Supply Chain Digest

JULY 11, 2025

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. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 12, 2016

He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh. In supply chain, you can focus in procurement, sourcing, inventory control, logistics, and other off-shoots that occur on a daily basis. He met a colleague who worked at Car Quest, and after several interviews, started there.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 11, 2020

For example, companies like Amazon are constructing massive distribution centers outside of major hubs like Atlanta, Raleigh, and Chicago, and are building them with direct access to on-ramps that go onto interstate highways built in the 1950s. One in which the pasture being grazed is covered in human lives.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

My first Monday in, I asked for a full report of all our supply chain metrics, and my analyst told me he could get it to me by Friday. The major components include revenue, income statement, and balance sheet metrics, but others may follow that are important to the organization and its stakeholders.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Gene Richter is widely known as one of the world’s true procurement gurus, and I was privileged to have known him when he came to speak several times at Michigan State during the 1992-1999 period when I was there. And when I say value, I mean more than just cost savings, or the infamous “purchase price avoidance” metric.

Procurement Analytics 8

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 31, 2017

iconic places, such as the Route 128 tech corridor around Boston, Massachusetts; Research Triangle Park in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Austin, Texas; Seattle, Washington; and, of course, California’s white-hot Silicon Valley. Internet of Things, smart cities, etc.);

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