QAD

MARCH 26, 2020

One October, when I was about 10 years old, my family and I traveled from the east coast of the United States to Michigan for a relative’s wedding. My mother, a Michigan native, told me that those were sugar beets and that they were used to make sugar. When people think of sugar, the assumption is that it is derived from sugar cane.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 26, 2022

This report cited informed sources indicating that the State of Oklahoma is being considered as a location for this facility but that there are no guarantees that an agreement will be reached. The agreement further points to automakers seeking more deemed friendly nations for strategic materials sourcing needs.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 9, 2018

According to a 2017 Michigan State University Supply Chain Management study , “supply chain and product complexity possess a number of sources that vex supply chain operations…customer accommodation is the first,” including the demand for speed and visibility into shipments.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

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. is one of the industry’s most respected logistics sources. If you’re like me, staying up to date on supply chain news is critical. wsjlogistics.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The Southeast, especially Atlanta , is also the main source of relief supplies — including plywood, ice, and bottled water — headed for Florida in advance of Hurricane Irma. Of course, the biggest disruptions were down in Texas, and the big changes largely mirrored van trends.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 24, 2015

To ensure your leadership team is up-to-speed on the current market conditions, consider the following actions: DO: Be a student of your industry and create/distribute a monthly or quarterly update internally (trends, challenges, etc.). Tim holds an MBA from Western Michigan University and a BSBA in Logistics from Central Michigan University.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 17, 2018

Supply Chain Analytics Maturity Model (Source: Hackett Group). This laborious process has been scaled in-house, then out-sourced, and partnered with rigid, error-prone ETL automation. Some companies have been able to start implementing very basic predictive analytics that are marginally better than regression trending.

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ITradeNetwork

OCTOBER 9, 2020

This week saw several recalls across multiple sources and food types. Additionally, cantaloupe from Eagle Produce sold at Meijer stores in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and Wisconsin has been recalled for potential risk of Salmonella.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 27, 2020

SaaS product, SONAR, is the leading freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector. 38:44] In Michigan, we used to look down on The South because so many people moved away from it to work in Detroit.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 15, 2018

It wasn’t just Florida though: Asparagus crops helped boost volumes in Michigan, and the lane from Grand Rapids to Madison, WI , rose 43 cents to $3.15/mile. The ripple effect of Florida hitting its peak was some lower prices elsewhere, as buyers adjusted their sourcing: Atlanta to Philadelphia was down 48¢ at an average of $2.60/mile.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 25, 2019

38:44] In Michigan, we used to look down on The South because so many people moved away from it to work in Detroit. I love talking about these trends. It is the leading freight market dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector. [47:10]

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GlobalTranz

MAY 27, 2015

Now, let’s look at the sales data in the last 4 years and see how that fits into the trends for the previous 15 years in the graph below. As we all remember recovery was in full swing in 2011, but since then we see a slow downward trend in equipment sales. Sources: The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) [link].

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

And if most of your production happens in FL, you may choose to divert sourcing to your secondary facility, say in New Jersey, during heavy produce shipping season months to avoid the heightened costs. Michigan is the third largest producer in the country. You may need to pay more to attract capacity. Heaviest Peak: August-September.

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Logility

AUGUST 24, 2022

a Traverse City, Michigan based innovator of supply chain network design software. During the quarter, SaaS subscription and/or software license agreements were signed with customers located in the following eight countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Company and Technology.

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EcoVadis

APRIL 7, 2017

The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index (CEPGI), which has been tracking green patent trends since 2002, has reported upward trends of green patents in economies around the world , such as Germany, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, as well as in the United States, including in Michigan, California, and Texas. Source: CEPGI.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

“Some companies are starting to invest in creating data-backed profiles of their supplier base so they know where and when to look for second sources. These tools can also rapidly model alternate supply and transportation scenarios, such as rerouting around a port strike or going to an alternate source of supply.”

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Enterra Insights

JULY 15, 2021

Yet, from Cape Town to Flint, Michigan, and from rural, sub-Saharan Africa to Asia’s teeming megacities, there’s a global water crisis. Agriculture consumes more water than any other source and wastes much of that through inefficiencies. 1] Kamalika Some, “ 10 big data trends for intelligent businesses ,” Tech_HQ, 5 February 2021. [2]

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NC State SCRC

JULY 19, 2022

I had the pleasure of hearing Professor Jason Miller from Michigan State University speak to the Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies members today, sharing with us a variety of fascinating charts and figures that he pulled from all of the publicly available data produced by the federal government – most of it is census data.

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