Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

i] By 1866, the Pennsylvania Railroad had given the purchasing function departmental status, under the title of Supplying Department. The purchasing function was such a major contributor to the performance of the organization that the chief purchasing manager had top managerial status.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Upwards of 4,000 UAW workers at Volvo’s Mack truck manufacturing facilities in Florida, Maryland and Pennsylvania went on strike after rejecting a tentative five year contract agreement that included a reported 19 percent wage increase. Parallel Developments Other parallel developments have occurred since our last update.

Kentucky 52

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ThroughPut

MARCH 10, 2020

He later started his own business for consultation around talent management, organizational structures, and TPD style product development strategies for technology companies. He gives seminars globally, evangelizing the Toyota-Way of product development, product development organizations, and talent management.

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