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Ford’s Announced Plans to Operate a Battery Plant in Michigan

Supply Chain Matters

Ford and China based Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATX) have plans to build a domestic sourced battery production facility in Michigan. billion facility will be located in Marshall, Michigan , about 100 miles west of Detroit. This planned $3.5 This was during the backdrop of increasing trade tensions among China and the U.S.

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Supply Chain Basics with Jason Miller

The Logistics of Logistics

Jason is a professor of supply chain at Michigan State University, which is ranked as one of the top supply chain schools in the world. Withrow Endowed Emerging Scholar at Michigan State University’s Eli Broad College of Business. About Michigan State University, Department of Supply Chain Management. About Jason Miller.

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Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution – Possibly the Most Important Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Source: US DoD. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is mostly being shipped from Kalamazoo, Michigan directly to the point of use. Although Pfizer does not state the source of this capability, I assume the technology is provided by FedEx, UPS, and McKesson. Covid-19 vaccine distribution is headline news across the country. The Vaccines.

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Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution – Possibly the Most Important Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is mostly being shipped from Kalamazoo, Michigan directly to the point of use. Although Pfizer does not state the source of this capability, I assume the technology is provided by FedEx, UPS, and McKesson. The Vaccines. Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine.

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A New Model for Grocery Delivery with Sean Coakley

The Logistics of Logistics

He received his bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and a master’s degree in International Business Administration from Central Michigan University. Capstone ’s Last Mile service has the operational expertise and technology that gives grocery retailers an advantage over crowd-sourced delivery apps.

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Implications from the Rana Plaza Disaster (Guest Post by Brian Jacobs and Vinod Singhal)

SCM Research

The scale of this tragedy increased awareness of the risks and costs of sourcing from low-cost countries. Such risks and costs are often assumed to be sufficient to motivate firms to source production in developed, high-cost countries rather than developing, low-cost countries. Jacobs, B., & Singhal, V. 2017.01.002.

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The Single Point of Failure in Supply Chain – Baby Formula!

Supply Chain Game Changer

After 2 infant deaths an FDA investigation of Abbott resulted in the closure of their Michigan production facility and recalls of product made in that building. Any point of single sourcing, or sole sourcing , whether it be materials, parts, resources, systems, processes, suppliers, production or facilities is a single point of failure.