QAD

MARCH 30, 2023

As I discussed in a recent article in RFID Journal , RFID technology has changed a lot since 2005 and could be the secret to ensuring greater visibility and inventory accuracy this year. and bring inventory accuracy up to an impressive 99.9%. What is RFID Technology? RFID tags can reduce out of stocks by up to 80.3%

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 31, 2022

ZF is a Tier 1 supplier to the automotive industry. While most of their sales are to automotive OEMs, they also sell components that go into other products – trucks and busses, wind turbines, tractors, construction equipment, etc. ZF transforms those purchased products into over 2,000 products.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 1, 2022

I just returned from the Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Conference in Detroit. The automotive industry is a complex ecosystem comprised of dealers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), multiple tiers of suppliers, and third-party logistics providers (3PLs).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

Concurrent macro forces–material shortages, war, shifts in consumer buying patterns, logistics constraints, inflation/recession, and climate change– are reshaping today’s reality necessitating the need for a supply chain reset button. The availability of capacity in industries like the semiconductor industry is tight.

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QAD

MARCH 14, 2024

Welcome to the latest episode wrap-up of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast, where Jan Griffiths of Gravitas Detroit and I unravel the complexities and unveil the insights driving innovation in the automotive supply chain. ” And in an industry defined by innovation, that’s a lesson worth heeding.

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DELMIA Quintiq

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

From raw material procurement to final product sales, these supply chains’ ability to minimize inventory through product life cycle controls and facilitate prompt product supply is every bit as important as product differentiation strategies. The establishment of efficient global supply chains has become critical to competitiveness.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Concurrent macro forces–material shortages, war, shifts in consumer buying patterns, logistics constraints, inflation/recession, and climate change– are reshaping today’s reality necessitating the need for a supply chain reset button. The availability of capacity in industries like the semiconductor industry is tight.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. The question is, “Why?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2018

Bonuses and incentives align with functions and are often counter productive to driving supply chain excellence. Today, over 90% of companies have deployed ERP and APS, but as shown in Table 1, inventory levels have grown not decreased in over 80% of industries studied. Days of Inventory by Industry Across Years.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2017

As a result, supply chain leaders focus on unrealistic goals of inventory or costs, they will throw the system out of balance. While process industries focus on the efficient supply chain of mass production, marketing strategies focus on late-stage postponement strategies and customization. This is the case in most industries.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 1, 2014

I said, “I am sorry, but I think that the industry needs to face some cold hard facts.” ” The discussions at the event reminded me of dialogue that I heard in other industries a decade ago. As hospitals adopted consignment planning programs, inventory progress slowed. Current State. Companies are feeling pain.

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

With so much manufacturing happening and so much cut-throat competition, the money to be made in the automotive world is not just in producing the cars by the thousands. By profession a mechanical and industrial engineer, Farhan Mirza has worked several years in General Motors from manufacturing to purchasing, supply quality and launch.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

It pains me to see nine out of ten companies are stuck at the critical intersection of cost and inventory turns. In the outside-in supply chain, the signals are from the buy and sell-side markets back to the enterprise. The DuPont supply chain supplied products and services into the housing and automotive supply chains.

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Vinculum

DECEMBER 9, 2020

There are few industries where a high-quality warehouse management system (WMS) is as vital as the 3PL (third party logistics) vacillate trade. As fashionable shoppers, we tend to expect food on our native supermarkets’ shelves and our on-line purchases to arrive promptly, typically but twenty-four hours when the order was placed.

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IQMS

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Keeping customers’ trust by choosing to excel at product quality above all is one of the main factors that drive manufacturers to adopt MES systems. Quality Management is why most manufacturers buy an MES system, with the urgent drivers being process and product quality and automating audit reporting.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Most companies have made their own organizations more efficient (ROA), but they have not reduced inventories and they have pushed costs back in the supply chain on suppliers that are less able to bear them. We have let buy- and sell-side transactional relationships erode value. Industries Are Not Created Equally.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 28, 2022

The manufacturing industry is a thriving area that keeps finding applications for upcoming technologies in its various processes. Inventory management is one of the most practical applications that maximise the capability of existing programs, diving into the nuts and bolts of a manufacturing operation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

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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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

We believe many practices in global supply chain management can be applied in every industry. Reducing lead times from suppliers can help turn inventory faster, freeing up cash and ultimately satisfying customers. This increases flexibility and translates into less overall inventory since it is not in the wrong place.

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IQMS

MARCH 27, 2020

Today, during the COVID-19 response, ERP is keeping entire industries in operation with its ability to sustain business operations through remote access, automated reporting, electronic data exchange, and real-time factory controls. Having an immediate view helps Mar-Bal excel at being responsive and helpful to its customers.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Industries. Industries. Automotive. Industrial Manufacturing. Publishing Resources Industries. « Will "Profitable To Promise" be Viable In Retail Industry ?? The state of product demand planning and inventory management among retailers becoming more advanced. Contact Us. Infosys Labs.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Industries. Industries. Automotive. Industrial Manufacturing. Publishing Resources Industries. This commentary is an interim follow-up to this authors previous Infosys Limited guest commentary: Headline for the 2012 Holiday Buying Season- Overcoming the Challenges of Fulfillment Complexity. Contact Us.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 3, 2019

The type of contract of interest in this report is for Development and Manufacture contracts in the Aerospace and Defense industries. Risk in Aerospace and Defense Industries. Specific Risks in Development and Manufacture Contracts in the Aerospace and Defense Industries. to subcontracting companies, known as “tier 1”.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 19, 2016

Nokia’s 150-year history is one of reinvention; recently it has been changing and innovating almost as fast as the telecommunications industry itself. In 2013 Nokia took full ownership of Nokia Siemens Networks, buying the other half of the venture from Siemens, and 2014 sold its handset business to Microsoft. By Helen Armstrong.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Surprising demand in automotive for car replacement. If we look back at history, 70% of companies implemented Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI), however two-decades later only 1% of companies use VMI processes to drive a better demand signal. Inventory strategies and processes to absorb the error. What are they seeing?

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RFgen

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Historically, IT, automotive, retail and other commodity-producing businesses did not have to worry about deforestation. However, now more than ever companies do need to think about how global events impact them because their consumers are becoming increasingly eco-conscious and switching their buying habits.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Historically, IT, automotive, retail and other commodity-producing businesses did not have to worry about deforestation. However, now more than ever companies do need to think about how global events impact them because their consumers are becoming increasingly eco-conscious and switching their buying habits.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

is one of the industry’s most respected logistics sources. Part of Peerless Media’s impressive stable of industry magazines, including Supply Chain Management Review, Modern Materials Handling and Material Handling Product News. Since 1974 with industry-leading expertise in, well, American shipping. wsjlogistics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

The Center of Excellence at the company wanted to improve base-level capabilities but struggled to move forward due to the traditional views of the planning team, which they felt were self-serving. (The The team was not calibrated on the role of forecasting and the basics around process excellence. Bear with me. Be careful.

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Choose software that facilitates the valuation and control of permanent inventories based on inputs or outputs, with automated stock alerts, that is versatile and independent of the type of business. Define normal parameters and fine-tune the physical inventory system. Once the method is working, standardize it. Robin Schwartz, PHR.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2016

This includes: new product launch forecasting, seasonal inventory targets, demand affinities, push-based inventory strategies, demand shaping activities (price, promotion, run-out strategies, sales incentives, trade incentives), and turn-based volume. The automotive manufacturer had a surplus of green vehicles that no one wanted.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Industries. Industries. Automotive. Industrial Manufacturing. Publishing Resources Industries. No matter which industry you are in, I am sure you would have constantly encountered the term - "Best Practices". Contact Us. Newsroom Investors Careers. Infosys Labs. Aerospace and Defense. Financial Services.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Industries. Industries. Automotive. Industrial Manufacturing. Publishing Resources Industries. » The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday Buying Season- Need for Balancing Retailer Online and Fulfillment Process Investments. Contact Us. Newsroom Investors Careers. Infosys Labs. Aerospace and Defense.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

Industries. Industries. Automotive. Industrial Manufacturing. Publishing Resources Industries. « Oil operators and Oil services firms - time to dissolve internal walls | Main | Enabling individual item picking in tomorrows warehouses » Rapid Innovation will Differentiate the Future of Retail Industry.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Industries. Industries. Automotive. Industrial Manufacturing. Publishing Resources Industries. Proliferation of computer technology and arrival of internet have completely transformed retail industry in the last decade. Manufacturing industry is now moving from ATP to PTP (Profitable to Promise).

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Industries. Industries. Automotive. Industrial Manufacturing. Publishing Resources Industries. My guest commentary comes at the end of December as the early indicators from the 2012 surge holiday buying period already point to yet another set of significant learning for global retailers. Contact Us.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Industries. Industries. Automotive. Industrial Manufacturing. Publishing Resources Industries. « Factors Influencing Delivery Address Amendment | Main | Layaway and Buy Now Pay Later Payment Options! Contact Us. Newsroom Investors Careers. Infosys Labs. Aerospace and Defense. Communication Services.

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