacturing engineering team to be directly resident at the company’s Normal, Illinois production facility. Having burned through $6.6

Automotive 52

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Bristlecone

OCTOBER 29, 2020

For one manufacturing client, a recent diagnostics assessment identified key opportunities in supply chain planning process improvements, logistics optimization and reporting enhancements. Request a Meeting. Recent highlights include: Go-lives across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Performance Management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

In one article , Mr. Sorenson points out that IBP works better for small manufacturers than large ones. The company has 11 production facilities across North America and China. The executive meeting will generate lean six sigma projects where analysts are tasked with going out and discovering more granular costs.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 17, 2020

These services enable companies of all sizes to fulfill orders through just-in-time manufacturing, warehousing less and keeping shipping inventory lean. This, in turn, reduces real estate and labour costs, helps manufacturers meet tight delivery windows and adhere to e-commerce customer fulfillment expectations.

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