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AI Technology Demand Spurs US Production Investments

Supply Chain Matters

manufacturing investment. As an example, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) , the largest global wide fabricator of advanced semiconductor processors has previously announced plans to invest upwards of $100 billion in fab facilities located in the U.S., states under consideration are Texas and Mississippi.

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Supply chain risks: The knowable unknowns that can hurt your supply chain!

Kinaxis

by Dr. Madhav Durbha CSX, one of the only two railroad operators in the USA that handles nearly all the shipments that move by train east of the Mississippi River has been experiencing serious challenges since the month of May. For example, let’s say you modeled the lead time from “supplier A” to your manufacturing facility as 7 days.

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Like the Mississippi River Through New Orleans, Today’s CPG Market is Quickly Changing Directions

QAD

Twisting and turning, changing directions quickly, the Mississippi River winds down the center of the U.S. Manufacturers of food, beverage and consumer products are facing challenging times, changing consumers and the need to deliver new products to the marketplace faster than ever before. Supply Chain Planning 2020.

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Plant-location decisions and potential supply chain risk

Kinaxis

The outcome is expected to either significantly impact an existing automotive supplier network or prompt manufacturers and suppliers to move or begin operations. The Wall Street Journal reports that at least 11 states are in talks to land the manufacturing plant.

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Peet’s Coffee and the Roasted Bean Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

In DSD, instead of shipping truckload quantities of goods directly to a retailer’s regional distribution center every few weeks, a manufacturer has their own account representatives that sell to and service individual stores. They are exploring opening a second warehouse east of the Mississippi.

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Talk Doesn’t Cook the Rice

Supply Chain Shaman

As they say in Mississippi, “Talk doesn’t cook the rice.” For manufacturers and distributors of pharmaceuticals, medical device components, healthcare providers and consultants in healthcare. ” The essence of this colloquialism is that words have to be converted to action.

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Recession-proof Supply Chains with FTZs

QAD

Looking back to plan ahead In a time when most furniture is made overseas, there remains a small but vibrant community of furniture manufacturers in a part of Mississippi better known for the birthplace of Elvis Presley than domestic manufacturing. Then, these manufacturers turned to the FTZ program. they paid 5.3%