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Sugar Beet Shortages Could Impact Food and Beverage Manufacturing

QAD

One October, when I was about 10 years old, my family and I traveled from the east coast of the United States to Michigan for a relative’s wedding. My mother, a Michigan native, told me that those were sugar beets and that they were used to make sugar. How Do Beet Sugar Shortages Affect Food and Beverage Manufacturers?

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Supply Chain Basics with Jason Miller

The Logistics of Logistics

Jason is a professor of supply chain at Michigan State University, which is ranked as one of the top supply chain schools in the world. Withrow Endowed Emerging Scholar at Michigan State University’s Eli Broad College of Business. About Michigan State University, Department of Supply Chain Management. Forecasting.

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Solving the Supply Chain Planning Puzzle

Logility

I can’t wait to receive my Michigan State themed shoes – GO GREEN , GO WHITE.). To survive in today’s highly competitive global environment, manufacturers need to piece together the many parts of the supply chain puzzle to lay the foundation for more mature capabilities in the future. What’s next?

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Solving the Supply Chain Planning Puzzle

Logility

I can’t wait to receive my Michigan State themed shoes — GO GREEN , GO WHITE.). To survive in today’s highly competitive global environment, manufacturers need to piece together the many parts of the supply chain puzzle to lay the foundation for more mature capabilities in the future. What’s next? Beam me up Scotty!!

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Halloween Candy – A Scary Supply Chain Planning Problem

Logility

In the interactive “ Top Halloween Candy by State ” map, CandyStore.com shows my beloved candy corn is the favorite candy for trick-or-treaters in Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Iowa, Michigan and Alabama. The cost of over forecasting is severe. Demand forecasts based on historical data will hopefully get you close, but it is not enough.

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Ten Supply Chain Predictions for 2023

NC State SCRC

My colleague Jason Miller from Michigan State is an expert at navigating the many different publicly available government database, and interpreting the tea leaves. One reason for this is that the COVID crisis in China is escalating to incredible levels, and that is shutting down a lot of manufacturing hubs.

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The Single Point of Failure in Supply Chain – Baby Formula!

Supply Chain Game Changer

After 2 infant deaths an FDA investigation of Abbott resulted in the closure of their Michigan production facility and recalls of product made in that building. Theoretically the people who manage such regulatory requirements would have first done the supply-demand analysis to forecast the ramifications of any policy decisions.