Supply Chain Matters

JULY 9, 2024

World Economic Forum White Paper The World Economic Forum in collaboration with global management consulting services firm Kearney , conducted a survey of over 300 global operations executives on topics related to “ the rewiring of global value chains.”

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Ford has elected to partner with South Korean based battery manufacturer SK Innovation , in building and the joint operating of three battery production facilities, two in Kentucky and one in Tennessee. Both of these U.S. states support to right-to-work laws that make it very difficult for labor unions to organize workers.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 12, 2022

Further included was manufacturing talent needs, and with consideration for moving outsourced production to domestic sourcing, the needs for retaining a highly skilled manufacturing talent in conjunction with factory automation.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In our conversation, Radu provides a unique perspective from the lens of working on C-Suite focused recruitment needs derived from global based organizations for senior leadership needs spanning overall supply chain, manufacturing, transportation, logistics and E-commerce leadership needs.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 14, 2024

Attention further turned to staffers collaborating with key suppliers’ manufacturing sites to assist in overcoming bottlenecks. Reportedly Airbus has recently addressed various challenges involving its own internal production and aircraft assembly processes.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In line with prevailing economic forecasting, readers should anticipate continued uncertainty of global markets and the actual likelihood of various regional economic and manufacturing recession conditions in the coming year. Anticipated Supply Chain Business Process and Technology Enablement. Global Economic Themes.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Reportedly, these adjustments further represent a greater than 10 percent raise for most hourly workers within the Nevada battery manufacturing complex. manufacturing lens, but business and labor union representation norms are indeed somewhat different across Europe. up to $34.50 per hour on the high end.”

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In our conversation, Radu provides a unique perspective from the lens of working on C-Suite focused recruitment needs derived from global based organizations for senior leadership needs spanning overall supply chain, manufacturing, transportation, logistics and E-commerce leadership needs.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2022

During that time, this blog was of the view that Musk really needed a highly seasoned and experienced leader of supply chain and production operations, and task that executive with fixing the company’s start-up as well as longer term capabilities for production volume ramp.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 31, 2022

Further included was manufacturing talent needs, and with consideration for moving outsourced production to domestic sourcing, the needs for retaining a highly skilled manufacturing talent in conjunction with factory automation. Availability of Part Two Research Advisory.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 15, 2021

Manufacturers or the U.S. Secondary data sources are published available databases, reports, websites, and so on. Examples might be a “state of the industry” report purchased from a consulting company or a publicly available database such as the Census of U.S. Department of Labor Statistics.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In this seventh weekly Supply Chain Matters reader update, we can now highlight that tentative labor agreements have been reached between the United Auto Workers and U.S. auto makers Ford Motor , Stellantis and now General Motors.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 7, 2023

In this fourth Supply Chain Matters reader update, we highlight this week’s developments related to ongoing UAW labor strike involving the big three U.S. big three automakers with implications to their supply networks vs. prior strategies in targeting just one. auto companies.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 13, 2023

This was already manifested during 2022 in labor contract dynamics involving major global ports, logistics, trucking and rail providers along with operational manufacturing work teams.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 21, 2023

In this sixth Supply Chain Matters weekly reader update, we highlight the latest developments and ongoing implications related to United Auto Workers labor strike involving the big three U.S. auto companies.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 21, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group announces that our latest Research Advisory, 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains is now available for reading.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 12, 2016

The are a regional make to order kitchen cabinet manufacturer, and have two primary sales channels of modular kitchen and bathroom cabinets. This was a new era for Marsh, as it involved moving towards a much more centralized approach to SCM. Marsh is a 110 year old company, with the 3 rd generation of leadership.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Our predictions included that uncertainty in global markets and the likelihood of regional economic and manufacturing recession conditions should be anticipated. Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® November 2023 report remained below the 50.0

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 21, 2013

First, the managers I spoke with talked about things every student who is serious about finding a job should do before an interview: - Be prepared – know what our business is! If it is a manufacturer, don’t tell them you hate the idea of an assembly line job. Don’t even pretend like you are remotely interested in the job.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 22, 2017

I also wrote about this in the context of “ heedful interrelating ” between people working in the same supply chain. In a podcast discussion with Kathryn Kelly, who leads the Ohio State University Manufacturing Network, we talked about some of the big impacts that the LIVING Supply Chain will have on small business.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In this third Supply Chain Matters reader update, we highlight the ongoing supply chain and manufacturing implications of the labor strike involving the three U.S. big three automakers with implications to their supply networks vs. prior strategies in targeting just one. unionized auto companies.

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