Talking Logistics

JULY 13, 2015

Earlier this year in Procuring Logistics Services is Not the Same as Buying Paper Clips , I wrote about an issue that continues to negatively affect 3PL-customer relationships: Procurement organizations looking to shift more and more risk on third-party logistics providers — while, of course, also demanding lower costs.

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Material Handling & Logistics

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

A new study from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Global Supply Chain Institute suggests some of the fault resides in the tendency of organizations to omit supply chain considerations when assessing a new product’s business case. “A Note: This article originally appeared on the University of Tennessee Knoxville website.

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Exiger Perspectives

JULY 14, 2023

has substantial zinc deposits in Alaska, Tennessee, and Washington. It’s probable that, in the near term, expansion of recycling programs would be able to supply the consumption of germanium for at least U.S. military, if not also commercial, use. Germanium is primarily acquired as a byproduct of zinc processing, and the U.S.

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Supply Chain Network

OCTOBER 27, 2017

BOSTON, MA, October, 27, 2017 – Research recently published by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Global Supply Chain Institute , and sponsored by Maine Pointe , identifies collaboration as one of six key elements of creating competitive advantages through supply chains.

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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.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 5, 2017

Here’s an excerpt: Unlearning is something that we see people struggle with every day in the University of Tennessee’s Vested Outsourcing and Collaborative Contracting classes. A great example is a procurement professional who has spent the last 30 years perfecting the art of “buying.”

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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. Only 29% of manufacturers easily manage total cost trade-offs. The reason? Is this leadership?

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Elementum

MAY 15, 2018

A recent study by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, revealed that 90 percent of CEOs believe they should be doing more to attract supply chain talent. But in the last 5-10 years, we’ve seen a sea change in the way people view procurement, transportation, and supply chain management. There’s now a decades-long lag.

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Supply Chain Network

JULY 10, 2011

Myers, 56, will lead the functional groups that make up the company’s integrated supply chain, including Procurement, Manufacturing, Engineering and Customer Service and Logistics. Myers earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. Northfield, Ill.-based based Kraft Foods Inc.

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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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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 26, 2022

He also served as a transportation executive at Amazon.com, leading procurement and carrier development at a time when e-commerce – led by companies like Amazon — turned heads around the transportation and logistics industry with increasing sales and demand for capacity. About Lean Solutions Group . About TextLocate.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 3, 2022

He also served as a transportation executive at Amazon.com, leading procurement and carrier development at a time when e-commerce – led by companies like Amazon — turned heads around the transportation and logistics industry with increasing sales and demand for capacity. About TextLocate .

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Elementum

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

A recent study by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, revealed through surveys of companies that 90 percent of CEOs believe they should be doing more to attract supply chain talent. But in the last 5-10 years, we’ve seen a sea change in the way people view procurement, transportation, and supply chain management.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

My answer to this question for shippers procuring long-distance (outside of a given metropolitan area) dry van transportation, for both truckload and less than truckload (LTL), is that approximately 25,000 truck drivers are needed. How many more truck drivers are needed to balance demand for truck transportation with the supply of capacity?

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Ford has elected to partner with South Korean based battery manufacturer SK Innovation , in building and the joint operating of three battery production facilities, two in Kentucky and one in Tennessee. Both of these U.S. states support to right-to-work laws that make it very difficult for labor unions to organize workers.

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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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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

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

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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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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

3PLs with warehouses in Nevada and Tennessee with Automotive connections. And many software users also have a short-sighted perspective of cloud, viewing it simply as a procurement option, no different than deciding between buying a car or leasing it. Trucking companies in Utah with more than 10 refrigerated trucks with the most likes.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

based Chattanooga, Tennessee plant have signed cards to join the UAW , less than sixty days after the workers announced their campaign to form a union at the German automaker’s only U.S. Automotive Industry The United Auto Workers recently announced increased organizing efforts after the labor union’s 2023 labor contract gains with U.S.

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Supply Chain 24/7

MARCH 21, 2019

This white paper is a collaborative effort among the University of Tennessee, the Sourcing Industry Group, the Center for Outsourcing Research and Education, the International Association for Contracts and Commercial Management, and was the inspiration for the 2015 book, Strategic Sourcing in the New Economy: Harnessing the Potential of Sourcing Business (..)

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Hybrent

MARCH 6, 2019

The company is based in Atlanta, and its holding company, Extremity Healthcare, operates 35 podiatry clinics, and owns or manages seven surgery centers across Georgia and Tennessee. Surgery centers with multiple locations require a standardized supply chain process.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Yet many of these manufacturers now face a challenge in accessing the clean energy they want and need, due to state policies that limit corporate renewable energy procurement. A new report, “ The Growing Demand for Renewable Energy Among Major U.S. for corporate customers seeking to power their operations with renewable energy.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

At Flex, Tom had a scope that included the entire end to end supply chain: procurement, transportation, warehouse management, as well as customer order fulfillment, customer service, procure to pay, and trade relationships. This may not be the case in every company. This also brought up a discussion of the Golden Winged Warbler.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Three professors from the University of Tennessee, Ted Stank, Tom Goldsby ( @ThomasGoldsby ), and Lance Saunders, warned back in June 2021 that the bullwhip effect was already in play. ” They agree with the professors from the University of Tennessee that part of the solution is to counter the bullwhip effect.

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HICX Solutions

MAY 17, 2022

In this webinar, using the example of sustainability, Andrea Sordi , Academic Director, Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee joins Costas Xyloyiannis , CEO, HICX, to discuss in more detail what this shift means in practice and the innovative approaches that are needed to increase transparency and reduce risk.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 22, 2016

Christopher Craighead, Professor of Supply Chain Management, University of Tennessee The easiest and, in many cases, the most cost effective mitigation technique is analyzing partner (e.g., Traditionally mandated for public procurement, it offers many of the same benefits to corporations. supplier, carrier) performance. Transparency!

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

by John Westerveld When scrolling through my news feed Friday, I found this article from SCN : “ Collaboration Key in Creating Competitive Advantages Through Supply Chains “ The article describes research recently published by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Global Supply Chain Institute.

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Arena Solutions

MAY 7, 2020

As we see with the COVID-19 pandemic, recent tornados in Tennessee, past hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, or labor unrest in other parts of the world—threats brought by natural or man-made disasters—can impact your supply chain, whether you have a global network or rely on partners across town.

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The Lean Supply Chain

MAY 27, 2015

In February, the health insurance company Anthem reported a breach in which hackers accessed to about 80 million records and in 2014, a Tennessee hospital had 4.5 Procurement: Follow your procurement processes with an emphasis on cybersecurity risks. The healthcare industry has been catching hackers’ attention lately.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Located in Coopertown, Tennessee, the company’s new fulfillment center (built in 2016) is large enough to house 22 football fields. In 2017, Smith & Nephew expanded its use of business network and cloud-based applications to support a centralized, efficient procurement process for managing spending from end to end.

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HICX Solutions

JUNE 10, 2022

A new era for Procurement. Recent disruptive events have been forcing Procurement to become more agile and resilient. Procurement practitioners agree that these demands will have to be supported by digital solutions. Elevating the role of Procurement. Why are best-of-breed solutions needed? Re-defining ‘value’.

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

William Crane, Founder & CEO of IndustryStar Solutions , is an entrepreneur and experienced executive in supply chain with demonstrated results starting, launching and enhancing procurement, logistics, supplier quality and manufacturing companies globally. He believes that automation will make jobs easier, not obsolete.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Procuring logistics services is not the same as buying paper clips, yet that’s how many procurement organizations approach it. Procuring logistics services is not the same as buying paper clips, yet that’s how many procurement organizations approach it. Four States Push Back on ELD Mandate.

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