The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 29, 2022

Mike has extensive experience in Transportation and Logistics from procurement through operations leadership spanning 25+ years. Mike earned his BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The University of Tennessee. About JBF Consulting.

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QAD

APRIL 11, 2023

That said, Autokiniton, the second-largest Body-In-White and vehicle-frame supplier in North America, was as ready as any business could be when an EF-3 tornado struck its Eastgate Plant in Tennessee and damaged another nearby. They would print product labels for Eastgate, do shipping paperwork and send ASNs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

Total cost analysis is more difficult than it sounds and most technology implementations automated functional measurement systems (manufacturing or procurement), but leave the organization blind on the management of total costs. The AMR Research Top 25 was a rocket ship taking off the launch pad. The reason? Is this leadership?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 18, 2018

While companies “talk” about collaboration with suppliers, in reality, the procurement organization is doing the opposite due to financial re-engineering placing more responsibility on the role of banks to fund working capital in the value chain. Recently, I presented at the University of Tennessee Supply Chain Forum.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager. Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. Mexico trade.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

There are a lot of hard-headed realists in the procurement and supply chain profession. Chaturvedi: So far this year, Ohio, Arizona and Tennessee have seen the most job announcements associated with reshoring. Resilinc: What’s the current status of reshoring manufacturing? Texas has dropped from 2nd in 2020 to 13th in 2021.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Paul Dittmann , Executive Director of the Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee Improving operational efficiency in the global supply chain is a complex undertaking, and requires a documented, multi-year strategy instead of knee jerk reactions, and programs of the month.

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