Supply Chain Matters

MAY 13, 2024

Workers within Hyundai’s Alabama based production facilities will be voting for potential representation later this month. It is no exaggeration to say that the future of the 107 year-old manufacturer hangs in the balance.” As noted in our prediction, the lens in 2024 further turns toward labor negotiations involving U.S.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2015

Supply Chain is just one of our five main categories we are covering all this week, which consist of: Logistics, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Freight, and Transportation. We have already covered the top logistics blog posts and the top manufacturing blog posts by the most views those blogs in those categories have received in 2015.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 6, 2015

While US manufacturing has been hit hard by nearly two decades of policy failures that have damaged its international competitiveness, it remains a vital part of the U.S. The US manufacturing sector employed 12 million workers in 2013, or about 8.8 On average, non-college-educated workers in manufacturing made 10.9 employment.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

based Alabama and Georgia production facilities. Communication among supply chain procurement, planning and logistics teams is thus essential in ensuring that material and customer fulfillment times can be consistently maintained. Hyundai Motor America announced this week that the automaker will raise certain U.S.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 5, 2016

When a business, or other organization, purchases equipment, parts, or remanufactured equipment it is an investment. Monitor the speed and efficiency of every step of the manufacturing process to identify and resolve bottlenecks. Pinpoint the source of quality issues and remedy the problem on the spot to prevent major quality crises.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

As an example, Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325) encompasses a variety of chemical manufacturing codes including petrochemicals (3251), but none for biobased chemicals. Manufacturers go through a certification process that has been developed in a partnership with ASTM International to ensure quality control and consistent results.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

As for Colonial’s fleet of delivery vehicles, FreightWaves reports, “ Alabama-based PS Logistics announced that subsidiary Purdy Brothers Trucking had acquired 50 tractors and 55 lease purchase drivers from Colonial and Phoenix. 803 billion U.S. Grocery Industry Remains Reluctant to Adopt Automation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 16, 2021

Amazon workers reject unionization in Alabama. In early March, ballots were sent out to nearly 6,000 workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama to vote on whether they wanted to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. The prototype also included external lights for what it called “extra flair.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2022

The company is paying participating small businesses a per-package fee to deliver Amazon orders within a 10-mile radius to their neighbors’ homes in states like Nebraska, Mississippi, and Alabama. Manufacturing some parts from a 3D printer is cheaper and more efficient than traditional supply chain methods. It was valued at $1.3

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 11, 2016

Fracking activities were curtailed, and the drilling equipment and materials of 2014 disappeared, freeing up rail, intermodal and flatbed capacity, and removing an alternative source of employment opportunity for would-be truck drivers. Auto manufacturing was a bright spot, at least for the first half of the year. per mile, or $1.93

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Empowering Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders Across the Globe. Nearly 60 new customers signed with Ivalua, including Danske Bank, Navistar, state of Alabama, Coca Cola Philippines, Millicom, Leaseplan, Ahlsell, Music Tribe, Parkland, SoFi, and many others. Many other innovations spanning the Source-to-Pay process.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

JUNE 16, 2022

The Port of Mobile in Alabama is a well-connected port that manufacturers and industries worldwide rely on for a good reason. Not only does a business have to purchase a product, but they are also required to pay for the first-mile and last-mile shipping and carrying costs. About the Port of Mobile, AL.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 2, 2024

If you’re in Alabama, unfortunately sometimes a guy comes out with two dogs and a shotgun,” said Graham Chipchase, chief executive of Brambles, which owns and rents reusable pallets to companies including manufacturers, suppliers and retailers. Efforts by the White House to onshore manufacturing jobs and incentivize U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2022

The Danish manufacturer saw sales begin to surge as consumers gravitated towards their building sets, which come in a variety of shapes, sizes, difficulties, and characters. The new spoke sites will be located in Austin and San Antonio, Texas, and Birmingham, Alabama. For these people, the switch will have them looking elsewhere.

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Elementum

MAY 27, 2015

manufactured goods over the next decade. But Walmart is not alone in its move towards “reshoring” jobs, moving factories back stateside after a decade-long exodus to cheaper manufacturing facilities in places like Southeast Asia. Manufacturing technology is improving in the U.S., Sweet Home Alabama. Making Waves.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 5, 2021

Walmart drops $35 minimum purchase for 2-hour delivery. Part of the reason for the new timeframe is the partnership announced by Merck and Johnson & Johnson to manufacture the vaccine. Lawmakers have also urged the White House to pressure chip manufacturers to boost the auto chip supply. Descarets acquires QuestaWeb.

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