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Odette2023: Shaping the Future of Automotive Supply Chains

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Building Sustainable Solutions in Automotive Supply Chains The Odette Conference 2023 , held in Berlin November 20-21, marked a significant milestone in the evolution of automotive supply chain management. Odette has been a leader in developing digital standards for the automotive supply chain for nearly four decades.

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Advanced Product Quality Planning – The 5 Phases of APQP

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Updated: August 3, 2023 Published: April 1, 2019 Achieving Customer Satisfaction and Competitive Advantage at Lower Costs Understanding and meeting customer expectations is at the heart of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and are key requirements for any business to be successful. What is APQP?

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Visions of the Automotive Supply Chain Prophets

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Together with Quistem Founder and President Cathy Fisher, the two of us are co-hosting “ Auto Supply Chain Prophets ,” which is the first podcast dedicated solely to global automotive supply chain issues. Our goal is to help automotive suppliers and OEMs discover hidden profits within their supply chains.

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Restarting the Automotive Supply Chain in Uncertain Times

QAD

This article was co-written by Cathy Fisher , founder and president at Quistem and global expert in automotive quality management systems. The global automotive industry has never faced an unplanned shutdown (complete or partial) like that which has stemmed from COVID-19. Unprecedented times call for unprecedented actions.

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Electrifying Changes: How the UAW-Big 3 Strike is Reshaping the Automotive World

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The conclusion of the UAW-Big 3 strike has brought the automotive world a mix of challenges and opportunities. Ensuring adequate inventory while maintaining quality standards is now a pivotal concern for suppliers. For automotive suppliers , it emphasized the need for better preparedness against such disruptions.

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How ERP enables traceability in the automotive parts and accessories industry

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The automotive industry is in a perpetual state of change. The automotive industry sets some of the highest quality standards in manufacturing, driven by a need to ensure safety and a desire to control costs. Such recalls are the result of subsequently recognized quality defects. In the past Toyota had to recall 2.9

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Let’s Talk About Automotive Jobs and Electric Vehicles

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The industry needs to have that open conversation about automaker jobs – now, so says QAD’s Vice President, Automotive and Mobility, Tom Roberts in his recent article, “ An Honest Conversation, About Jobs and Chips ” in Embedded Computing Design magazine. The Automotive Labor Pool. Vertical Integration of the Supply Chain.