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Supply Chain Planning Solutions are Not Just for the Big Boys

Logistics Viewpoints

Myers Industries (NYSE: MYE) is headquartered in Akron, Ohio in the United States. In September of 2020, the company hired Jeff Baker to be their Vice President of Procurement and Integrated Supply Chain. Mr. Baker spent over 34 years leading procurement teams at The Dow Chemical Company. I’m trying to get ahead of that.

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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, more than 1% of the world’s container ships are stuck off major ports. Warehouses are full–often with the wrong stuff resulting in the slowing of the forty million shipping containers around the world. Supply chain shortages abound. Unloading times are double and costs are triple. Current State of Visibility.

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Logistics and Supply Chain – 1940 to 2040 with Jason Miller

The Logistics of Logistics

Jason Miller (PhD The Ohio State University) is a tenured Associate Professor of Logistics and the John D. The department educates students to succeed in careers such as procurement, manufacturing, inventory management, warehousing, transportation, and customer service. About Jason Miller. and Dortha J.

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Tech OEMS battle it out in the semiconductor value chain

Resilinc

Among top PC makers, only Apple showed growth in unit sales, shipping 9.3% For supply chain managers charged with semiconductor procurement, this statement from TSMC CEO CC Wei may be of the more direct interest. Foxconn will follow the Lordstown deal by building Fisker’s Pear model at an “Ohio factory starting in 2024.

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Added In-Transit Inventory Exposures Add to Implications of Inbound Cost Inflation for Industry Supply Chains

Supply Chain Matters

We indicated that the implications of unprecedented, elevated levels of inflation levels will vary by specific industry, but taken as a whole, they present a number of complex product management, procurement and supply chain planning challenges that will need to be tackled. The report observes that in December 2021, U.S.

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Demystifying Transportation Sourcing – A Practitioner’s View

EC Sourcing Group

9/2/2021 – Guest Blog Post from Kumar Kannan of Procural. If your transportation spend is unmanaged or is procured operationally, then consider these fundamentals to decide if you should more actively manage it. Shipping cost or ability to deliver. Demystifying Transportation Sourcing. Managing transportation spend.

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Peloton’s Supply Chain Strategy Turnabout

Supply Chain Matters

Containers of fitness equipment shipped from Asia were delayed by major port and inland logistics disruptions. According to a published report from Bloomberg , indications are that the plans for the new Ohio production facility are being shelved and the company “ is walking away from in-house production altogether.”.