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ICON 2023: Manufacturing’s New Tomorrow

BlueYonder

Terence: So, it’s about improving these metrics and business performance simultaneously. In the fast-moving consumer goods space, we have Coca-Cola FEMSA presenting. For automotive, we have MB USA talking about the aftermarket parts supply network. Can you shed some light on that?

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Evans Distribution Systems Launches New Business Intelligence Tool: evans365

3PL Insights

We will continue to improve evans365 by integrating additional data sources and providing even more valuable metrics,” Evans says. There have been major expansions already, including the addition of handling and storage efficiency dashboards. This is only the beginning. Learn more about evans365 on the 3PL Insights blog and access evans365.

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Unethical Supply Chains Cost More Than Dollars and Cents

QAD

Taking Ford as an example, the company is working with key suppliers in China, India, Thailand and South Africa to eliminate over 4,900 metric tons of CO2 and 24 million gallons of water usage over the next three years. The environmental issues include deforestation, excessive energy use, hazardous emissions, e-waste and water pollution.

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Data Optimization Is in the Spotlight at ICON

BlueYonder

Across that complex value chain, every second of every day, each partner is digitally contributing information about costs, timing, inventory levels, product availability and other key metrics. They can strategically balance cost and service outcomes, based on an end-to-end supply chain perspective.

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Demand Planning. When The Answer To Two Simple Questions Is Not So Simple.

Supply Chain Shaman

To best use channel and VMI data, a consumer goods manufacturer needs a “ship to” model and a level of demand translation for supply. The root issue is functional metrics. As a result, when the baseline consumer demand changes, the company is put on the back foot, losing sales.). Shadow IT is alive and well.

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Offering Prayers While Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun

Supply Chain Shaman

I thought back to the evolution of the EPC codes and bar codes in the consumer goods industry two decades ago, and I remember the work of Danny Wegman of Wegman’s Supermarkets, Sandy Douglas of Coca-Cola and Tim Smucker of The J.M Smucker Corporation. Connected by spreadsheets and email, the value network is fragile.

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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.