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Airbus Reaches Agreement to Acquire Certain Spirit AeroSystems Facilities

Supply Chain Matters

As a reference to our non-commercial aircraft industry readers, Spirits production facilities were once a part of Boeing s internal manufacturing operations and were spun off to be an independent supplier. billion when Spirits net debt was included.

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Balancing Technology and Humanity in the Age of AI

Logistics Viewpoints

Seward encouraged the president to call for unity and gave him the foundation for many of the final lines, including the angelic reference. Mitchell-Guthrie has an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she also received her BA in political science as a Morehead Scholar.

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How Supply Chain Orchestration Can Help Prevent Drug Shortages

Logistics Viewpoints

One global pharmaceutical company refers to this as the “whoosh” effect, because switching out the walls between siloes from opaque to clear meant that suddenly everyone could see the same information at the same time, which makes collaboration much easier.

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5 Supply Chain Collaboration Essentials to Mitigate Disruptions

Logistics Viewpoints

Experts from North Carolina State University and GEP conducted a survey on supply chain, procurement and IT leaders to determine their challenges and priorities, focusing on examining gaps in the supply chain. The user should also have easy access to related attachments and reference documents.

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As Baby Boomers Retire, Don’t Let Tribal Knowledge Retire with Them

Enterra Insights

Such knowledge is often referred to as Tribal Knowledge. .”[1] Whenever a talented employee leaves a job or assumes a new role, a company risks losing valuable knowledge that he or she has gained while mastering their job. Tribal knowledge is any unwritten information that is not commonly known by others within a company.

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Sustainability is a Competitive Advantage with Justin Goldston

The Logistics of Logistics

Goldston has also led and assisted in the development of Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, and Business Analytics programs at Georgetown University, Texas A&M University, the IUBH University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and North Carolina Wesleyan College. Also referred to as people, planet, and profit.

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What is Inbound Logistics and How Can a 3PL Help?

Kanban Logistics

See, there’s a big difference between handling inbound logistics yourself and outsourcing it to a trusted North Carolina third-party logistics (3PL) provider that knows the manufacturing industry. Inbound logistics refers to the supply chain operations that lead up to the creation of the finished product.

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