ThroughPut

JANUARY 2, 2024

The Just-In-Time inventory management approach revolutionized manufacturing forever. Though this topic has been thoroughly researched, its basics and practical advice on successfully implementing it have often been overlooked in the endless blog posts on Google search results pages. What is Just-In-Time (JIT) Inventory Management?

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides an updated news capsule follow-up relative to prior supply chain management developments that we have shared on this blog. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. And it’s a very critical part of the airplane. ”

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 26, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights for our readers an on-stage conversation held between the CEO ’s of Boeing and Qatar Airways at Bloomberg’s Qatar Economic Forum. Boeing CEO David Calhoun shared direct views of the state of this industry’s supply networks. All rights reserved.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Manufacturers are racing to digitally transform their supply chains to gain needed insights to reduce risks to their employees, customers, partners, and the business itself. The pandemic accelerated digital transformation across manufacturing supply chains faster than the most convincing business case ever could.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 4, 2022

As volunteers, first-responders and residents begin the long process of recovering from Hurricane Ian, a discouraging datapoint has made post-storm headlines: in the nine counties declared disaster areas, only 29 percent of homeowners had flood insurance, according to research by Politico and E&E News.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 3, 2019

Our third contract research paper is by James Wilkinson, focusing on aerospace contracts which typically entail a great deal of risk (as illustrated by the Boeing 737 MAX incident…). The type of contract of interest in this report is for Development and Manufacture contracts in the Aerospace and Defense industries.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 10, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog continues with our annual listing of our most read blog commentaries that were published and of keen interest to our readers during the year 2021. The years of 2020 and 2021 presented unprecedented pandemic and other related challenges to industry and global supply chains. Number Fifteen.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Matthew shared with me his career path, how he ended up working in a start-up, and his advice to supply chain students as they go into the workforce. Our industry has lagged behind on how to do things differently. We recently launched with a direct-to-consumer brand in India that sells exclusively in India.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Today’s supply chain and logistics management executives are tasked with managing multiple supply chain configurations, maximizing flexibility and incorporating complex technology systems into the mix. Today, RFID is building a new era for process automation and supply chain transparency.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

An article in my local paper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution , had this interesting quote, “From aerospace to health care to consumer products to toys to medical devices, furniture … what I think you’re going to see is an explosion of use.”. Just as important as the prototype itself, is the thought and research behind the design.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2013

Last week in the middle of a presentation, a supply chain leader made the statement, “We have solved the issues in supply through better optimization and use of data. Many supply chain leaders are so convinced they know the answers that they have stopped listening and learning. The issue is demand.

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RFgen

MARCH 22, 2023

The supply chain landscape is continually evolving. As we venture further into 2023, supply chains must adapt to these ever-changing dynamics. With new technologies, global disruptions, and shifting customer demands, supply chain managers face numerous challenges.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Professionals in supply chain management use various methods to identify best practices to improve the operations. In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides a further global supply chain assessment in the highlights and added insights on reported November 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 30, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a further negative drop in the New York Federal Reserve’s Global Supply Chain Pressures Index ( GSPI ). In our prior Supply Chain Matters commentary highlighting data indicating conditions of a U.S. Hence the very noteworthy decline in supply chain volatility.

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Logility

AUGUST 25, 2021

We continue to see increasing adoption of cloud-based supply chain transformation solutions, resulting in accelerating backlog growth as measured by our Remaining Performance Obligations (RPO), which increased 63% to $122 million in the first quarter when compared to last year. Logility, Inc. and Demand Management, Inc., Logility, Inc.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 16, 2021

Virtual Commissioning in Aerospace: DELMIA, ControlBuild, Virtual PLC and Virtual Robot Controller (Part 2/2). We will be covering process engineering as part of the scope and will have experts from industry and research joining us for an insightful panel discussion on this rapidly evolving technology. Read more on the community.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 16, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters editorial commentary we highlight yesterday’s action by the U.S. Federal Reserve to initiate heightened interest rates in the coming months, and the implications to industry supply chains. Industry Supply Chain Implications.

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Vinculum

AUGUST 30, 2022

Such a process helps manage accounts, inventory, supply chain, project management, operations, and other relatable processes to run the business significantly. As per the research, around fifty per cent of the small and medium-scale enterprises undergo challenges, especially labor and resources management.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In this Supply Chain Matters Editorial , Founder and Executive Editor Bob Ferrari focuses on Boeing’s ongoing corporate culture challenges. This report begins with the statement: “ Within Boeing’s facilities, teams of engineers labor away, working not on building new aircraft but instead on fixing problems with already-built inventory.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

I take supply chain seriously. I believe that better supply chain practices can save the world, and I think that it makes a difference in warfare and welfare. Today, when I talk about building the end-to-end value chain, people will look at me strangely and say “That is not supply chain.

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QAD

JANUARY 5, 2022

Advanced manufacturing, however, is a more sophisticated type of manufacturing typically more closely associated with industries, such as aerospace, medical and pharmaceutical. Advanced manufacturing involves progressive research and development, labor skill, scaling, and dynamic and flexible production. .

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 12, 2023

Here is another blog post from Rajinder Bhandal… I had another wonderful opportunity to catch up with Peter Guinto , the President of Government, Defense and Aerospace Business at Resilinc , to talk further on the subject of contested logistics planning. Resilinc are the leading experts in protecting global supply chains and operations.

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SupplyOn

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Professor Dmitry Ivanov welcomes the MIM 2019 participants Indeed, this three-yearly conference covered a wide range of topics: From operations research, production planning, optimization and control to Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing systems to inventory control and supply chain management (SCM).

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RFgen

JANUARY 2, 2019

Discrete manufacturers use these solutions to better manage inventory and reduce costs. Even with the impact of COVID-19 on the supply chain, manufacturing continues to drive forward amid uncertainty and unpredictability. Robust traceability software is required to accurately oversee these inventory types.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 27, 2014

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. I have been teaching this class, called Supply Chain Relationships, for the last 15 years at NC State.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

If you’re like me, staying up to date on supply chain news is critical. So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. Experts’ Choice: Supply Chain and Logistics Email Newsletters.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Among those involved in the manufacturing industry, it’s common knowledge that a healthy supply chain is the foundation of a strong organization. Overhead costs drop as a result, giving businesses greater discretionary spending to invest in research and development or many other business priorities. Enhanced Transparency.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Among those involved in the manufacturing industry, it’s common knowledge that a healthy supply chain is the foundation of a strong organization. Overhead costs drop as a result, giving businesses greater discretionary spending to invest in research and development or many other business priorities. Enhanced Transparency.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 3, 2020

Some are concerned about a pandemic, others about the deceleration of the global supply chain and its effect on their bottom lines, and yet others about their employees, customers and families. This role became the foundation of my real-world supply chain background, where I eventually became specialized in high-risk operations.

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 28, 2015

The technology is proving indispensable in research and prototyping, and for creating unique and obsolete parts—in particular for the automotive and aerospace industries. Supply chain disruption. This change means fundamental disruption to the supply chain.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Cross docking is an option to consider if you’re thinking about ways to streamline your supply chain – it’s a popular distribution system for fast-moving consumer goods, but can be used in a variety of other industries. Read more: Supply chain management explained: methods in modern business What is cross docking?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2016

This morning, we announced the Supply Chains to Admire Winners and Finalists for 2016. The research starts in April and stretches over many weeks as we analyze the different elements and understand the patterns of each industry. There is no agreed standard for supply chain excellence. Why do we do it? The answer?

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E2open

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

We recently partnered with Supply Chain Management Review to create a special report devoted to the topic of NPI. This is especially critical for today’s outsourced supply chains.). He said “breaking internal organizational silos” remains a key issue for many companies, especially in their extended supply chain.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series on Supplier Quality Management processes and how to evaluate your suppliers from Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chain. Therefore, it is paramount for you as a logistics and supply chain professional to have a keen sense of how to properly evaluate a supplier.

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

94% of companies view MRO as an important part of their overall operations, according to a 2018 survey by Peerless Research Group (PRG). There are maintenance technicians to direct, labor to allocate, assets to keep track of, spare parts inventory to worry about and supplier networks to maintain. Technology may be changing that.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 11, 2013

Aerospace and Defense. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Contact Us. Infosys Labs.

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