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Supply Chain News on Volvo Picks South Carolina for New Plant, as Battle Royale with UAW Likely on Schedule for 2018

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Big Win for the Palmetto State, as Most New North American Auto Plants Going to Mexico of Late

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McLeod Health to Roll Out Tecsys’ End-to-End Supply Chain Execution Solution Across Hospital System

Tecsys

South Carolina-based hospital system invests in Tecsys’ Elite™ Healthcare to create modern supply chain… The post McLeod Health to Roll Out Tecsys’ End-to-End Supply Chain Execution Solution Across Hospital System appeared first on Tecsys.

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The Renewal Logistics Story with Courtney Folk

The Logistics of Logistics

She is a graduate from Charleston Southern University in Charleston, South Carolina. Courtney Folk and Joe Lynch discuss the Renewal Logistics story.

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[PROFILE] Zak Stern '14 - Parker CMC Networking

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

College:  University of South Carolina, Business - Accounting. Parker CMC Networking. About UCLA Parker CMC. The UCLA Anderson Parker Career Management Center is comprised of Career Coaches and Executives-in-Residence, who partner with students to define, pursue and achieve their post-MBA career goals, and the Campus Recruiting Team, which cultivates relationships with companies to connect them with the right MBA talent. Parker CMC Site.

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Maersk Air Cargo operates its inaugural scheduled service to Korea

Logistics Middle East

The new trans-pacific service marks Maersk Air Cargo's first flight, as well as the first scheduled air cargo operation between the state of South Carolina and Asia.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

South Carolina prohibits importation of some birds due to avian flu. This past Monday marked the first normal Boston Marathon since 2019, as the 2020 marathon was canceled due to the Covid pandemic, and the 2021 marathon was shifted to October with a smaller field.

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Amer 2021 – Cleveland – Speaker

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in Health Information Management from the Medical University of South Carolina. John D. McCullough CPHIMS, RHIA, MBA, Interim Associate Chief Information Officer & Executive Director, ITD Digital Business Applications. John D.

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Plant-location decisions and potential supply chain risk

Kinaxis

Besides Texas—Toyota’s new North American headquarters—other states on the companies’ shortlist are Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina, WSJ reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the potential investment. by Melissa Clow This guest post comes to us from Jim Fulcher , Blogger on the Supply Chain Expert Community.

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Hurricane Florence path includes 4 port cities

DAT Solutions

Port of Wilmington, North Carolina - This port is right in the center of the hurricane path and is expected to be the hardest hit. Port of Charleston, South Carolina - This port will be CLOSED at least Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and possibly longer depending on conditions. More than 200,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) passed through South Carolina Ports in August.

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Adapting in the Face of Change

Supply Chain Shaman

Unresolved labor issues in the Leathermen Terminal in Charleston South Carolina and contract negotiations for 22,000 dock workers in the ports of LA and Long Beach hang heavy.

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Hurricane Florence Update: Impacts, Forecasts, and Operational Best Practices

Elementum

Several states in the east coast, especially the Carolinas, have been on high alert as they await landfall. Supply Chain Impact and Potential Disruptions: As early as Wednesday, September 12, as a safety precaution, operations at Charleston International Airport in South Carolina and Port of Wilmington in North Carolina were halted until further notice. DowDupont sites in North Carolina’s Charlotte, Greenboro, and Fayetteville will have work suspensions.

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Hurricane Florence: What We Know About the Year's First Major Storm

Elementum

It will deliver tropical-storm-level winds by noon Thursday to North Carolina's coast, and hurricane-force winds and dangerous storm surges by late Thursday or early Friday. As of 11 AM ET on Wednesday, it’s travelling about 485 miles southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina and roughly 520 miles east-southeast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, with winds of about 125 mph, according to the NHC. Experts are warning that South Carolina residents should prepare to evacuate.

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Manufacturing and the Titanium Economy

Enterra Insights

Anecdotally, he discusses the town of Simpsonville, South Carolina, now home to a Michelin plant. We all know the storyline that insists advanced economies have moved on from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age and have become service-focused rather than a manufacturing-focused.

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Florence Et Al.

Supply Chain Shaman

North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia sit squarely in the storm’s path. This morning the Washington Post rang. The reporter wanted to discuss the implications of Hurricane Florence. The question was simple, “What will be the impact of Hurricane Florence on the supply chain?” ” The answer is not so easy. The implications are far-reaching. Quite simply no one knows.

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Ford’s Announced Plans to Operate a Battery Plant in Michigan

Supply Chain Matters

states of Kentucky and South Carolina , along with Mexico. Ford was faced with this sourcing decision after South Korea based LG Chem brought a trade secret dispute with rival SK Innovation before the International Trade Commission last year.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up- February 24 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Further reported was that Boeing CFO Brain West had indicated last week that 787 production was paused at the North Charlestown, South Carolina facility to address issues related to fuselages built by supplier Spirit AeroSystems.

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Hurricane Florence: What You Need to Know About the Year's First Major Storm

Elementum

It will deliver tropical-storm-level winds by noon Thursday to North Carolina's coast, and hurricane-force winds and dangerous storm surges by late Thursday or early Friday. As of 11 AM ET on Wednesday, it’s travelling about 485 miles southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina and roughly 520 miles east-southeast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, with winds of about 125 mph, according to the NHC. Experts are warning that South Carolina residents should prepare to evacuate.

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Panama Canal Expansion Boosts Freight in an Unexpected Place

DAT Solutions

Expansion at the Panama Canal, pictured above, has led to a business boom in South Carolina. But the South Carolina freight market has already gotten a boost thanks to the expansion, and the industrial boom has been evident on DAT Load Boards. The Panama Canal opened a new lane for larger ships this week, and East Coast ports have been expanding efforts to attract Asian imports that would otherwise arrive on the West Coast.

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Adidas Warehouse Meltdown : WMS Disaster

Clear Spider

Adidas’ distribution center in Spartanburg, South Carolina faced a warehouse management disaster in 1996. Adidas is a multinational company, originating in Germany. The successful company produces over 900 million products per year. This great success is not without its shortfalls.

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Hurricane Matthew: What You Need to Know

Elementum

Today, the Category-3 is headed for Jacksonville, Georgia, South and North Carolina. South Carolina: Saturday through Saturday evening. North Carolina (mainly south): Saturday afternoon through early Sunday. South Carolina ports were closed Thursday; keep track of their advisories to monitor any changes. Hurricane Matthew has wreaked havoc throughout the Caribbean and along Florida’s coast.

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Hurricane Florence Update: Impacts, Forecasts, and Operational Best Practices

Elementum

SEPT 19 UPDATES: Over 200 roads in South Carolina, and 1000 roads (including major highways) in North Carolina have been closed. Storm surge remains one of the biggest risks, and residents in the Carolinas are being warned of flood threats well into the rest of the week. North Carolina's Cape Fear river is rising and is expected to crest at 62 feet today, threatening 12,000 residents as it floods the surrounding area. In North Carolina, Gov.

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With New Fuel Tax Looming, Here’s a Way Logistics Directors can ‘C’ their ‘A’

Supply Chain Collaborator

The Journal report focuses on South Carolina’s legislature where, for the last thirty years, even discussing raising fuel taxes was regarded as a political third rail. The republican governor of South Carolina is suggesting he will veto the law. The Wall Street Journal reports on the swelling support among lawmakers for increases in gas taxes to help offset the mounting costs of the nation’s crumbling transportation infrastructure.

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Report of Challenges Surrounding Amazon Drone Program

Supply Chain Matters

In March 2020, Amazon hired a former Boeing executive as a program interim director, an executive who previously led the commercial aircraft manufacturer’s 787 assembly facility in South Carolina.

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Golf and the art of supply chain improvement

Kinaxis

It’s not just about playing the course – According to CNN Travel the hardest course in the world is the Ocean Course on Kiawah Island, South Carolina designed by Pete Dye (pictured, top right), who is affectionately referred to as “The Marquis de Sod”. Drive for show, putt for dough – South African professional golfer Bobby Locke is credited with this phrase, and while it conjures up some great visuals of an impressive back swing I’m not entirely sure it’s great advice.

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National Logistics Day™ 2022

Enterra Insights

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania issued a House Resolution naming National Logistics Day as an official state holiday; the States of Ohio and South Carolina both issued formal proclamations; and with the support of Congressman Kelly, the U.S.

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Say Customer Service and Mean It

Supply Chain Shaman

The two primary manufacturing sites are located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Irmo, South Carolina. In my work with clients, customers bandy about the term “customer-centric supply chain.”

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The Aftermath of Hurricane Ian for Multi-Industry Supply Chains

Supply Chain Matters

By now, readers may have already visualized and read of the devastating impacts that Hurricane Ian delivered as it inflicted a path of destruction and historic flooding across a wide area of Northern Florida , as well as the Carolina’s.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

South Carolina Ports breaks all-time container record. South Carolina Ports turned in its best cargo-handling performance in history in March, and the volume was 34 percent higher year-over-year.

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Airbus and Boeing Announce 2022 Commercial Aircraft Order and Delivery Performance

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlighted a published New York Times report in April 2019 that reported claims of shoddy production techniques concerning the North Charleston South Carolina 787 production facility.

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Labor Day 2021

Enterra Insights

million, kept the South Carolina plant from shutting down at the height of the outbreak.”. This Labor Day greets us with a confusing employment situation as millions of people remain out of work at the same time a record number of job openings remain unfilled.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

81% of semiconductor contract manufacturing was based in Taiwan or South Korea in 2020 ( Deloitte Global ), but The United States passed a $52 billion dollar Chips for America Act in an effort to bring the manufacturing of microchips back to the United States.

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Ready For the Next Port Crisis?

Talking Logistics

As mega-container ships replace smaller vessels in major east-west and north-south trades, terminals are struggling to turn the ships around and move containers through their facilities in a timely manner…Ships are growing at an accelerating, some would say alarming, rate as carriers become fixated on reducing operating costs as the key to profitability.

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Freight Market Update and Q3 Outlook

Zipline Logistics

In the dry van world, hot markets currently include Southern California, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Georgia. Coming off an extremely oscillating previous quarter, there were many predictions floating around on how Q2 of 2022 would shake out.

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The Diesel Laptops Story with Tyler Robertson

The Logistics of Logistics

Tyler Robertson is the Founder and CEO of Diesel Laptops , a South Carolina based provider of commercial truck efficiency solutions for truck repair facilities. The Diesel Laptops Story with Tyler Robertson. Tyler Robertson and Joe Lynch discuss the Diesel Laptops story.

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Small Data, Big Insights

The Network Effect

Lowes Foods, a family-owned grocery chain with stores located throughout North and South Carolina, is one of the region’s largest retailers, but in the late 2000’s they had a problem. Declining revenues, triggered by the onslaught of ultra-competitors like Walmart and Amazon threatened the very existence of this 100-or-so retail chain, and unless something was […]. The post Small Data, Big Insights appeared first on The Network Effect.

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The HDVI Story with Chuck Wallace

The Logistics of Logistics

HDVI is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with additional offices in Greenville, South Carolina; Austin, Texas; and San Francisco, California. Chuck Wallace and Joe Lynch discuss the HDVI story.

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Why Medical Device Manufacturers Need Inventory Management

RFgen

with a new design and distribution facility in Columbia, South Carolina. O’Leary went on to explain that it’s more cost-effective to establish a presence in South Carolina, and it will invest heavily in automation.