Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

It is Labor Day weekend in the United States, and the plane is full. Next week is the annual Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , and summit preparation is on my agenda for the weekend. There are two buffers in the supply chain: inventory and manufacturing capacity. ” Executive Understanding.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 31, 2022

In this posting we provide two recent examples of turnover among senior supply chain leadership that occurred n days of one another. . Last week both Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal reported the departure of yet another senior manufacturing executive at Rivian Automotive as well as an overall reorganization.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 25, 2017

So much so, that I think that it should be required reading for all global supply chain professionals. While the book is about productivity in the United States, I believe that the trends that Robert paints are global. Total Factor Productivity and Annualized Growth Rates in the Unite States.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

That would be a clearer sign of conditions of manufacturing recession for some regions, especially countries in the Eurozone.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

Medical Device Manufacturer. New Supply Chain Leader of a Regional Children’s Hospital. While hospital supply chain organizations have made progress in the last decade, the gap has widened between the supplier sectors of pharmaceuticals and medical device manufacturers and other manufacturing industries.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 4, 2018

From the last half of 2017 through today and beyond, a slew of market forces, some predictable and some unexpected, have combined to create a very real truck capacity shortage in the United States. economy in 2017 and so far in 2018, manufacturers have been producing more goods than usual and requiring more freight to be shipped.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In line with prevailing economic forecasting, readers should anticipate continued uncertainty of global markets and the actual likelihood of various regional economic and manufacturing recession conditions in the coming year. Of added concern, the three largest global economies ( Europe, United States, China ) are expected to stall.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 23, 2013

The key results of this study by BVL International on trends and strategies in logistics and supply chain management are summarized, as follows. They are based on 1757 responses collected in an international survey from supply chain executives (including logistics service providers (LSPs), retailers, and manufacturing companies).

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Jaggaer

JANUARY 28, 2019

As we’ve explored in our last two blog posts, economists are predicting a decline in global economic growth due to policy and trade issues both in the United States and the European Union , bringing an increased risk to supply chains and procurement organizations.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 13, 2022

Founded in 2017, Deliverr supports more than one million orders per month for thousands of merchants across the United States. Supply Chain Matters readers will recall that in April 2021, Panasonic announced that the Japan based manufacturing and services company would purchase the remaining 80 percent of Blue Yonder shares for $5.6

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Elementum

JUNE 19, 2015

In the United States, the conscious use of forced labor is explicitly banned. California has its own Transparency in Supply Chains Act, which requires that “retail sellers and manufacturers doing business in the state… disclose their efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their direct Supply Chains”.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2015

SAP Launches Enhanced Supply Chain Execution Software for Faster Logistics Planning. The enlarged entity will strengthen its position on strategic shipping routes, especially in key markets such as United States, Intra-Asia and Japan, and will boast a balanced trade portfolio.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In September, SCM World released its annual Chief Supply Chain Officer Report based on its survey of over 1,000 supply chain executives across all industries and geographies. Supply Chain Nation sat down with Kevin O’Marah, Chief Content Officer for SCM World, to discuss four key findings of the study.

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Accelogix

JULY 29, 2021

Accelogix, a warehouse automation services firm specializing in software-driven flexible automation, today announced its recognition in 2021 Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Supply Chain Execution Technologies by Dwight Klappich as a Sample Vendor within the Multirobot Orchestration category.[1] 1] Gartner, Inc.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Here are some excerpts from the press release: These UPS electric trucks [manufactured in Stockton, California by Electric Vehicles International] will reduce the consumption of conventional motor fuel by approximately 126,000 gallons per year. Additional benefits include reduction of carbon emissions and noise. . operations for UPS.

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BlueYonder

MAY 13, 2024

Each year, Blue Yonder releases the findings of its annual Supply Chain Executives Survey* in conjunction with ICON, the premier conference for supply chain leaders in manufacturing, logistics and retail. This blog only touches on the full results of Blue Yonder’s 2024 Supply Chain Executives Survey.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JULY 18, 2013

The study included more than 60 interviews with global supply chain executives and survey responses from 1,757 executives. However, the survey shows that costs are on the rise, greater than 8 percent on average in manufacturing industries. on August 12, 2013. 4. Globalization.

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Locus Robotics

JULY 5, 2019

As the CEO of Locus Robotics, I often get asked a very simple question by supply chain executives, operators, analysts, press and investors. We recently conducted a Locus demo and presentation for 30 supply chain executives with a very large global brand. Rick Faulk, CEO Locus Robotics.

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Veridian Solutions

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Unfortunately, the United States-China tariff-related trade war began. Manufacturing began to slow, and Amazon dumped FedEx. A quiet optimism exists for the 2019 peak supply chain season. Now, the market has grown 1.6% through June 2019, but that is roughly one-fourth of the growth over the same period from 2018.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Sarah Boisvert @fablabhub Sarah Boisvert is the author of The New Collar Workforce and founder of Fab Lab Hub that offers Digital Badges for skills such as 3D printing, robotics, CAD design and AI in manufacturing. They supply wood and wood components to furniture, musical instrument and flooring companies.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The response of the federal government is that the CHIPS Act will create a semiconductor industry here in the United States. Taiwan hosts the majority of the major Original Design Manufacturers, who in turn rely on supply chains that are entirely based in Taiwan and China. This is a fallacy.

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PINC

MARCH 24, 2020

businesses, lead times have doubled, and that shortage is compounded by the shortage of air and ocean freight options to move product to the United States — even if they can get orders filled.” “In a world where markets and supply chains are global, there must be a better way.”

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In October, the FDA announced a shortage of ADHD drug Adderall, with leading manufacturer Teva Pharmaceuticals forecasting that its generic brands would be in short supply until March 2023. Premier is leveraging its supply chain data to identify supplies most at risk and investing in those categories with “Buy-American” commitments.

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Veridian Solutions

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

While on the surface, a medical health crisis doesn’t intuitively link with supply chain execution. However, with China’s place in the global economy, supply chain leaders must not avoid the meaningful and long-lasting impacts of the coronavirus.

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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

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Multi-industry supply chain teams across the United States have started this week under the threat of looming rail strike among the nation’s railroad workers. Last week, we updated Supply Chain Matters readers with new reports of widespread Covid-19 lockdowns again impacting manufacturing regions in China.

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Accelogix

JUNE 3, 2016

While enterprise networking can indeed be expensive, every major Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the United States has been rushing to reduce cost and achieve wider spread adoption. – Seth Patin, President.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Procurement and supply chain executives are on the “same team” – and in general, a recent study conducted by the SCRC and GEP suggests that there is strong alignment between the two functions when it comes to prioritizing lower risks and reducing uncertainty in supply chains.

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AFFLINK

MARCH 13, 2018

So when politicians begin to talk about significantly disrupting things like NAFTA and lobbing new tariffs, you'd better believe that global supply chain executives are paying close attention. But what, if any, impact will these new tariffs have on the global supply chain? New Tariffs: What's Happening?

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 25, 2017

Here’s a new insight by Tim Barnes in a guest blog this week, after Donald Trump announced the withdrawal from the Trans Pacific Partnership for the United States. by 2032 as a direct result of the TPP, however key industries such as manufacturing ($10.8B loss in exports annually) and electronic equipment ($3.7B

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 26, 2017

As a result, supply chain entities must understand how the administration's policies may impact supply chain operations and how future budgeting bills could pour millions back into domestic trade. The Logistics and Supply Chain Industry Rethinks Standard Processes and Strategy. manufacturing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Risks Are Centered in Taiwan Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is the world’s largest contract chip manufacturer, and it is responsible for supplying semiconductors to most of the world’s largest technology firms. These chips are currently manufactured at a single site in Taiwan.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

The May 2017 cyberattack involved a ransomware virus called WannaCry, and although it didn’t bring the world’s supply chains to a halt, it did cause significant disruptions around the world, with over 200,000 organizations affected in more than 150 countries (see “ The WannaCry Cyberattack: Another Warning for Supply Chain Executives.”).

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 11, 2019

As the global environment is shifting based on political debates, EU/British negotiations, tariffs driven by the Trump administration, as well as the sudden shifts in country-level policies, supply chain executives and planners are working to plan for future uncertainties.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

We may want to review their manufacturing facilities and perform some sort of quick assessment (for example, explore their process capability and yield of the product and how they handle returned parts). If your supply channel managers and providers can read the data properly, they can identify and resolve issues.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Together with Consafe Logistics, a supplier of supply chain execution software, Supply Chain Movement has created this Supply Chain Execution Mindmap to outline the route, including road signs indicating potential hazards along the way. >>Please Mindmap Supply Chain Execution 24/7.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

However, the recent rendition of the North American Free Trade Agreement, under the term, United-States-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement. A recent discussion with FedEx Supply Chain executive Ryan Kelly, published by Supply Chain 24/7 , focused on the growing presence of LTL in managing reverse logistics.

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