The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2021

He lives with his family in suburban Detroit. Trend #2: Near sourcing and shorter supply chains. As a retained executive search consultant, he built C-suite leadership teams for clients in a variety of industries. Steve earned a BA in Economics and Management and an MBA. About iDev Partners.

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QAD

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Recently, I attended a dinner outside of Detroit hosted by QAD, the Korean Battery Industry Association and NAATBatt (an organization dedicated to the development and commercialization of advanced battery manufacturing in North America). annual graphite requirements are sourced in China. The majority of the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 24, 2023

Thomas , Ontario , upwards of a two hour drive from Detroit. The latest changes clarify criteria for battery component production sources that qualify for the full subsidy. The partial $3,500 credit is reportedly available for meeting one of the two battery sourcing credits. Inflation Reduction Act. All rights reserved.

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QAD

AUGUST 23, 2022

Wayne State University’s Mike Ilitch School of Business was high on my list because I wanted to go to school in Detroit, and their supply chain program had been ranked in the top 25 by Gartner that year (UPDATE: they ranked again this year, and even higher on the list!) .

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3PL Insights

MAY 3, 2021

Evans365 accesses and analyzes data sets from Evans’ warehouse management system and other data sources and presents findings graphically. We will continue to improve evans365 by integrating additional data sources and providing even more valuable metrics,” Evans says. This is only the beginning. About Evans Distribution Systems.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 6, 2023

” – Sir Winston Churchill Having just returned from the 2023 Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Global conference in Detroit, these words are very fitting to encapsulate the essence of the event. “Never let a good crisis go to waste.”

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3PL Insights

APRIL 14, 2020

Detroit has been hit particularly hard by COVID-19. Sourcing Quality Masks. “We Many of the online sources had low stock and shipment delays, there was a challenge procuring a quality mask. The post Face Masks Breathe New Life into Detroit Economy and Workforce appeared first on Evans Distribution Systems.

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QAD

MARCH 29, 2022

Guest hosted and produced by Gravitas Detroit Founder and President, Jan Griffiths, a former key supply chain executive in the industry, the podcast is available on the Auto Supply Chain Prophets website or any major podcast platform.

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QAD

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Likewise, the action never stops here at the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast, because Cathy Fisher of Quistem, Jan Griffiths of Gravitas Detroit and I never miss a beat on supporting your organization in “delivering on the promise of delivery.” I’m talking about your workforce, and they’re the focus of steps two and three.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Two Detroit auto suppliers that manufacture shifts, pinions, gears, and other parts for the Big Three have filed notices of potential layoffs with the state of Michigan. Where possible, Resilinc recommends multi-sourcing on UAW-affected component suppliers and qualifying parts as a priority.

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IQMS

JANUARY 21, 2021

Somachini produces heavy truck timing gears for Detroit Diesel and Daimler to Germany, specializing in high precision, high volume production. To do business in the automotive industry, Somachini has to comply with the ISO 14001 standard.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2023

Thomas, Ontario , upwards of a two hour drive from Detroit. This facility, which will represent VW ’s first battery production facility outside of Europe , is to be located in the city of St. Plans reportedly call for the facility to be operational by 2027.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 18, 2022

But the efficiency benefits were so compelling that eventually “every car maker from Detroit to Wolfsburg adopted a version” of the Toyota system. As reported in a recent Resilinc blog , supply chains for EV batteries and electric motors are also challenged by ethical sourcing concerns.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 17, 2022

But the efficiency benefits were so compelling that eventually “every car maker from Detroit to Wolfsburg adopted a version” of the Toyota system. As reported in a recent Resilinc blog , supply chains for EV batteries and electric motors are also challenged by ethical sourcing concerns.

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QAD

AUGUST 17, 2023

That’s because Cathy Fisher of Quistem, Jan Griffiths of Gravitas Detroit and I never miss a beat when it comes to breaking down the auto supply chain with actionable insights that will help your business prepare for the next season, fiscal year or 10 years into the future.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Then start looking at the risks in your supply chain for those items, including geopolitical, natural disasters, financial health and where a single source supplies items. And, of course, the climate risks should influence where you decide to source. theft and others. theft and others. What can you tell us about it?

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 3, 2020

Moreover, especially for essential products, firms could consider ways to reduce supply interdependencies between geographies by sourcing locally and serving local markets.” 5] Hakan Yildiz and Tingting Yan, “ Rethinking supply chains in the age of COVID-19 ,” Crain’s Detroit Business, 28 April 2020. [6]

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Today, China based EV automakers and suppliers have notable cost advantages in materials sourcing, production and labor costs. According to reporting from Bloomberg , direct labor costs for Tesla’s U.S. facilities average $45 to $50 per hour on a fully loaded basis. Thus, some U.S. production needs and capabilities.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 17, 2018

Now Detroit wants a taste, too. Perhaps the greatest engineering feat in the auto industry this century isn’t mechanical but financial: getting people to spend luxury money on milquetoast vehicles — turning Ford and Chevy hamburgers into steak. The swankier brands have been torquing top prices quite a bit as well.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 5, 2015

Sources: Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office (AMNPO); LIFT, Detroit, MI; DMDII, Chicago, IL; PowerAmerica, Raleigh, NC; Department of Energy; America Makes, Youngstown, OH. Minimize that gap with technology and tear down your biggest barrier to future success. This infographic, from Polycom , shows how Innovation Hubs work.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 31, 2022

The Detroit Free Press reported last week that global auto maker Stellantis announced a senior supply chain North America leadership change after the automaker was dinged in an unflattering report regarding supplier relations in North America. Stellantis Senior Procurement Leadership Change.

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TMC

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The trade-offs are especially critical for destinations in a “battleground” region that stretches from Detroit in the north to Houston in the south. Cargo can enter the country via East coast or West coast ports depending on variables such as the type of product being shipped.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Although container shipping is in dire straits with several other lines at risk of failure or in the throes of restructurings, it is by no means the only source of unpredictability in freight markets. A key battleground region that stretches from Detroit in the north to Houston in south is especially sensitive to such trade-offs.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 26, 2016

That’s the kind of information that can influence a company’s decision on going into a market, staying in a market, where to source inventory from, which suppliers to work with, etc. Walter holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Michigan State University and attended The Detroit College of Law. What does it mean to finance?

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2020

His entire career has been with Lockton starting at the global headquarters in Kansas City and now in Detroit. Other sources consider any jury award over $5 million as a nuclear verdict. Originally from Kansas City, Quinn is a graduate of the University of Missouri where he studied finance. About Lockton.

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Freightos

JULY 11, 2017

Alibaba’s Jack Ma recently urged 3,000 US small businesses to do just that at a conference in Detroit, and he is making good on his vision to take down trade barriers that are holding smaller businesses back from buying and selling globally. Speaking in Detroit in June 2017, Jack Ma encouraged US sellers to increase their sales abroad.

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ivalua

AUGUST 10, 2015

Quite a few of our customers are located in the Detroit area where we recently hosted a networking event featuring Nexteer Automotive. Nexteer talked about how they have adopted technology to automate and standardize the sourcing function, while eliminating inefficient processes and empowering their employees.

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ivalua

AUGUST 10, 2015

Quite a few of our customers are located in the Detroit area where we recently hosted a networking event featuring Nexteer Automotive. Nexteer talked about how they have adopted technology to automate and standardize the sourcing function, while eliminating inefficient processes and empowering their employees.

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QAD

MAY 16, 2023

It was in the late 80s when I was on the General Motors team with IBM in Detroit. The difference between the AI that we use every day and the newest release of ChatGPT is that we have moved out of the proprietary world of development into the mass diffusion of cloud based open source. These customers would have been the early adopters.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Steve described his experience this afternoon over pizza and sodas in Detroit. They would bid and source only part at a time! When I first started at Ford in the early 80s I was working with Jack Hughes on plastic parts. For stampings, Ford used to get quotes on one part at a time, with no concept of “press loading”.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 14, 2018

Source: DAT RateView. Auto sales have dipped after hitting their peak in the fall of 2017, but they're still a major source of flatbed demand to transport raw materials and parts, as well as finished goods. Source: Macrotrends. 2 Houston market to Midland, TX market (the Permian Basin). #3 3 Houston market to Dallas market. #4.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Source: Diffusion of Innovations, Everett Rogers, 5th Edition In the world of disruption, innovators, like me, are seen as crazy people. Sources: Google AI and DTE Energy, Detroit, MI It is ~4 times the cost to own/drive an ICE and that is just gas. That means 2.8% of global vehicles are EVs. That puts the globe.3%

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GTG Technology Group

AUGUST 6, 2018

This was the year a local lumber merchant asked Fruehauf – a blacksmith and carriage builder in Detroit at the time – to build him something to haul his boat using his Ford vehicle. Sources: [link]. August Charles Fruehauf was 46 years old when he created what would ultimately become the first semi-trailer, in 1914.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 27, 2021

Electronic logging maximizes driver safety, increases the chances your freight will arrive as expected, and provides a source of data that benefits them and you. Though the onus is on the carrier to meet the mandate and no fines will be levied for a year, shippers should strive to do business with compliant carriers. Most of C.H.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Ford and China based Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATX) have plans to build a domestic sourced battery production facility in Michigan. billion facility will be located in Marshall, Michigan , about 100 miles west of Detroit. This planned $3.5 This was during the backdrop of increasing trade tensions among China and the U.S.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 27, 2015

It will take in other metropolitan areas like Detroit and Columbus, and encompass a newly contested region that accounts for more than 15% of the U.S. Source: Boston Consulting Group. In fact, the battleground on which ports compete for customers will likely expand and move several hundred miles west, toward Chicago and Memphis.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 21, 2016

It will take in other metropolitan areas like Detroit and Columbus, and encompass a newly contested region that accounts for more than 15% of the U.S. Source: Boston Consulting Group. In fact, the battleground on which ports compete for customers will likely expand and move several hundred miles west, toward Chicago and Memphis.

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