Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 6, 2025

In the current high volume news cycle, our readers might not have noticed a recent announcement from pharmaceutical and drug producer Eli Lilly , which the producer has billed as the largest pharmaceutical manufacturing investment in U.S. This announcement was made in Washington DC to include officials of the Trump Administration.

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EFT

JULY 1, 2025

China ready to discuss tariffs and subsidies with US at WTO China is ready to have discussions about trade policies, including tariffs and subsidies, that Washington has identified as obstacles to reforming the World Trade Organization, a senior delegate at China's mission to the WTO said.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This has reportedly led to a flurry of engagements with lobbyists and Washington insiders to ensure that business and industry voices are heard including the potential impacts on industry supply or demand networks, and on likely impacts to cost and service levels. based companies that import products from abroad.

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Exiger Perspectives

APRIL 28, 2025

Come meet our experts at Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo and discover how AI can support your supply chain resilience. NewsNation – April 11, 2025 U.S.-China

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 8, 2025

The pending resumption of China-bound Boeing planes to one of the world’s largest aviation markets comes after sparring between Washington and Beijing over the licensing of rare-earth minerals and semiconductors. and Asia’s biggest economy. and Asia’s biggest economy. It is the first stop in a journey across the Pacific to the U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 12, 2025

Recent trade pacts Washington reached with China and the U.K. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg June 13, 2025 Bloomberg The International Monetary Fund is seeing signs that the rise in trade and activity to front-run U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs is beginning to unwind as the global economy still faces heightened uncertainty.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 6, 2025

The clause doesn’t constitute a guarantee that Washington will hold off on putting tariffs on the industry considered vital by the Swiss, the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. Swiss Trade Deal Likely to Contain Assurances on Pharma Levy U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 11, 2025

senators during a hearing in Washington on June 11 that he wants to hold “Boeing accountable to deliver a high-quality product.” Bedford told U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The problem with supplier visibility is bookended into procurement processes that have gone back, not forward over the last decade. Procurement processes–encumbered by a focus on paperless processing, RFPs/RFQs, and efficient procurement–do not embrace the capabilities and requirements of direct material sourcing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The outsourced R&D, in turn, supported outsourced manufacturing with over 50 key suppliers. Problems are likely to continue, Dr. Tang argues, because the current crisis is hardly unprecedented; it is based on the changes that Boeing made to its R&D and manufacturing processes during the development of the 787 Dreamliner.

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QAD

DECEMBER 3, 2019

There is a developing trend that has been gaining steam in recent years that has the potential to seriously impact and “disrupt” food and beverage manufacturing. Smaller manufacturers are popping up all over the United States, as well as in other countries, to process and produce locally grown food products. The Washington D.C.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

We have heard that there is a focus on near-shoring, reshoring, and local manufacturing. Building a fab (manufacturing site) takes two-to-four years and requires the availability of water and trained labor. Registrations are pouring in for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 6th-8th in Washington, DC.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 30, 2022

However, two decades later, there is still no technology solution to enable demand visibility or help companies use channel data to translate demand into an inventory, replenishment, or manufacturing strategy. End-to-End Definition Implementation of enterprise data architectures to improve order-to-cash and procure-to-pay. Background.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2022

To make the point, let us start with a discussion on Consumer Products manufacturing. P&G lacks a tactical supply plan to manage load across factories and contract manufacturing to effectively communicate to suppliers and underperforms on ROIC. For example, a “buy plan” for procurement. Industry Trend by Year.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2016

George Yeoman Pocock, a leading designer and builder of racing shells who built the boat used by the University of Washington team, describes it this way in the book: “When you get the rhythm in an eight, it’s pure pleasure to be in it. But when all eight are in perfect rhythm, the result is almost magical. Which metrics are the right ones?

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Enterra Insights

JULY 4, 2018

If left to further its own evolution, they could have served as a source of competition to British Manufacturers. General (and later President) George Washington understood his personal limitations in the area of logistics could negatively affect the outcome of the war. ”[3]. did, however, have helpful allies.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Transplace delivered more than 50 customer solutions in 2012 using the CombineNet sourcing technology, in industries including consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing, and retail.

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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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Enterra Insights

MAY 6, 2019

Bindiya Vakil ( @BindiyaVakil ), Resilinc CEO, notes, “Supply chain, sourcing and procurement professionals are on the front lines of managing global trade risks for their companies. ” With both parties already gearing up for next year’s election, dysfunction will remain the operative word in Washington. ” 2.

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Resilinc

MAY 18, 2021

Everyone who follows automotive supply chains knows that there will be no short-term solution: there is massive pandemic-fueled demand for chips and carmakers are competing with consumer electronics manufacturers who secured stock first.

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Unleashed

APRIL 27, 2022

With material costs rising and the drive towards sustainable practices in full swing, the circular supply chain has become an attractive way for manufacturers and sellers to manage their supply chains in a more environmentally friendly way – and save costs in the long term. So how do you close the loop on your supply chain?

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Exiger Perspectives

JUNE 2, 2023

Dismantling Global Forced Labor Requires Pinpoint Supply Chain Transparency Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act & US Supply Chains A Looming Supply Chain Crisis Will Test Just How Far Washington Will Go to Prove it’s Tough on China Secure Your Supply Chain with Exiger The U.S. Need more transparency in your supply chain?

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2020

The impact on supply chains is particularly apparent in the following two broad areas— shipping and procurement of products/components/raw materials. COVID-19 Impact on Procurement. It adds that while all its manufacturing partner sites in that country have reopened, they are ramping up more slowly than expected.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively. from Washington University St.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 9, 2024

For parts manufacturers, distributors and retailers, getting products to market in a faster manner is essential for revenue and business growth This dual acquisition reportedly strengthens Epicor ’s presence as a Catalog and Ecommerce provider in the automotive aftermarket industry sector. In early 2020, Phenix Software Inc.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The Implications All Boeing production operations in the states of Washington and Oregon are now impacted including daily production of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft family, along with the Boeing 767 and 777 wide aisle aircraft. It is no exaggeration to say that the future of the 107 year-old manufacturer hangs in the balance.”

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

based manufacturing presence. Yesterday, The Washington Post published an Editorial titled, What’s Good for the UAW is good for the country-maybe. Paid Subscription ) The opinion piece acknowledged that union based autoworkers have experienced real wage declines over the past two decades and were overdue for a wage increase.

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Synovos

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This approach provides organizations, particularly manufacturers, the opportunity to make supply chain decisions that offer shared benefits. Think about the time and effort spent managing suppliers when your primary objective is to manufacture a product in say healthcare or food,” says Howse. “We

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Synovos

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This approach provides organizations, particularly manufacturers, the opportunity to make supply chain decisions that offer shared benefits. Think about the time and effort spent managing suppliers when your primary objective is to manufacture a product in say healthcare or food,” says Howse. “We

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

What is to stop individuals from using other gateways in the region such as Baltimore or Washington DC to enter the country? As the demand for PPE has soared manufacturing capacity has become constrained, and some distributors are citing supply concerns. The situation is exacerbated by local stockpiling.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 21, 2020

These reports will also identify industry sectors and manufacturers most ready to fill orders, stockpiles that can be refurbished or repaired, manufacturers that could expand production into PPE and medical supplies, and supplies and equipment that can be redistributed to new hotspots.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A published business broadcasting network CNBC report indicated that the commercial aircraft manufacturer had plans to operate three production lines at the Renton, Washington production facility in addition to the planned fourth line. They bring forward the risks of a “ survivor ” corporate culture, which has its own watch outs.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

I had the opportunity to present at a hearing in Washington last week – this was a public meeting of the Biomass Research and Development Technical Sub-Committee. 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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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

Deere & Company (brand name John Deere) is famed for the manufacture and supply of machinery used in agriculture, construction, and forestry, as well as diesel engines and lawn care equipment. One of the world’s largest manufacturers of computer chips, Intel needs little introduction. Deere & Company.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 13, 2024

It is no exaggeration to say that the future of the 107 year-old manufacturer hangs in the balance.” It must reinforce its commitment to the women and men who work in its local factories by making the unprecedented declaration that its next plane will be made in Washington. The future of a U.S.

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RFgen

MARCH 13, 2023

In its early days, the software company focused on developing accounting software for IBM’s mid-range computers, which were popular in the manufacturing industry. In the 1980s, the company expanded its product offerings to include manufacturing and distribution software.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 4, 2024

Senior Leadership Changes As noted in an attached comment to our prior update, Vice President and General Manager Ed Clarke , an 18-year veteran leading the 737 program including leadership of production operations in Renton, Washington , is stepping down immediately.

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