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Top Supply Chain Stories by Month 1H 2025

Supply Chain Digest

February An Amazon fulfillment center near Raleigh, NC voted No to joining a union last Saturday, as Amazon kept its track record in unionization battles almost perfect, with a decisive rejection of a union. lost net about 200,000 manufacturing jobs per year to offshoring. The manufacturing sector is soon going to follow.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Manufacturing Innovation Hubs Revitalize American Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

Since 2011, the federal government focused on changing this paradigm and made American manufacturing a priority. Under the guidance of the Department of Commerce/NIST , they developed an infrastructure with dedicated funding to rebuild our manufacturing sector. manufacturing.” Below is an overview of this program.

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REPOST: Supply Chains in VUCA Environments with Jim Tompkins

The Logistics of Logistics

Tompkins Ventures is headquartered in Raleigh, NC with partners spanning Africa, Asia, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Central America, China, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Panama, Mexico, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States. Reshore and nearshore supply chains and manufacturing to increase resiliency – the anti-brittle supply chain.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 25-29, 2019)

Talking Logistics

The Volkswagen Industrial Cloud: A Manufacturing-Centric Supply Chain Operating Network. The Volkswagen Industrial Cloud will bring together real-time data from all of the Volkswagen Group’s 122 manufacturing plants to manage the overall effectiveness of assembly equipment, as well as track parts and vehicles. Why or why not?

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Supply Chains in VUCA Environments with Jim Tompkins

The Logistics of Logistics

Tompkins is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina and has offices throughout North America. Reshore and nearshore supply chains and manufacturing to increase resiliency – the anti-brittle supply chain. Key Takeaways: Supply Chains in VUCA Environments. VUCA Environments. Agility with AI to work through VUCA environments. .

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New Report Unveils Top 5 Transportation Issues Expected in 2014

Tompkins Blog

RALEIGH, NC — Shippers and carriers this year can expect to see many new trends related to transportation, as well as a continuation of several critical challenges from 2013. Chris Ferrell, Director Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium. About Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium.

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Nashville to Host 2014 Tompkins Supply Chain Leadership Forum

Tompkins Blog

RALEIGH, NC, and NASHVILLE, TN. With more than 350 participating retail, manufacturing and wholesale/distribution companies, the Consortium sponsors a comprehensive repository of over 10,000 data pointscomplemented by search capabilities, online analysis tools, topic forums and peer networking for supply chain executives and practitioners.