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“Storage Wars” Rescues Supply Chain Ignominy

Kinaxis

When we moved to San Diego, we loved the weather, we loved the ocean sunsets and we loved getting rid of our parka coats, gloves, scarves and tossle caps. A secret that I could no longer keep hidden in San Diego. In San Diego, there’s no attics, no basements. by CJ Wehlage. That’s my ignominy.

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Supply Chains Are Still Constrained by Geography

Enterra Insights

A few years ago, academics from the San Diego State University (SDSU) noted, “With the rise of the Internet and the new era of globalization, some have argued that the world is flat — geography is dead.”[6] Pressure for companies to change their supply chains is also coming from domestic political sources. 8] Willy C.

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Qualcomm’s Answer to the Chip Shortage and Digital Transformation Strategy

Logistics Viewpoints

In May, I attended the Kinaxis Kinexions event in San Diego, CA. Brent pointed out that Covid created small interruptions for many companies in terms of sourcing semiconductor chip materials. Some resins and epoxies were not available, so the company had to look at alternative components or different methods of sourcing.

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Kinexions, a tale of growth and potential

Kinaxis

by Trevor Miles I’m on my way back from Tokyo where I attended our user conference, Kinexions Tokyo , in Japan, just 5 weeks after our Kinexions North America user conference in San Diego. In wrapping up, let me give a quick shout-out to Watanabe-san of Abeam Consulting who presented the keynote in Japan. Dow AgroSciences.

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SanMar’s Sustainability Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

While it was originally scheduled for San Diego, the ongoing Covid pandemic pushed it online once again this year. This meant the company did not handle the product development or sourcing. With the launch of its private label brand, SanMar began product development, sourcing, and working with global factories.

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Kinaxis Kinexions ’22: Ready. Together.

Logistics Viewpoints

Last week I attended Kinaxis Kinexions ’22 in San Diego, CA. It began with the sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution of necessities for life. This was my first in-person event in over two years, and it did not disappoint. John Sicard made a statement early in his keynote that really struck a chord with me.

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One Multinational’s Supply Chain Transformation Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

They source from approximately 15,000 suppliers with a sourcing spend of over €7 billion. But even multi-sourcing is not enough. A supply chain is mapped, where components are source from, how they flow through a supply chain to factories and out to customers. Their revenues exceed €25 billion.