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Top 5 Logistics Challenges and Solutions for the Manufacturing Industry

GlobalTranz

The manufacturing industry faces many challenges, such as a skilled labor shortage, supply chain instability, and inventory management issues. GlobalTranz works with manufacturing shippers every day to move their goods and streamline their logistics strategies. 5 Challenges Facing Supply Chain Managers in Manufacturing.

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Big Data, Analytics, and Industry 4.0

Enterra Insights

Despite years of discussion about the fourth industrial revolution (aka Industry 4.0), the revolution remains in its infancy. They write, “Industrial production was transformed by steam power in the nineteenth century, electricity in the early twentieth century, and automation in the 1970s.”[1] ”[3] In the Industry 4.0

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Give Analytics A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

We cannot change things overnight, but there are some steps that we can take through the use of advanced analytics. At the enterprise level, manufacturers and retailers focus on corporate efficiency. Fourteen of twenty-eight industries have rising inventories. In contrast, the balance of the industries lacks supply.

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Give Analytics A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

We cannot change things overnight, but there are some steps that we can take through the use of advanced analytics. At the enterprise level, manufacturers and retailers focus on corporate efficiency. Fourteen of twenty-eight industries have rising inventories. In contrast, the balance of the industries lacks supply.

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How Data Analytics Can Solve the Challenges Faced by SC Leaders in Discrete Manufacturing

From consumer electronics to automotive manufacturing, most of the global economy’s largest industries rely on some form of discrete manufacturing. Manufacturers in these industries face several unique challenges: Labor and material shortages halting production.

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6 challenges facing medical device manufacturers and how ERP analytics can provide a cure

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

As members of one of the most highly regulated industries in the world, medical device manufacturers face numerous challenges. From stringent quality standards to comprehensive documentation requirements, Class 1 and 2 manufacturers must navigate a complex landscape to ensure compliance and product excellence.

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Industry 4.0 and How Data is Changing Manufacturing!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Preparing Your Company for Industry 4.0! Industry 4.0 , sometimes also called the fourth industrial revolution , is a trend of data exchange and automation in changing manufacturing and manufacturing technologies. Companies and facilities that subscribe to the industry 4.0 At the heart of industry 4.0

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Guide to Mathematical Optimization & Modeling

For decades, operations research professionals have been applying mathematical optimization to address challenges in the field of supply chain planning, manufacturing, energy modeling, and logistics. Want to find out where optimization falls in the broader AI and business analytics spectrum.