Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2023

The global automaker has previously indicated a strategy to establish regionally based EV supply networks to support the major markets of Europe , China , and North America. Inflation Reduction Act , which fosters consumer incentives to purchase EV vehicles if 50 percent of major battery components are produced in North America.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 24, 2023

Background In a published Supply Chain Matters posting in March, we informed our readers that global automotive manufacturer Volkswagen announced that it was investing in a battery production site in Canada to support North America electric vehicle assembly needs. Thomas , Ontario , upwards of a two hour drive from Detroit.

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Oracle SCM

MARCH 3, 2020

Procurement professionals are now playing an increasingly strategic role within their organizations. Procurement of raw materials and components that go into the manufacturing process is essential to ensure final product quality and strong financial performance. The new procurement professional needs a broad set of skills.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 31, 2022

Last week both Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal reported the departure of yet another senior manufacturing executive at Rivian Automotive as well as an overall reorganization. The Wall Street Journal reported that Tim Fallon, the existing Vice President of Manufacturing will remain in that role. . Rivian Automotive.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

This follows the recent announcement by the White House Council on Supply Chain Resilience launching 30 proposed actions to strengthen America’s supply chains and the ASCM recent publication on resilience. Maximize the value of the purchase order flow data already in the existing networks. (A

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021. But in North America, distribution is predominately through their company-owned fleet. There are continuing efforts to reduce the weight of their tractor and trailers in North America. The new contract with ADM is a 7.5-year

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 12, 2024

They say they’re worried about pollution and the risk of wildfires, so instead, they’ll create a tribute to America with a light show made by drones. For example, the grocer released its first report on corporate social responsibility efforts last year. Cities like Napa, Calif., instead of midday across Australia.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2023

This is because most classical planning solutions lack the modeling capability and computing power to accommodate different data sources, large SKU count, and detailed constraints and contingencies to build an immediately executable plan. each with discrete plans generated typically in sequential batch runs.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 5, 2023

On June 30, word came that UPS provided what was reported as counter proposal “ with significant movement on wages and other economic language.” A reported tweet by the Teamsters Twitter account on Friday indicated that the union was poised to reach a deal no later than July 5, which is today. We sense a similar dynamic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2022

Earlier in 2022, we conducted a survey of 8,000 consumers across North America and Europe to get a better sense of their ecommerce experience and how they were reacting to retailer performance. On one hand, consumers expect to increase their online purchases post-pandemic. Source: Descartes & SAPIO Research.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 25, 2021

Everything from food and beverage products to home improvement items saw a significant consumption bump as buyers, sidelined by pandemic restrictions, diverted their purchasing habits from experiences to consumer goods. Since the first quarter of 2020, CPG logistics costs have risen by 37% to an average of $1.71 cost per case.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items. 28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list. This complexity is occurring in many forms.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 24, 2024

”[1] Would it surprise you to learn that America is the world’s worst offender? The RTS staff reports, “The United States discards more food than any other country in the world: nearly 60 million tons — 120 billion pounds — every year. billion tons of food every year.”[1] ” What Can Be Done?

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EcoVadis

MAY 9, 2018

Direct purchasing by governments and state-owned enterprises accounts for 12 percent of GDP in OECD countries, and in the U.K. Sustainable public procurement can also be beneficial from the economic perspective: It can generate income, reduce costs and promote innovation among domestic producers. National Procurement Standards.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 3, 2019

Sustainability is created at the source of our products, services, and consumption. Sustainability is created in the jungles of Latin America. Sustainability is created from Responsible Sourcing. How can you make Responsible Sourcing a Reality? in this case, responsible sourcing. It’s created at our suppliers.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 19, 2024

Jenny Pickett , President of the Agriculture Council of America (ACA), the organization that sponsors National Ag Day, asserts that getting students involved in National Ag Day is a high priority because the sector offers careers in many areas. It takes real dedication to excel in the agriculture field (no pun intended). employment.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Source: Sea-Intelligence Source: Sea-Intelligence The number of blank sailings are at the lowest we have seen since the pandemic started. Followed by the benefits to reduce logistics cost of expedites, demurrage and detention (58%), increase cash on hand by improving inventory management (23%) and to optimize carrier performance (19%).

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

Redwood has indicated a commitment to solving the ability to source battery anode and cathode components in the United States and producing them from an increasing amount of recycled content. According to the announcement , this start-up aims to develop breakthroughs in Generative AI , Large Language Models and Business Analytics.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 25, 2023

Journalist Erica Pandey reports, “America wastes more than 100 billion pounds — or 40% — of its food each year.”[1] and China, The Guardian reports. ”[3] He continues, “No matter the data source (e.g., Food waste only exacerbates the challenge — and it’s everywhere. Around 10% — or 13.5

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 22, 2019

” This session captures the essence of what I believe is wrong with procurement’s relationship with sales. It’s about time that we re-think the sales-procurement relatinship. How has the need for responsive supply chains shifted the role of industrial marketing and procurement?

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Love it or hate it, daily necessities need to be purchased. When looking at global online sales, Salesforce reports 57% digital growth in 2020, and 16% growth in 2021, with eMarketer data predicting a continued increase through 2025. Data source: eMarketer. eCommerce Purchases and “The New Normal” Retail Categories.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2023

This January the company reported that its annual recurring revenue grew at over 84% year-over-year. Planners in China rely on different data sources and operate with different business practices than those in North America. There’s a lot of flexibility required to model the variations and nuances.”

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights an additional strategic sourcing announcement involving the future production of electric powered autos and vehicles in North America. Announcement. South Korea based LG Chem announced this week a planned $3.2 The facility reportedly will supply battery component needs for U.S. Under new U.S.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 7, 2018

Since only 11 Incoterms exist in the Incoterms 2010 ruleset, some companies, as well as purchasers and consumers, may need to know additional information about a product. Therefore, having an indisputable source of information, such as blockchain technology, may be used to develop consistency and clarity in managing supply chain SLAs.

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Unleashed

MARCH 14, 2021

The food supply chain refers to the process of preparing a food product from start to finish: sourcing the raw materials and taking the food through a manufacturing process, through to the final packaging of the product, the sale to the customer and the final delivery. One recent regulation in America is the ELD mandate.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 31, 2023

Launched in 2020, CommodityWatch AI uses real-time news and event monitoring and predictive analytics to forecast supply, demand, and pricing trends out to three months for commodities including but not limited: gold, silver, aluminum, copper, caustic soda, cobalt, helium, paper, and tin.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Procurement sourcing and tail spend solutions provider Fairmarkit announced the completion of a $35.6 This provider describes itself as an AI- enabled procurement Cloud platform built for the sourcing of lower-dollar, non-strategic purchases, commonly referred to as “ tail spend.” Fairmarkit Announces $35.6

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IQMS

JANUARY 21, 2021

Bottom Line : In 2021 and beyond, customers are voting with their dollars for the manufacturers who excel at sustainable manufacturing and make a positive contribution to the environment, dominating B2B supply chains and B2C purchasing decisions. of all North American manufacturers have a sustainability policy in place, and 8.3%

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

More on Maersk’s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report. On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases.

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Bristlecone

OCTOBER 29, 2020

For one manufacturing client, a recent diagnostics assessment identified key opportunities in supply chain planning process improvements, logistics optimization and reporting enhancements. Recent highlights include: Go-lives across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. PURCHASE ORDER ACCRUALS. Performance Management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Shell’s current shift to the global supply chain is impacting North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Russia, and China. Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. North America Simulation Output. A Brief History of IT Investments.

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QAD

MARCH 5, 2020

The assumption is that for given functions in a company, there is an optimal level of cost vs productivity that is achieved simply by the assignment of a percentage budget cut. Every key vendor needs to be vetted, and then sourcing decisions need to be made and supply chain changes enacted. Think about what an ERP project requires.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

”[1] Although this fact will likely spark all sorts of political and cultural debates, the food industry needs to consider what a more diverse America means for the grocery sector. As Soto noted, America’s diverse ethnic groups have helped expose all Americans to a wide variety of new and exciting foods and cuisines.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

also known as the William Carter Company, is the leading brand of children’s clothing, gifts and accessories in America. The company leverages globally sourcing strategies to buy products at a lower cost and then deploys some unique process logic to drive mass customization for retailers. Here we share the story. About Carter’s.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

This action represents a reported 77 percent premium to the company’s closing stock price on November 22, 2022, the last full trading day prior to media reports involving a potential transaction. The announcement further coincides with Coupa Software’s report of fiscal third quarter financial performance.

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Arkieva

JULY 25, 2016

Continuing growth in ecommerce is fueling a tight market for distribution and fulfillment centers space, either leased, purchased or through a partner, as companies look to expand their networks to meet growing consumer demand for rapid parcel delivery. And CBRE’s most recent report on the U.S. Source: Multichannel Merchant.

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