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Benefits of Using a Detroit Warehouse

3PL Insights

This article will explain the strategic advantages of having a dedicated warehouse based in Detroit. The transportation capabilities for the city of Detroit are quite impressive. Having the capability to ship freight via truck, rail, and even ship makes Detroit an adaptable location for any of your transportation needs.

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How Supply Chain Best Practice Metrics Can Predict the NFL Super Bowl

Kinaxis

So, I decided to use supply chain best practice metrics to predict the Super Bowl participants, and the ultimate winner. This is a simple equation, but yet very effective when used as an end-to-end metric. Speed is the metric that pulls all the functional areas together. I grew up in Pittsburgh, and it is Steelers all day.

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On the road! 4 September supply chain conferences we love

Kinaxis

To make the list, companies out-performed their peer group on operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital while driving significant improvement in financial metrics over the period.Supply Chain Improvement is based on a detailed analysis calculated factors for balance, strength and resiliency. Detroit, Michigan.

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Auto Supply Chain Prophets Podcast Wrap-up: Eps. 6-10

QAD

Episode #10: Maps & Metrics. In addition, she is an ASQ fellow, a Shainin medalist, was named a “Notable Woman in Manufacturing” by Crain’s Detroit Business in 2018, and in 2020, was inducted into the Women in Manufacturing Hall of Fame.

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Cliff Morris | The State of Manufacturing

4WL Consulting

So I’m from Detroit, you may not have known that. Both my grandfathers worked the line on the River Rouge plant in Detroit. Right then, straight out of college, I worked for Ford and, even while I was in college, I worked in one of the manufacturing facilities in the suburban Detroit area called the Woodhaven Stamping Plant.

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Cliff Morris | The State of Manufacturing

4WL Consulting

So I’m from Detroit, you may not have known that. Both my grandfathers worked the line on the River Rouge plant in Detroit. Right then, straight out of college, I worked for Ford and, even while I was in college, I worked in one of the manufacturing facilities in the suburban Detroit area called the Woodhaven Stamping Plant.

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Evans Distribution Systems Launches New Business Intelligence Tool: evans365

3PL Insights

We will continue to improve evans365 by integrating additional data sources and providing even more valuable metrics,” Evans says. Evans Distribution Systems, headquartered in southeast Michigan, was founded in 1929 as the Central Detroit Warehouse Company. This is only the beginning. Click here to download the press release.