Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2022

Experts from North Carolina State University and GEP conducted a survey on supply chain, procurement and IT leaders to determine their challenges and priorities, focusing on examining gaps in the supply chain.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 24, 2020

Today’s WSJ front page shares the important role of one of Apple’s top senior executives who runs much of the procurement and supply chain activity for Apple – Tony Blevins. Mr. Blevins studied industrial engineering at North Carolina State, and grew up near Jefferson, NC in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Kanban Logistics

AUGUST 13, 2020

If you’re a manufacturer, you likely know the answer. See, there’s a big difference between handling inbound logistics yourself and outsourcing it to a trusted North Carolina third-party logistics (3PL) provider that knows the manufacturing industry. Third-party procurement. Imagine that you are a manufacturer.

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Kanban Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Manufacturing logistics services Following are some of the key inbound logistics services – also known as manufacturing logistics services – that 3PLs can perform to support the flow of goods into a factory. Third-party procurement. This is a lean manufacturing logistics strategy in which materials are kept off-site (e.g.,

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 12, 2024

The center fuselage and other structural components for the wide body Airbus 350 are produced at Spirit’s facilities in Kinston , North Carolina and in Prestwick, Scotland. Reportedly, supply contracts involve the wing structures for the Airbus A220 aircraft family that are produced in a facility in Belfast, Ireland.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In his current role, he is accountable for several strategic functions, including corporate engineering; capital and infrastructure strategy; corporate real estate; risk management; operations research and global procurement. Procurement, when embedded into the operating fabric of ESG can add tremendous value. He earned an M.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 22, 2024

We do so in the lens of supply chain management and manufacturing. While such an application might have been effective, and Procter and Gamble might have been pleased, it is not in conformance with the approved manufacturing process instruction specification for the aircraft.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia sit squarely in the storm’s path. Each state has a rich manufacturing economy. As a manufacturer, stay close to market signals. The question was simple, “What will be the impact of Hurricane Florence on the supply chain?”

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Kanban Logistics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

For example, let’s say your product is manufactured and packaged in China and is shipped to you in North Carolina for distribution here. Manufacturing logistics services. Third-party procurement. Third-party procurement services from a 3PL can help. Why don’t manufacturers just kit their own parts?”.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

This week, the company announced a reversal in manufacturing and supply chain strategy, as well as a major turnabout. The company will henceforth outsource the manufacturing of its stationary exercise bikes and treadmills to a Taiwan based contract manufacturer. Pivot Toward Internal Manufacturing Presence.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2016

What you find instead are functional groups — such as Manufacturing, Distribution, Sales and Marketing, and Procurement — operating in silos, like a boat full of rowers each doing their own thing. When it comes to supply chain management, however, many companies are far from achieving that swing.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

In the manufacturing arena, we are at the beginning of an industrial revolution labeled Industry 4.0 revolution is well and truly underway and is redefining traditional manufacturing processes once and for all. revolution is well and truly underway and is redefining traditional manufacturing processes once and for all.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 8, 2013

In addition, much of the power in decision-making lies in the hands of clinical trials scientists, who often have power over procurement decisions. The company discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets biological products for treating conditions such as multiple sclerosis and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 24, 2015

Center for Environmental Farming Systems (1) – Dairy Farming Project – Helping to create a transition plan to Austin Family Dairy Farm, a 75-Jersey cow conventional dairy farm located in Yancey County, North Carolina. These preferences and skills must then be matched with a partner company project.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager.

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Kanban Logistics

JULY 23, 2020

Walk into the manufacturing sites of many large companies and you’ll observe a finely tuned inbound logistics operation, with parts and raw materials arriving at the factory for that day’s production requirements. Here are some of the ways that 3PLs can help smaller plants take advantage of logistics services in the manufacturing industry.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 18, 2018

Following a project we did last fall, Lenovo’s Data Centre Group (DCG) at Morrisville, North Carolina is seeking to identify and explore its opportunities for process improvement and supply chain efficiency by leveraging Blockchain. Lenovo Blockchain Analysis Part 2.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 27, 2022

I helped to set the stage by providing an overview of the disruptions occuring in manufacturing, ports, transportation, carriers, and the resulting increases in material, labor, and transportation costs. ” That is the sign of a great set of discussions from experts in my opinion!

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Kanban Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

For many manufacturers, pre -assembly of component parts is also required during the production process. To save a good chunk of this time – and money – many manufacturers utilize the custom kitting services of third-party logistics (3PL) companies. Why don’t manufacturers just compile their own parts?”.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Some states are limiting corporate access to renewable energy, making it difficult for manufacturers to meet energy goals. Yet many of these manufacturers now face a challenge in accessing the clean energy they want and need, due to state policies that limit corporate renewable energy procurement.

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Kanban Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Parts Procurement. The way that vendor-managed inventory (VMI) works is simple: the 3PL procures the materials, stores them, manages the inventory, and invoices you only for the parts you need, when you need them. Aerospace logistics services in North Carolina.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Procurement will play a key role in monitoring supply base conditions.

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Requis

MAY 22, 2020

Meanwhile, salespeople for suppliers were trying to work around procurement. Flex is the biggest company you’ve never heard of— with over 120 factories worldwide, they are contract manufacturers to companies like Nike, GE, Intel, and Apple. For example, there are around 200 startups for procurement analytics.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

I conduct and lead business process design sessions for retailers and manufacturers for JDA’s Category Management solution. DW: We did the procurement for the supplies that we sold on the ship, and we took on supplies for other ships that were in deployment. I am from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Your career?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Since graduating from the NC State Jenkins MBA program in 2006, Joydeep Ganguly has risen through the ranks at Biogen Idec – the world’s oldest independent biotechnology company and the largest biotech employer in North Carolina. Vertically integrate existing manufacturers. which is a 90 day process. There were four options: 1.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

I conduct and lead business process design sessions for retailers and manufacturers for JDA’s Category Management solution. DW: We did the procurement for the supplies that we sold on the ship, and we took on supplies for other ships that were in deployment. I am from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Your career?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Unfortunately, The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard-bearer for classifying businesses and sectors. As an example, Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325) encompasses a variety of chemical manufacturing codes including petrochemicals (3251), but none for biobased chemicals.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 18, 2023

Before the clouds appeared, building software required finding “on-premise” servers or databases with capacity for a new application or service, or it required a lengthy process of procurement, design, installation, and administration. So what happened? The linkage between intention (e.g.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In addition to cutting the need for outsourced manufacturing, this move could give the company a leg up on the competition by making it possible to get products in the hands of consumers faster. Additionally, the company’s manufacturing expertise will enable the reduction of production costs. manufacturing facility in 2014.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 31, 2017

iconic places, such as the Route 128 tech corridor around Boston, Massachusetts; Research Triangle Park in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Austin, Texas; Seattle, Washington; and, of course, California’s white-hot Silicon Valley. congressional districts, 50 states, plus the District of Columbia.

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