QAD

AUGUST 4, 2022

And, as I live not too far from the self proclaimed town of “Beer City USA” (Grand Rapids, Michigan), I figured a discussion on the beer industry today and its supply chain might be appropriate. The issues they face today up and down the supply chain are the same issues most manufacturers are facing today.

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Multichannel Merchant

MAY 11, 2023

Drone delivery technology, which has been growing rapidly with the easing of FAA regulations, touts its sustainability, cost savings, speed and convenience vs. ground vehicles. It’s currently being used by sweetgreen, Michigan Medicine, MultiCare Health Systems, Intermountain Health and the government of Rwanda.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Introducing Amazon Key, a New Level of Delivery Convenience for Prime Members. Latest Use for a Bitcoin Technology: Tracing Turkeys From Farm to Table (WSJ sub. Alphabet looks to snowy Michigan to test self-driving cars (Reuters).

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Talking Logistics

JULY 9, 2018

If you’re a global supply chain executive, you’ve got a challenging job. Amazon’s disruptive effect has put two key strains on supply chain professionals: to ensure inventory availability across a broader network of distribution points, and get product to the consumer in days, if not less.

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Logility

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Back in the mid 1990’s when I first entered the Supply Chain field as a freshly minted MBA from the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University, I was full of “state of the art” knowledge from visionary teachers like Don Bowersox, David Closs, Steven Melnyk and others.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 21, 2016

Consumers are expressing an unprecedented amount of power through eCommerce, and in fact, eCommerce logistics is growing increasingly reliant on small parcel and package delivery options daily. But, the changes are not limited to warehousing, and you need to understand how they will impact the modern supply chain.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

From supply chain snafus to the growing threat of history-making strikes, it’s been another week of exciting changes within the global logistics industry. per package for its SmartMail products, depending on shipping speed and distance, ” according to SupplyChainDive. Recurrent Food Safety Failures Threaten Supply Chains.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2016

A just released study of CEO intentions by PwC on behalf of JDA Software found that CEOs plan to spend 26 percent of their capital investments this year on omni-channel capabilities. These systems are often augmented with further automation such as pick-to-light or voice systems. Omni-channel and the Store.

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IQMS

MARCH 27, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed manufacturers to rapidly shift gears, from addressing work-from-home policies to managing extreme swings in demand and uncertain supply chains. Headquartered in Zeeland, Michigan, it has multiple local plants, as well as facilities in China, Hungary, and Mexico.

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Shipchain

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Food fraud has now become a pressing issue in global supply chains, and it needs to be addressed as soon as possible. . According to John Spink and Douglas Moyer at Michigan State University as reported by Food Dive , there are seven distinct types of food fraud: Adulteration : whereby some part of a final product is inauthentic.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 3, 2016

Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Wal-Mart says it is 6-9 months from using drones to check warehouse inventory (Reuters). Michigan Puts Forward Bills to Allow for Public Sales of Driverless Cars (WSJ- sub. Enspire Commerce Launches Next Generation Point of Sale (POS) Software.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 17, 2022

Connectiv produces world-class industry leading events that focus on disruptive technology. Manifest is an event that is focused on the future of logistics technology and how technology is transforming and disrupting the supply chain and how goods are moved around the world. A lot is technology-related.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 16, 2018

The pill packages had likely been contaminated by trace amounts of a fungicide used to treat the 6-inch-tall wooden platforms, which carried them from factory to warehouse to retailer. The lowly shipping pallet — a ubiquitous tool of modern commerce — has a habit of causing trouble. In a fire, a stack of wooden pallets is tinder.

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QAD

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Today, however, the trend is moving to packaged foods as well. Some examples include sugar from Michigan grown sugar beets, cereals from midwest grain producing states, and potato products from Idaho grown potatoes. This is causing a huge disruption in food manufacturing as well as the food supply chain.

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3PL Insights

JULY 15, 2021

To meet the demand, Evans is seeking forklift operators and warehousing workers to package goods and sort materials. He hopes to see more applicants once enhanced benefits end in Michigan in September. But filling positions has been difficult, Mr. Swaney said.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

If you’re like me, staying up to date on supply chain news is critical. So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. Experts’ Choice: Supply Chain and Logistics Email Newsletters.

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DynaSys

APRIL 20, 2022

Because here in Michigan, in the Northern United States, we had one more winter storm. The pandemic, on-line buying, social issues, and technology has made forecasting demand tougher than it has ever been. Value Chain Management. I had to look long and hard last week for a replacement for my snow shovel.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 24, 2019

A recent WSJ article highlighted a fact that confirms much of what we found in our study of counterfeit products in the supply chain a year ago: if you’re buying on Amazon, beware of counterfeits. Professor Wilson of Michigan State University notes that the explosion of counterfeiting is occurring for several reasons.

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EMERGE App

AUGUST 5, 2018

You might be using pencil-and-paper, spreadsheets or sophisticated inventory management software to do this. Nowadays it refers to inventory management software because computational power is needed to effortlessly calculate, for example, landed costs for purchases and CBM for your packing lists. He gazed longingly over Lake Michigan.

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