Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to launch immediate investigations into the incident. The blown out aircraft door panel plug has subsequently been found in a residential backyard on the ground and is being taken to a facility for inspection. News of this incident prompted the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 4, 2022

In January, Supply Chain Matters highlighted an announcement from electric vehicle start-up Rivian Automotive disclosing plans to invest in a second volume manufacturing facility be located near Atlanta, Georgia with production operations being planned for 2024. EV Start-Up Rivian Encounters Order Fallout From a Price Hike Decision.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Amazon Announcement According to the online retail platform provider’s announcement , added positions will be full-time, part-time, and seasonal within mostly fulfillment center and transportation roles in hundreds of cities and towns across the U.S. In a contracting market segment, growth can come from seizing added market volume share.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

So I encourage shippers not only to focus on the specific locations where they [manufacture, source, or ship products from], but also understand the broader geographical structure of their carrier networks and hubs [because they can impact your logistics operations].

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 30, 2015

Super Bowl XLIX takes place Sunday between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots, but you probably knew that already. New England, especially Massachusetts, has a long history of manufacturing that has evolved from clothing and shoes to electronics and chemical products — with good wages to show for it. I hope you enjoy!

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

To give you a better idea of how a small error can have a huge impact, imagine a container ship navigating from China to Seattle with a compass that is off by 1 degree. For instance, a 1 percent impact on lead-time variability can lead to out-of-stocks, waste, transportation issues and much more.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 19, 2020

Almost 75 percent of US companies are experiencing capacity shortfalls in their supply chains, due to Coronavirus-linked transport disruptions , a new study has shown. Some US manufacturers, however, have resorted to airlifting supplies from China at a premium price. When the Going gets Tough, the Smart get Smarter.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 17, 2021

The impact of the semiconductor shortage varies by truck manufacturer. You can learn more about this topic on Land Line and Transport Topics. With the increase in building materials coming into the United States, how quickly will this help the manufacturing of backordered items? Accordingly, C.H.

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 28, 2020

from Tesla, the Silicon Valley-based electric and autonomous vehicle pioneer led by global entrepreneur, Elon Musk, which recently overtook Volkswagen as the second most valuable automotive company in the world, and right on the heels of the Just-In-Time, Lean Manufacturing giant, Toyota. Alla joins ThroughPut Inc.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 26, 2015

Editor's Note : In this guest blog post from Adams Nager, of ITIF (Information Technology & Innovation Foundation) , he stresses the importance of fostering innovation and spurring competitiveness of American Manufacturing by focusing on more R&D from both the public and private sectors. The rest is history.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

Amazon currently lists about 17,700 full-time vacancies on its website, about 920 in the logistics and transportation sector. About half of these jobs are in the US, and half of them based out of their Seattle headquarters. These positions are focused on operational roles for rapid manufacturing, inventive packaging, and fulfillment.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 12, 2020

Seattle is becoming a more favorable market for carriers and rejection rates are increasing. We are seeing favorable rates for shippers in Seattle, Ontario, California, and Denver, Colorado as carriers look to capitalize on outbound volumes. Transportation could be impacted in Illinois. State-By-State COVID-19 Reopening Status.

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

From a small shop in Seattle in 1971, the Starbucks Coffee Company has conquered the globe. 12 Questions about Multimodal Transportation Management. 16 | Profile Greg Javor, Starbucks Coffee Company. 33 | Seamless Supply Chain Execution. 34 | Mindmap for an ethical supply chain.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Content Summary: Personal Mover Transports Employees around BMW Plant. To eliminate some of this traveling BMW’s R&D group developed a Personal Mover solution—a one-person means of transport for covering short distances within an operating site. Moving around a large factory can be exhausting. Several major U.S.

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RFgen

MARCH 19, 2015

The overreach of the recent West Coast gridlock is impacting the ports’ Eastern counterparts as manufacturers from East and West Asia are opting for longer routes to the U.S.’s East Coast Ports Growing. ’s East Coast. By comparison, the vacancy rate at the end of 2013 was more than 9 percent.

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RFgen

MARCH 19, 2015

The overreach of the recent West Coast gridlock is impacting the ports’ Eastern counterparts as manufacturers from East and West Asia are opting for longer routes to the U.S.’s East Coast Ports Growing. ’s East Coast. By comparison, the vacancy rate at the end of 2013 was more than 9 percent.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Amazon will rent the planes from Seattle-based lessor Altavair, which is sending the used passenger aircraft to Airbus’ maintenance and overhaul partner to be remodeled for carrying cargo containers. Amazon’s European operations have been at the forefront of the company’s sustainable transportation push.

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QAD

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Manufacturers know all the issues: U.S. The Ports of Seattle and Tacoma are likewise expanding gate hours. Recommendations for Manufacturers. In addition to aligning imports with the new hour structure, she also suggests that manufacturers: Optimize inbound planning and decision-making with good data.

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Freightera

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Quite challenging and relativity low transaction markup, it’s also the bread and butter of our customers, manufacturers regularly shipping pallets and skids to their customers. As one of the players in the middle of the digital battlefield, we were honestly shocked. What does that mean for us? LTL (less than truckload) is our sweet spot.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Incoterms® are used to allocate transport costs, show where risk passes from a seller to a buyer, as well as clearly define the responsibilities for export and customs clearance, not to mention identify who must purchase insurance if required (and at what level), from origin through destination. . For example: A manufacturer in the U.S.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 13, 2018

He liquidated the business in 1991, and in 1997 he and two other partners started another trucking company, Hiawatha Transport, which they later sold. Rather than retire, in 2010 Schultz accepted a job in the transportation division of Ashley Furniture, the world's largest furniture maker, based in Arcadia, Minnesota.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 18, 2015

In this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon in talks to lease 20 jets to launch air-cargo business (The Seattle Times). Seattle passes law letting Uber, Lyft drivers unionize (Reuters). This week, as reported in The Seattle Times, Amazon is negotiating to lease 20 Boeing 767 jets for its own air-delivery service.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic followed by supply chain disruptions around the world has sparked a resurgence of companies bringing sourcing and manufacturing back to the United States or closer to U.S. These factors have encouraged manufacturers to move closer to the source of consumption — the U.S. trade with Asia.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

There is another report of a cyber-attack involving a large-scale asset-light global transportation and logistics services provider for maritime and air freight shipping tendering and services. Published reports indicate that the effects on this Seattle based company’s operations are widespread. All rights reserved. .

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

transportation capacity, with Jason Seidl , Managing Director at Cowen and Company, leading the conversation. According to the press release, “LMS delivers freight management solutions and transportation savings to a diverse customer base that includes Monsanto and several other Fortune 500 companies.”

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Talking Logistics

MAY 29, 2015

Last November, JDA Software and IBM announced a “new integrated offering [that] will provide retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers with intelligent sourcing, fulfillment and order management capabilities.” In return, the Seattle company pledges to get users their merchandise by 9 pm that night. Then again, maybe not.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 7, 2022

In a prior Supply Chain Matters blog commentary, we highlighted that commercial aircraft manufacturer Airbus has made plans to once again rapidly ramp-up monthly production levels for the company’s popular Airbus A320 single aisle aircraft family. FAA sign-off on added engineering, manufacturing and quality process fixes.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2023

The most significant news in global transportation and logistics circles late last week and this week are U.S. Bloomberg reported similar disruptions observed in ports in Tacoma and Seattle. Supply Chain Matters highlights the occurrence of multi-day disruptions occurring among key U.S.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JULY 16, 2015

alone, the latest being Seattle-based Elysian in February. Growing volumes require better planning; production, stock, transport and demand planning will get increasingly complex over time as data becomes more comprehensive. More recently, SAB Miller picked up London’s Meantime to enter the UK craft beer scene. The result?

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ThroughPut

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

ThroughPut’s team is backed by some of the best domain experts from Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Artificial Intelligence and Finance, who have put that knowledge to work in over a dozen successful startups. More information about ThroughPut.AI is available at: www.throughput.ai.

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 7, 2015

<p>New York-based Global Point Technology has been a leader in sourcing components and assemblies for OEM manufacturers from Asia for over 30 years. Through their logistics division, they offer warehousing services including the stocking of buffer inventory and JIT delivery to anywhere in North America.</p>

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 16, 2023

European and global based commercial aircraft manufacturer Airbus SE reported a total of 661 commercial aircraft delivered to a total of 84 airline or leasing companies during 2022. Both of these manufacturers will be reporting both Q4 and total 2022 financial performance over the coming weeks. Additional Thoughts.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Headquartered in New York, Shapeways has factories and offices in Eindhoven, Queens, and Seattle. Our goal is to stay abreast and keep readers abreast of all the latest trends which affect the manufacturing industry. . Construction of the part or assembly is usually done using 3D printing or "additive layer manufacturing" technology.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The service most frequently outsourced to a 3PL is transportation management (24%), followed by warehouse management (19%). Content Summary: DB Schenker USA has an integrated multi-modal transportation network, strategic warehousing and hub facilities, global supply chain information technology systems and visibility tools. Media Type.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

When you calculated your startup expenses, you probably figured out manufacturing costs down to the penny. A crowdfunding fulfillment provider can track and warehouse your products once they arrive from the manufacturer. Logistics #Transportation #SCM #SupplyChain #Crowdfunding #Distribution #Freight #ECommerce.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 17, 2023

The software provider will continue to be led by its existing CEO Zig Serafin and reportedly will remain headquartered in Provo, Utah and Seattle, Washington. When the transaction is completed, this provider will become a privately held company.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 4, 2018

And they have branched out into other areas such as dominating the cloud infrastructure market with their AWS cloud services, a broad array of logistics/transportation services and assets, and bricks-and-mortar retailing with their Whole Foods acquisition and Amazon Go. I visited the Amazon Go store while I was in Seattle recently.

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