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New Balance Has Plans for Added U.S. Manufacturing

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In a prior Supply Chain Matters published commentary in May of last year , we highlighted the grand opening of the company’s fifth manufacturing facility located in Methuen, Massachusetts. sourcing product development and production strategy. it certainly had the opportunity to claim the most agile and diverse producer with its U.S.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech September 8 2022

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Procurement sourcing and tail spend solutions provider Fairmarkit announced the completion of a $35.6 Co-founded in 2017 by CEO Kevin Frechette, COO Tarek Alaruri, and CTO Victor Kushch, the company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and has offices in New York and Poland. Expands C-Suite Amid Increased Technology Demand.

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New Balance’s Added U.S. Manufacturing Presence

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and China trade war had resulted in added tariffs being applied to footwear causing designers to consider sourcing within other countries, especially Vietnam. Yesterday the company conducted a grand opening ceremony for this new production facility located in Methuen Massachusetts , just up the highway from where this blog originates.

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Bristlecone Flash – September 2019

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Pulse attendees witnessed the supply chain of the future come alive on the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. SWAROVSKI, Best Procurement Transformation. BRISTLECONE IMPROVES MINING COMPANY’S PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS. BRISTLECONE PULSE AT MIT 2019 – IT’S A WRAP! Sleep Number, Best Innovation Initiative.

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Upcoming Special MIT CTL Crossroads Event

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It will be held on Tuesday, March 28 th , at the MIT Wong Auditorium (Tang Center) , 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. This year’s Crossroads event has special meaning in that it is part of ongoing events to commemorate CTL ’s 50th anniversary celebrations.

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Supply Chain Matters Podcast Episode 22: Supply Chains, AI and the Future of Work

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Our invited thought leader guest is Doctor Yossi Sheffi, the Elisha Gray Professor of Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he also serves as long time Director for the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL).

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Illuminating the Way Toward Sustainable Supply Chains

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Bateman also emphasized the differences between visibility, transparency, and traceability and urged procurement executives to prioritize each concept accordingly. But through targeted efforts, and a shift in corporate culture, a sustainable procurement policy was executed by rating Edelman’s “largest spend categories.”. San Francisco.