Tompkins Blog

APRIL 15, 2014

RALEIGH, NC, April 15, 2014 — Is it important to connect your supply chain strategy with your business strategy? The greatest take-away from this report is that the importance of an integrated strategy cannot be ignored.” Click here to download the report and receive additional information.

Inventory Reduction 46

Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Strategy 46

Tompkins Blog

APRIL 2, 2014

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Demand Planning Software 40

Demand Planning Software Supply and Demand Supply Chain Design Software Network Design Software 40

DAT Solutions

JUNE 2, 2016

On the East Coast, choose between Baltimore to the north and Raleigh to the south, or go from one to the other, with a TriHaul (triangular) route to replace the low-priced southbound leg. Outbound rates are moving up in Raleigh, NC, and there’s lots of freight available. The lane from Raleigh to Baltimore paid $2.75/mile

Raleigh 70

Raleigh Los Angeles Baltimore Houston 70

DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Over the weekend, Winter Storm Diego blanketed Charlotte, Raleigh and many miles of highway in North Carolina, extending east to Tennessee and north to Virginia. Embrace the challenges ahead, but keep one eye on the weather report. It’s snowing at the wrong time and in all the wrong places. Stay safe out there!

Kansas City 70

Kansas City Freight North Carolina Omaha 70

DAT Solutions

MARCH 2, 2016

Outbound rates rose in Memphis and Atlanta , but fell in Raleigh and Birmingham. Rates are derived from actual rate agreements and contracts, as reported in DAT RateView. Outbound volume was also down in Cleveland , due to steel’s slump, but Pittsburgh was up for the month. Rates were also down in Cleveland and Harrisburg.

Cleveland 70

Cleveland Raleigh Memphis Material Savings 70

NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 1, 2016

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. The reporting data that we get on cost sometimes requires us to be reactive because it might come a month later.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

Supply Chain Planning Software Meeting Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning 40

DAT Solutions

MARCH 15, 2016

Jacksonville is also going strong, with big rate increases on the lanes to Miami up 13¢, and to New Orleans , up 40¢ Rates are rocketing up in Raleigh , after a down month. Four major lanes out of Raleigh had double-digit increases last week.

Miami 70

Miami Los Angeles Freight Atlanta 70

GlobalTranz

AUGUST 26, 2015

Manufacturing is hearing reports this month of much slower growth in the regional flash PMIs , and as Forbes reports that Manufacturing still has gains yet to be seen due to smart investments in projects like the Advanced Manufacturing Hubs.

United States 120

United States Innovation Manufacturing St. Louis 120

NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

My first Monday in, I asked for a full report of all our supply chain metrics, and my analyst told me he could get it to me by Friday. To summarize, Tom discussed something he observed on a drive from Asheville to Raleigh, on the way to the conference. I told him I needed it NOW, not in a week.

Supply Chain Design Software 52

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design 52

DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Listen to weather reports and try to avoid routes that may be subject to closure. Guest blogger Kevin Selfe holds a BSc in Meteorology from North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Even when you drive a four-wheeler, if it might snow in your area, keep a shovel and an ice scraper in your car all winter. Stay safe out there!

South America 70

South America Montana Oregon North Carolina 70

NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 8, 2019

When Gene Richter led the procurement function at IBM (saving billions of dollars and key to turning the company around), the annual report mentioned that ‘even traditionally prosaic functions, such as purchasing, have adopted innovative ideas.’

Procurement Analytics 8

Procurement Analytics Procurement Solutions Optimal Sourcing Procurement 8

Talking Logistics

MARCH 29, 2019

As reported by Alexander Osipovich in the Wall Street Journal , “The first futures tied to the cost of trucking goods across the U.S. A New Market Seeks to Draw Freight Bets (WSJ – sub. For Power Tools Sold In Iran. Trucking Futures Trading: Are You Buying?

Logistics Network Optimization Software 103

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Analytics Software 103

Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2016

As reported by Robbie Whelan in the Wall Street Journal : Stifel last week released a report targeting the entire truckload industry, writing that “pricing pressure is rampant in the generic freight market,” which includes most types of trucking services, while railroad carload pricing and freight rates among parcel carriers are on the rise.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 100

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Guinea 100

Kanban Logistics

MARCH 26, 2020

As noted in the FORBES report, North Carolina ranks #4 in the U.S. More rural locations such as in the Eastern part of the state have even lower costs – despite their ideal logistics footprints – than Raleigh and other metropolitan areas. in terms of favorable business costs.

North Carolina 52

North Carolina Distribution Warehousing Charlotte 52

GlobalTranz

JANUARY 31, 2017

iconic places, such as the Route 128 tech corridor around Boston, Massachusetts; Research Triangle Park in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Austin, Texas; Seattle, Washington; and, of course, California’s white-hot Silicon Valley. The data in this report underscore how technological innovation shapes the entire U.S.

Innovation 120

Innovation Demand Planning Software District of Columbia St. Louis 120

Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

His insights and presence were most appreciated by everyone, especially given the snowfall we were experiencing in Raleigh last night! And so they aren’t reporting it. Because Macy’s is now fulfilling orders from stores… so store sales and inventory at stores don’t matter.

Supply Chain Design Software 60

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Software 60