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Another Tentative Deal Reached in Boeing Labor Strike

Supply Chain Matters

The labor union representing Boeing’s Seattle based production workers announced yesterday that another tentative collective bargaining deal was reached. According to reporting from The Seattle Times (Paid subscription), the labor union indicated to its membership that this latest offer is worthy of consideration.

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SanMar’s Sustainability Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

SanMar was founded by Marty Lott from the basement of a Seattle office building in 1971. 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. degrees Celsius.

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2021 Supply Chain Challenges: The Top 5 Lessons Learned + Tips from 11 Industry Experts

ToolsGroup

We then opened a distribution center in Seattle to use their ports up there instead of the ports in Long Beach and Los Angeles, which are extremely backed up. It links business records, data sources, and systems into a centralized system and integrates seamlessly with business-critical applications.

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Reports of Convoy Winding Down Digital Freight Business

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights a breaking news development related to Seattle based trucking based Cloud platform provider Convoy. Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and other industry specific media are reporting that Seattle based digital freight start-up services provider Convoy is preparing for a possible sale or other action.

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Will Boeing Add to its Corporate Challenges- Labor Relations Front

Supply Chain Matters

The Stakes for Boeing An editorial commentary published by the Seattle Times in mid-March ( Paid subscription or metered view ), began with the following sentence: “ You know a company is in deep trouble when comedians and stock analysts take similar jabs.” locations rather than Puget Sound.

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Report That Boeing to Slash Finance Management, HR and Other Staff Jobs

Supply Chain Matters

Added Development A published report this week penned by noted and respected Seattle Times Aerospace Reporter Domenic Gates adds a new and previously undisclosed development up until now. Boeing reportedly declined to specify how many total positions in the Seattle area would be impacted by cuts.

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Flexport Acquires Convoy’s Core Technology

Supply Chain Matters

After reports last week indicating that Seattle based digital freight start-up services provider Convoy was preparing for a possible sale or winding down of business operations there are indications that freight logistics platform provider Flexport will be the acquirer of Convoy’s underlying technology.