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ICON 2023: Manufacturing’s New Tomorrow

BlueYonder

This has led to the nearshoring redesign of supply network and manufacturers trying to figure out, “Where do I need to put my inventory” and “How do I think about sourcing of material and goods so that I can fulfill to my customers?” Terence: So, it’s about improving these metrics and business performance simultaneously.

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Evans Distribution Systems Launches New Business Intelligence Tool: evans365

3PL Insights

Our customers identified a need for a data insight tool that shows trends in their inventory and transactions,” Evans says. We also accounted for the variables in our customer accounts to allow full manipulation of the visualizations considering time frame, facility, SKUs and inventory units,” Evans says. This is only the beginning.

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Mass Customisation: What It Is and How Companies Are Using It

Unleashed

It’s a manufacturing process for customising goods at scale while keeping unit costs low – a middle ground between standardisation and personalisation. Then back-end systems pair tailored financial products and services to the customer based on those metrics. You must be able to forecast demand as accurately as possible.

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The Increasing Role of Climate Change in Supply Chain Disruptions

NC State SCRC

The shortages in PVC and other materials are even shutting down automotive production lines, as well as other manufacturers that I’ve been speaking with. Gulf Coast export PVC prices were assessed at $1,900 a metric tonne for the week of Sept. However, worse was to come. 10, up 28% since the beginning of the year.

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Will the Downturn Signal an Upturn?

Supply Chain Shaman

Vendor Managed Inventory processes–once hailed as the panacea of demand sensing–largely operate in isolation within sales organizations (of the thirty-three organizations that we interviewed last year, no market leader has connected these demand signals). ” They questioned, “ How long will this recession last?

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Gaining Clarity on Inventory Effectiveness

Supply Chain Shaman

The impact of complexity on inventory is not quick. To help, today I want to share some of the insights from our recent Inventory Optimization study. Inventory management is a hot issue. Companies invest in project after project, yet inventory levels remain the same. The Business Problem. The analogy is weight loss.

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Three Reasons Why I Love Hadoop, and You Should Too!

Supply Chain Shaman

In the recession of 2008, it took the average consumer products company three-to-five months to sense the recession and redefine product plans. In contrast, it took the average chemical company or automotive supplier five-to-eight months. Inventories are high, and we have excessive ocean capacity.