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Top Supply Chain Stories by Month 1H 2025

Supply Chain Digest

February An Amazon fulfillment center near Raleigh, NC voted No to joining a union last Saturday, as Amazon kept its track record in unionization battles almost perfect, with a decisive rejection of a union. The deal is ratified by the rank and file in late February. Quite frustrating for those of us who were developing solutions.

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Thinking Differently About Procurement: The SCRC Meeting Theme on April 29-30, 2013

Supply Chain View from the Field

Our next SCRC meeting will focus on “The Future of Procurement”, and will be held on April 29-30, at the NC State University Club in Raleigh, NC. An important theme that will be explored at this meeting is around the role of procurement individuals in the future.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

MercuryGate Launches Global, Omni-modal Freight Procurement Solution. Best Buy rolls out same-day delivery in 13 markets (Star Tribune). Descartes Showcases Logistics Technology Platform Innovations at Global User and Partner Conference. Manhattan Associates Empowers Warehouse Managers With New E-Commerce Capabilities.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 15-19, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Kuehne + Nagel inaugurates North America’s regional Integrated Logistics Control Centre in Raleigh, NC, USA. Last year at the Ariba LIVE 2013 conference, I led a discussion session titled “At the Intersection of Social and Business Networks” with about fifty senior executives in supply chain and procurement.

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Challenges and possible solutions for local seafood supply chains

Supply Chain View from the Field

If they could see the value to sell into Raleigh, Charlotte, and Asheville, they could perhaps move to a place where fishermen can earn enough money to stay on the water, fish houses can be profitable, retailers will provide what their customers want, and we can once again eat healthy, tasty local seafood.

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A “Swiss Army Knife” of Supply Chain Talent Requirements: Views from a Former Wolfpack Student

NC State SCRC

He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh. In supply chain, you can focus in procurement, sourcing, inventory control, logistics, and other off-shoots that occur on a daily basis. He met a colleague who worked at Car Quest, and after several interviews, started there.

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Reflections on the LIVING Supply Chain SCRC Meeting

NC State SCRC

The SCRC meeting featured a group of executives, students, and faculty participating at the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative meeting yesterday in Raleigh, held at the new Talley Student Center on the NC State campus. Yet we want to bolt on more systems for procurement to make their life harder still!