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Added Boeing Developments Related to Production Quality Challenges

Supply Chain Matters

The development, initially reported by The Wall Street Journal citing informed sources, involves the interviewing of passengers and crew members who were on-board the aircraft at the time of the incident. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Paid subscription).

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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

This new partnership comes just months after Mattel sent two Barbie dolls into space as part of a collaboration with the International Space Station National Lab to encourage girls to consider aerospace, engineering and STEM careers. Financial terms of deal were not disclosed. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Prescriptive Analytics for Supply Chain Optimization: 6 Powerful Use Cases 

ThroughPut

These analytics techniques serve as essential tools to transform descriptive metrics into actionable insights and informed decisions. ThroughPut’s prescriptive analytics capabilities helped them uncover critical insights and recommendations around: How often over the past period and year has a particular customer expressed purchase interest?

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How Machine Learning Is Redefining Supply Chain Management

IQMS

Key factors influencing inventory levels, supplier quality, demand forecasting, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, production planning, transportation management and more are becoming known for the first time. Source: Machine Learning – A Giant Leap for Supply Chain Forecasting, Material Handling and Logistics Conference (PDF, 28 pp.,

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SCRC Student Project Lineup Off to a Great Start…

Supply Chain View from the Field

NC State kicked off classes last week, and as usual our incoming group of MBA students were lined up with projects as part of their entry class into supply chain management, MBA 541. In this context, relationships may exist between internal functional groups, as well as with suppliers and/or customers.

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Procurement KPIs & Metrics: What To Focus on and How To Measure

Precoro

In today's competitive market, where it's not all about cost savings, tracking procurement performance and aligning it with business goals and objectives is a must-have. So how do you measure the effectiveness of procurement operations within your organization? What Are Procurement KPIs, and Why Use Them?

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Supply Chain Case Study: the Executive's Guide

Supply Chain Opz

Aerospace Industry is characterized by high material costs (about 65-80%). Manufacturing systems and regulatory compliance are considered to be very complex, coupled with the limited number suppliers due to the high barriers to entry. Moreover, products can be shipped to stores in-time then lost sales is minimal.