Supply Chains Rock

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

The following comes from Kaity Nakagoshi, Bisk Education, University of San Francisco ( which offers a course in Sustainable Supply Chain Management ). I’m jealous that you were in San Francisco last year. I bet San Francisco has great ones! Manufacturing Central. She writes: Greetings Chris!

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SCM Research

JUNE 24, 2021

The following OSCM journals were given a grade of 3: Decision Sciences , International Journal of Production Economics , Journal of Business Logistics , Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management , Manufacturing & Service Operations Management and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

This has impacted manufacturing operations as factories cannot run due to the component shortage. This private company is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay area. From a technology standpoint, outbound supply chains, including last mile delivery, were well equipped to manage it. Transportation capacity remains an issue.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Google Shopping Express now available to all San Francisco and Peninsula Shoppers. Meanwhile, Google announced that it is expanding the rollout of its same-day delivery service, Shopping Express, “to everyone living or working in [its] Bay Area delivery zones, from San Francisco to San Jose.”

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 8, 2025

It essentially includes the launch of Kinaxis Planning One for Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise, CloudSuite Automotive, and CloudSuite Aerospace and Defense, which integrates Infors planning offerings for discrete manufacturers with the advanced supply chain orchestration solutions from Kinaxis.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In Fashion, sourcing strategies can be revisited, and the ‘risk’ metrics can become a part of the decision criteria in addition to manufacturing and logistics costs. The medium-term solution might be to enhance the assortment with alternatives. Asena holds B.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 29, 2022

Starting next week in selected cities, consumers will see new features in the Uber Eats app and website designed to make grocery shopping more convenient, intuitive and reliable, San Francisco-based Uber Technologies said Thursday. to Centerville Winsupply at 875 Congress Park Drive.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

As a result, a wide range of businesses, from restaurants, and retail chains, to manufacturers, have been redesigning their business services and operations and re-engineering their supply chains. Emerging Themes for Supply Chain Planning. Yosun holds B.S.

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River Logic

APRIL 22, 2016

I did my Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Manufacturing Systems (as explained in my previous blog). Several of my class mates moved on from supply chain to do an MBA at some top-ranked school and then relocated to New York or San Francisco to be in the financial services sector (investment banking, hedge funds etc).

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GlobalTranz

JULY 6, 2015

The world has changed from the oil days of machine assisted assembly lines and manufacturing processes as more robots have entered the workforce. Robotics is not just a way to help companies, but many manufacturers have recognized how robots can improve their supply chain processes, benefit the company, and drive their future success.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 11, 2021

In an interview with Supply Chain Brain, Intel highlights its new program to eliminate waste from its manufacturing process and prevent all used and returned materials from ending up in landfill. As more and more companies seek to eliminate waste, they have been redesigning their supply chains.

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Supply Chains Rock

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Last week I was visiting friends in San Francisco, where they are doing an extremely good job in cutting down carbon emissions by buying local products. Manufacturing Central. Still not excited, well visit often and eventually you will be. Subscribe To. Monday, October 18, 2010. Thinking End to End on Product Packaging.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 6, 2022

San Francisco-based Onera provides retail technology that connects inventory across siloed systems and transforms them into a single, real-time source of inventory truth. Leveraging AI to help retailers, manufacturers, and distributors build intelligent supply chains continues to drive ToolsGroup’s product strategy.

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Having worked many years in the supply chain with the contract manufacturing firms, I find this managed service, sometimes called PaaS (Planning-as-a-Service), extremely intriguing. The contract manufacturer, Celestica, already manages manufacturing and inventory. They are best prepared to do the planning service.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Recessionary environments cause disruptions in the manufacturing industry around the globe, leading to long lead times, shortages, rising prices, and complications in transportation lines. Asena holds B.S. and Master of Engineering degrees in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University.

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2015

Supply chain platform matching drop-ship retailers, manufacturers, distributors and freight forwarders. San Francisco only. San Francisco only. San Francisco only. Cargomatic. App platform matching last mile requirements with nearby carriers who have spare space. CargomaticHQ. dropshipcom. TryFleet.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

I am sitt ing in seat 4E on an evening flight to San Francisco thinking about my day. There are two buffers in the supply chain: inventory and manufacturing capacity. As assets become more and more utilized manufacturing loses the ability to buffer volatility through manufacturing capacity optimization.

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Resilinc

JULY 16, 2024

Continued investment in semiconductor manufacturing was a resounding theme at the annual SEMICON® West conference, held July 9-11, 2024 at the George R. Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco. For the industry to continue growing, manufacturing processes must become cleaner and more sustainable.

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Supply Chains Rock

MARCH 14, 2012

Contributed article by Kaity Nakagoshi, Bisk Education, University of San Francisco. The University alliance, in partnership with the University of San Francisco’s online program, has provided this article. Manufacturing Central. These days, no one can afford to ignore cyber security. Industrial Interface.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 18, 2014

At the center of Atlas’ product line is Atlas Exchange, a secure document exchange providing a “connect-once, access-all” network, securely linking retailers, manufacturers, suppliers and logistics service providers. 36 healthcare-capable FSL sites will provide medical device manufacturers access to over 80 percent of U.S.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

In related news, the Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon recently “tested package delivery by licensed cab in San Francisco and Los Angeles using taxi-hailing mobile app Flywheel.” Delivery as a standalone offering probably won’t work, but linking it with mobile payments and the loyalty program might give it a chance to succeed.

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Freightos

APRIL 16, 2015

3D Printing : Almost 20% of manufacturers are already using 3D printing in their business to some extent. Automated Vehicles : Google Car is already on the streets of San Francisco. Manufacturing Geek , @CamstarSystems ]. SC Digest , @scdigest ]. Cerasis , @Cerasis ]. Supply Chain Today in Freightos, @SCMProfessor ].

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Supply Chain Network

OCTOBER 30, 2014

“Plan to deliver” tagline succinctly reinforces JDA’s leading end-to-end solution suites — offering everything from “planning to delivery” for retailers, manufacturers and distributors. SCOTTSDALE, AZ and NEW YORK, NY – October 28, 2014– JDA Software Group, Inc.,

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Let me start with a true confession: I am a manufacturing gal. I relished the sound of a manufacturing line when I opened the door of the factory in the morning, and I liked managing inputs so that we could maximize outputs. Manufacturing is the foundation of my interest in supply chain management. It is now part of my DNA.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 2, 2015

We have written several posts on this technology and how it will change manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, and transportation. Powered by the Internet of Things & Digital Manufacturing. There are over 100 companies producing IoT devices in San Francisco alone, making it the planet’s lone hotbed for this type of activity.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area as the middle of five kids. I attended college at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo where I was an agriculture business marketing major and wine and viticulture minor. She recruited me and I made the move from San Luis Obispo up to San Francisco.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The volatility the market witnesses today has led supply chain stakeholders like shippers, carriers, and manufacturers to obsessively look at driving efficiencies into their workflow, while cutting costs. Turvo is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in Dallas, Texas, and Hyderabad, India. About Banyan Technology.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Late last year, a San Francisco politician launched a statewide campaign to raise money for a California ballot that would penalize private enterprise for embracing automation in the workplace. Since the dawn of manufacturing, business owners have always looked for ways to automate processes.

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SupplyPike

APRIL 23, 2019

Instead of traveling to San Francisco for a photo shoot, the platform would connect to a local photographer that was in San Francisco. Canon’s team created a 3d printer that is designed for manufacturing called Flip. His idea was a platform that connects agencies with professional photographers around the world.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 24, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters posting, we highlight a published analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco quantifying the effects of supply chain disruptions have had on the existing U.S. This analysis concludes that supply driven factors such as manufacturing or logistics disruptions are contributing 2.5

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ShipBob

MARCH 23, 2020

LVMH will use its perfume and cosmetics factories (normally used for Christian Dior, Givenchy, and other luxury brands) to manufacture free hand sanitizer (hydroalcoholic gel) for French health authorities. Many large brands are also using their factories to make hand sanitizer since they already have bottles and ingredients. Parkdale Inc. –

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

A critical issue for the automobile manufacturing industry, especially for those with SEC financial reporting requirements in the United States, is compliance with the Dodd-Frank legislation, or in other words, the soon to be finalized Conflict Mineral regulation. “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

The retailer started dealing directly with manufacturers in the 1980s, giving suppliers the job of managing inventory in its warehouses, the Arkansas Business article said. Moving the product from warehouses or manufacturing plants to stores and ultimately to customers is the distribution function of the supply chain.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

which makes Internet-connected exercise bikes, but also for more traditional manufacturers such as the athletic footwear and apparel company Nike Inc.”[3]. Today there is a lot of focus on reshoring manufacturing. As I recall, experts estimate between 6 and 8 supply chains jobs are created for each new manufacturing job.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 26, 2022

Today, leading companies across varied industry verticals that include retail, consumer and industrial products manufacturing, high-tech and semiconductor, life sciences, automotive, telecom, and oil and gas leverage :o9’s Digital Brain platform for transforming their supply chain, commercial and integrated business planning capabilities.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 20, 2019

First, the government can impose higher taxes on virgin plastic to create incentive for manufacturers to use alternative packaging materials. In August 2019, San Francisco International Airport banned single-use plastic water bottles. Also, supermarkets should either ban or increase the price plastic shopping bags.

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Turvo

MARCH 1, 2022

Because of widespread global supply chains and e-commerce’s need of moving goods across continents, there is constant pressure on merchants and manufacturers to compress planning cycles, reduce production lead times, and speed up deliveries. But global logistics is still a reactive industry.

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