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Why the Future of Freight Is Multimodal

Supply Chain Brain

And cross-functional teams — from procurement and sales to finance and customer service — are left scrambling to react. The components first travel by ocean to a machining facility in Michigan. Assembly lines pause. Inventory buffers shrink. Deliveries miss their windows. Take the example of a U.K.-based

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Safeguarding Your Supply Chain: Proven Strategies to Mitigate Risk and Maximize Agility

SCMDOJO

Everyonefrom procurement to customer serviceshould know their role during a crisis. The same is true if you are based in Florida, Delaware, Michigan, or anywhere else. Create a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) that maps out step-by-step protocols to keep operations moving when disruption hits. Keep external partners in the loop.

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GM Says Tariffs Cost $1.1B in Q2

Supply Chain Brain

auto plants in Michigan, Kansas, and Tennessee, after announcing a $888 million investment in a Tonawanda, New York plant to support GM’s next generation V-8 engine. in Q2 GM Says Tariffs Cost $1.1B In June 2025, GM announced plans to invest $4 billion over the next two years into three U.S.

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Transportation Network Modeling: A Powerful Tool in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Strategy

Talking Logistics

In 2010, Walmart announced its goal to eliminate 20 million metric tons of GHG emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015. million metric tons to date, saying that some measures had led to a doubling of fleet efficiency. Last year the company announced that it has exceeded this commitment early by eliminating 28.2

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How to Fix the Supply Chain Talent Shortage

Elementum

Schools like MIT and Michigan State have adopted programs that help students make the tricky move from studying supply chain and logistics to building a career in them. We can imagine how things are made, and we can imagine buying them. When it comes to what happens in between, things fade to black. Make university programs more accessible.

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How to Fix the Supply Chain Talent Shortage

Elementum

Schools like MIT and Michigan State have adopted programs that help students study supply chain and logistics with the promise of career, or a simpler way to go through the program. We can imagine how things are made, and we can imagine buying them. When it comes to what happens in between, things fade to black.

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Podcast: Marcia Williams on Supply Chain Optimization and Digital Transformation

Requis

Today, as the founder and managing partner of USM Supply Chain Consultants she has put her expertise in supply chain, procurement, finance and project management to work to help her clients achieve greater profitability. In the end-to-end supply chain there’s procurement, logistics, operations, and warehousing.