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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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Before, they might say to purchasing, “You guys have done a brilliant job; you’ve reduced your costs by a million dollars because you’re buying everything from India. Is it because some of the biggest parts are being shipped from another manufacturing location? Governments themselves are trying to come up with solutions.

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IQMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Just a few years ago, sustainability in manufacturing was seen as a nice-to-have. Today, sustainable manufacturing is becoming a critical factor in a manufacturer’s ability to compete and maximize profitability. Gartner is quick to note that it is not practical for manufacturers to adopt all possible sustainability measures.

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3PL Insights

JUNE 23, 2021

After an online purchase is made, customers want to receive their product as soon as possible. Evans has recently launched a new business intelligence tool, evans365 , to give customers visibility of their account activity and to spot long-term trends. Here are considerations for selecting the right fulfillment partner.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Sales numbers indicate that global early adopters are starting to purchase EVs. Countries like Norway (where climate change is very real) are purchasing almost 90% electric vehicles. In China leading EV manufacturers BYD and Chery employ many citizens so the Chinese might be developing an association with EVs through their work.

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3PL Insights

APRIL 14, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic continues, and with every passing day, we hear about more individuals, communities and businesses finding new innovative solutions to help combat the ongoing crisis. Across the globe, companies are shifting from their normal production to manufacturing products that directly help fight against the novel Coronavirus.

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QAD

JUNE 4, 2019

In “ It’s Silicon Valley and Detroit, not Silicon Valley vs Detroit (Pt. The consortium includes other car manufacturers, tech companies, and automotive suppliers, including BMW, Fiat Chrysler Automotive, Intel, Mobileye (Intel purchased Mobileye in 2017 for $15.2 Examples include: BMW Consortium. Waymo Partnerships.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Yet all of the functions that we now associate with Supply Chain have been around for a very long time: Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, Procurement and Purchasing, Warehousing and many more.”[2] ” Coining a term and defining the term are two different things. Carey School of Business, explains what it entails.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

You start having all the data, bringing AI and some other tools against it. I’m in Detroit about 4 and a half to 5 hours away, depending on the traffic. We built it because we wanted to scale, and we wanted our customers to be able to use the tool. In the olden days, we had software but it wasn’t customer-facing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Blue Yonder , a leading supply chain solutions provider, announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Doddle, a first and last mile technology business. Once completed, the deal will allow Blue Yonder’s suite of supply chain management and commerce offerings to expand with final mile, returns management, and reverse logistics solutions.

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