The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 1, 2025

He also partnered with companies across multiple industries and modes of transportation (OTR, Drayage, Intermodal, Global forwarding, LTL, Supply Chain Warehousing/ Transloading, Expedited Air, Road, and Water). He holds a Masters degree in accounting and finance from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 18, 2025

” The staff at the Granville County Center Extension of North Carolina State University adds, “On National Agriculture Day, we celebrate generations of American farmers, farmworkers, fishers, ranchers, foresters, and all those who work around the clock to put food on our tables and steward our Nations lands.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Commercial aircraft designer and producer Airbus announced its commercial aircraft divisions and associated supply chain supply networks aircraft delivery goal for 2025. Concerning the Airbus A350 twin aisle wide body aircraft, the fuselage sections were being produced at a Spirit facilities in Kinston, North Carolina , and St.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 30, 2025

As Supply Chain Matters highlighted in a July 2024 commentary , various industry and business media had reported that one of the complexities involved for Boeing to be able to reacquire Spirit was to reach agreements on the supply contracts that this supplier has with industry rival Airbus. Federal Aviation Administration.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Additional Supply Chain Matters Perspectives In a published posting in October, Supply Chain Matters highlighted reports of an ongoing price war occurring among both FedEx and UPS occurring during the current holiday fulfillment period. All rights reserved.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2025

The company applies AI and other analytics to this data to provide supply chain risk analytics and insights to its clients. In short, what makes them different is that they can quantify and thus prioritize supply chain risks. Each event is assigned a risk score. Appalachia region in 2024.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 7, 2025

Here’s what matters from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals report and what you need to take away from it now: Logistics Costs Are Still High Based on the report , the industry spent $2.6 Stay clustered around areas where tenders are climbing — North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, parts of Texas, etc.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 6, 2025

”[5] Jason Miller , a professor of supply chain management at Michigan State University, insists, “Because of the combination of these three countries, its going to be difficult to go down an aisle of a grocery store and not see some sort of inflationary effect.”[6] Constellation Brands also imports Corona beers.”[5]

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EFT

JUNE 23, 2025

The key supply chain stories from Reuters’ global network of journalists China's rare earth magnet shipments halve in May due to export curbs China's overseas shipments of rare earth magnets halved in May from April, tumbling to their lowest levels in more than five years due to export curbs. demand for illegal e-cigarettes.

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EFT

JULY 22, 2025

Apple in $500 million rare earth magnet deal with MP to expand US supply chain Apple (AAPL.O) for rare earth magnets, mitigating supply risks after China curbed exports this year and representing a major coup for MP that sent its shares soaring by a fifth. trade deal. has signed a $500 million deal with MP Materials (MP.N)

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

I had the honor of speaking with Mike Hubbard, Director of International Trade at the Economic Development Partnerships of North Carolina , and Emily Gereffi, and International Trade Specialist working at the U.S. Commercial Service in North Carolina. Commercial Service in North Carolina (the real experts!)

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 15, 2025

Sal Mercogliano and Joe Lynch discuss from ports to politics: decoding tariffs, ocean shipping, and supply chains. Sal is is an associate professor of history at Campbell University in North Carolina and adjunct professor at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. About Sal Mercogliano Dr. Salvatore R.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 15, 2025

So, if you are setting up a branch in North Carolina, look for North Carolina phone numbers and a switchboard to help you manage the company effectively. Originally written for Supply Chain Game Changer and published on March 15, 2024. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

First, in the early 2000s, advancements in data analytics, RFID, and localized supply chains fueled the rise of “fast fashion.” With the growth of these sites and the rise of micro-trends driving consumerism, the fashion supply chain is rapidly evolving, leaving behind significant environmental challenges for future generations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. What is supply chain visibility?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Supply shortages resulting in empty shelves or parking lots of WIP inventory represent a spectre causing supply chain leaders to reconsider supply chain inventory practices. planning offers an alternative to swinging the pendulum and as the strategy that provides the supply chain resilience leaders seek.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2022

Malcolm McLean, a trucker from North Carolina, was tired of waiting. He had a load full of cotton bales, and while idling away hours at a shipyard watching stevedores load other cargo onto ships he dreamed up containers that transformed global supply chains. The myth of the “perfect plan”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 5, 2021

Supply chain sustainability is a higher priority than ever. In MIT’s State of Supply Chain Sustainability 2021 , 80% of executives surveyed said the pandemic either had no impact on their commitment or increased it. We must plan, source, make, and deliver differently for supply chain sustainability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Getting started with AI in supply chain might not start where you think. Instead start with the foundation of your AI strategy, which should be an understanding of your company’s supply chain and your data. Since this advice on getting started with AI in supply chain may seem counterintuitive, let me explain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 11, 2024

Makers of weight loss drugs are looking out a big picture window of patented opportunity right now, but this rosy view is blocked by supply chain challenges. What role can supply chain play in preventing stockouts? So how can supply chain orchestration help?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I work in supply chain. If I had done due diligence, I’d have seen the warnings – the retailer had pretty pictures on their website, but their supply chain failed them, creating an eleven-month saga and unhappy customer. The failure was in supply chain orchestration – connecting planning to execution.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The future of supply chain I foresee brings new risks and challenges, along with recognition that doing things the same way will no longer lead to the same success. Just as the saguaro is both nursed by and supports life in its ecosystem, it behooves supply chains to invest in their ecosystems, both suppliers and employees.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 7, 2022

Having an effective supply chain practice has always been a difficult balancing act, even in relatively stable times. The pandemic has exposed flaws in business practices across industries, which have been acutely felt in their supply chain and procurement operations. Gap between supply chain and procurement.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 17, 2023

During the summers when I lived in Atlanta, I would pack my bikes on top of the car and head to this wonderful, and what was then a remote beach on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Supply Chain Shaman E2open Acquires Steelwedge. Rodanthe is one of my favorite beaches. The problem? Impact on Market?

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2022

Few organizations are immune to the effects, which are acutely felt in supply chains — and the more complex they are, the greater the probability of interruptions. The study found that these leaders considered the largest gap to be between supply chain and procurement, citing it as a major issue. Collaboration is Key.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Vaccinating the Supply Chain with Andrew Kelley. Andrew Kelley and Joe Lynch discuss vaccinating the supply chain. Andrew is an experienced technology executive and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in supply chain, logistics, SaaS, software, and technology-enabled services businesses.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 25, 2023

This description by a Chief Supply Chain Officer of the state of the supply chain he found in his new role stuck with me. Unlike a supply chain, these steps rely on no disruption to their execution. While there is endless speculation, from my reading two supply chain-specific opportunities intrigued me.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

states, obvious disruptions to supply chains and supply chain risk management were a given. Many of the states affected contained key ports and supply destinations, as well as transportation and logistics hubs. The human links of the supply chain were stressed. These ports accounted for 18.3%

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 7, 2014

North Carolina has one of the largest number of hogs and poultry in the US, and a lot of discussion came about around the things that can go wrong with our system. Food Supply Chains Local Food Systems Sustainability' Eventually, this discussion began to focus on how to develop local food systems.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 13, 2015

by Alexa Cheater We’re delighted to be bringing you a great live discussion on successful supply chain transformation based on Avaya’s first-hand experience. Join us on Thursday, April 30 at 1pm EST (5pm UTC) for “Supply Chain Transformation: Avaya’s Journey.”. VP and Group Director, Supply Chain and Operations.

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Kinaxis

MAY 13, 2015

by Alexa Cheater Did you miss our recent live webcast on Avaya’s supply chain transformation? Along the way they addressed many common challenges like disparate processes, multiple ERP systems and lack of supply chain visibility. VP and Group Director, Supply Chain and Operations. No problem. Bryan Ball.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 31, 2024

I facilitated a series of conversations with executives this past week for a forum on supply chain, and I resonated with one CPG leader, who said her aim is to simultaneously build excitement for AI but also to manage it. At the beginning of any symphony performance the orchestra tunes their instruments.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 10, 2022

One of the most difficult and expensive aspects of the supply chain is last mile and home delivery. Since then, Zipline has taken what it learned from that program and has recently partnered with Novant Health to deliver personal protective equipment and medical equipment in North Carolina.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 4, 2022

For supply chains to get more use from their models, we need to “trust the box;” recognize that models are not the holy grail; and remember that a forecast is an input into making better decisions, not an end in and of itself. AI/ML can be applied to supply problems but the biggest interest is in demand.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 25, 2024

Courtney Muller and Joe Lynch discuss reflections on Manifest , the premiere conference that unites the entire eco-system of Fortune 500 global supply chain executives, logistics service providers, innovators and investors at the forefront of logistics tech and supply chain.

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Logility

APRIL 17, 2020

The dramatic spread of COVID-19 has disrupted lives, livelihoods, communities and businesses worldwide and created supply chain heroes across the globe. Berry shifted its capacity to the supply of healthcare materials including surface disinfectant wipes and facemasks. [ [link] ] Bodybuilding.com. You are our heroes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Wishing your supply chain were strengthened rather than strangled under these conditions? There’s an older term now being applied to supply chains for this capacity: antifragility. While the concept isn’t new, its application to supply chain is emerging, albeit without clear definition yet. A survey by boom!

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