Unleashed

JUNE 22, 2022

It’s been a long two years for manufacturing and logistics businesses at the sharp end of rapidly-changing global events. Whether you work in precision engineering or pharmaceuticals, food and drink or textiles, achieving on-time, in-full (OTIF) has been difficult if not impossible.

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QAD

JANUARY 4, 2022

Supply chains are more fragile than ever, shipping and trucking backlogs have hit multiple industries endangering holiday celebrations and causing general shortages, and the lack of certain products (read: semiconductor chips ) are crippling industries. 2021: A Year of Continued Disruption…for All Industries. Automotive.

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QAD

JUNE 16, 2021

Managing the shop floor, inventory, operations and scheduling are some of the keys to ensuring a manufacturing business runs smoothly. As manufacturing and supply chains scale to meet larger global needs, real-time data and software systems allow manufacturers to automate processes and make smart data-driven decisions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 15, 2022

GEP and the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Supply Chain Resource Cooperative surveyed supply chain, procurement and IT professionals across a range of industries to gain insight into their priorities and strategies regarding supply chain resilience and optimization. Alex Zhong, Director Product Marketing at GEP.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2022

In this special edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Technology , we highlight announcements made by B2B Industry Specific Network provider TraceLink. These announcements were made in conjunction with the LogicPharma Europe industry conference being held this week.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 12, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our April 12, 2022 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based blog readership. Panasonic to Invest $5 billion on EV Batteries and Software.

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IQMS

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Bottom Line: Unpredictable demand swings caused by the pandemic are stress-testing supply chain management software systems across manufacturing, helping many manufacturers discover new strengths they hadn’t realize they had before. The industry outlook is optimistic. Factories Can’t Keep Up.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 5, 2022

As many companies push for this change and commitment to a business, it leaves less capacity for typical pharmaceutical chains—especially pharmaceutical companies that do business in the last mile of residential delivery. The State of Shipping Pharmaceuticals in the U.S.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

There are three main components involved: Barcoding hardware Barcoding software The barcode itself Here we’ll look in detail at all three of these components, as well as how barcoding is used as a critical part of online inventory management , warehousing and supply chain management – and some of its key benefits.

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

The pharmaceutical industry is continuously facing the challenge of balancing expenditures and returns. Many of those regulations will center around traceability - verifying the item’s activity, history, and location through recorded data - of pharmaceutical packaging. Level 3: Site Level Software & Hardware.

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Kanban Logistics

JUNE 11, 2020

If you’re looking for a pharmaceutical distribution center to store and distribute your products, the right partner can make all the difference. Pharmaceutical CGMP regulations. Any warehousing assessment should first start with the 3PL’s ability to comply with industry regulations. Can the 3PL segregate products appropriately?

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Elementum

MARCH 13, 2018

Across industries, the biggest challenge for cybersecurity involves determining the nature of the threat, and how to go about investing in the right types of controls to patch vulnerabilities. Cyberthreats come in the form of both hardware and software, phishing emails and other scams, and are constantly evolving and upgrading.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 18, 2018

In early April I attended the LogiPharma Europe 2018 conference in Montreux, Switzerland, an event that attracted more than 800 attendees, including practitioners and executives from pharma and medical device industries, along with software vendors and many service providers. Clould-based offerings are enabling such consumption models.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 3, 2022

According to NRF , employers across industries are struggling to find and retain workers, with the national labor force participation rate still 1.3% Looking back to November of 2021, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that 686,000 people resigned from employment in the retail industry. Source: Bloomberg.com.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Bottom Line: The heightened priority on health & safety is leading to a renaissance of traceability in manufacturing across many industry sectors as every business strives to keep its employees, customers, and suppliers safe. Reliance on Traceability in Manufacturing Is Growing.

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6 River Systems

JULY 21, 2020

According to a report by Deloitte , 79% of the businesses with high-performing supply chains experience higher growth rates than their industry peers, while only 8% of the companies with sub-optimal supply chains report above-average growth. Statistical tools and software can be used to estimate future demand reliably.

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Elementum

MARCH 13, 2018

Across industries, the biggest challenge for cybersecurity involves determining the nature of the threat, and how to go about investing in the right types of controls to patch vulnerabilities. Cyberthreats come in the form of both hardware and software, phishing emails and other scams, and are constantly evolving and upgrading.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

We have tackled the question of automation before, but his time I want to focus specifically on what automation will mean to the job of the supply chain planner. I have already seen similar results at dozens of other companies, large and small and across many industries. They stock 500,000 products and ship almost 45,000 parcels daily.

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RFgen

JANUARY 27, 2015

Healthcare Packaging, an industry news source, recently compared these two rules and found that those that produce a manifold number of health products, including both medical devices and pharmaceuticals, will be able to use similar technology to handle both requirements. The Importance of Tracking Pharmaceutical Data.

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RFgen

JANUARY 27, 2015

Healthcare Packaging, an industry news source, recently compared these two rules and found that those that produce a manifold number of health products, including both medical devices and pharmaceuticals, will be able to use similar technology to handle both requirements. The Importance of Tracking Pharmaceutical Data.

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Kanban Logistics

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Add the complexities of compliance to the equation – whether regulatory compliance such as the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) or compliance related to strict manufacturer requirements – and the situation becomes even more challenging. Items that have common characteristics important to food manufacturers (e.g.,

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2015

High-tech manufacturers in the Silicon Valley of the United States are some of the best at supply chain planning. In high-tech, supply chain planning is more important than in other industries like chemical, pharmaceutical, consumer packaged goods and retail. Reflections. Satisfaction with supply is much lower.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The pharmaceutical industry is facing serious disruption as regulators push manufacturers to embrace serialization. However, whether your company is in pharmaceuticals or another sector facing supply chain disruption, you’re likely feeling pressure to get moving on a serialization strategy.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The pharmaceutical industry is facing serious disruption as regulators push manufacturers to embrace serialization. However, whether your company is in pharmaceuticals or another sector facing supply chain disruption, you’re likely feeling pressure to get moving on a serialization strategy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 20, 2013

They come in various sizes, varieties and specifications. They vary by industry and product requirements. As complexity increases, manufacturers and distributors are seeking new ways to optimize customer service requirements and stem rising labor costs. The software application environment is heterogeneous.

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Elementum

APRIL 28, 2017

In 2016, HPE created an EMEA supply-chain Industry 4.0 initiative that implemented different proof of concepts for manufacturing and logistics processes using a range of technologies including 3D printing, cloud computing, data visualization, and the Internet of Things (IoT). manufacturers are already involved in this technology.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

When you choose a company to transport your freight or to supply you with the materials you need to manufacture a product, you are putting your hard work and reputation in their hands. The next posts in the series will break down metrics and issues to consider in SQM by industry and conclude with a case study on the application of SQM.

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QAD

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The term CSV (computer software validation) invokes nightmares and lost sleep for management at medical device, pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers because it is such an arduous task and a huge cost to the business. Does this software impact patient safety? . Does this software impact product quality? .

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Understanding Supply Chain The production industry uses a variety of procedures to serve its consumers through the market; all these activities can be covered under one umbrella term: supply chain. Its purpose is to empower the production industry to deliver state-of-the-art experience to the end users.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 16, 2020

Business management tools like spreadsheet software and invoice-creation tools saved significant amounts of time and aided recordkeeping. Companies got a taste of the now-booming software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry starting in 1999. The products within it allowed signing up for subscriptions to access services in the cloud.

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

What types of software can jumpstart this digital transformation in your organization. And when equipment breaks down unexpectedly, your manufacturing operation can be hemorrhaging money by the second. The “M” in MEAM stands for maintenance management, a mission-critical component of manufacturing uptime. M is for Maintenance.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2015

High-tech manufacturers in the Silicon Valley of the United States are some of the best at supply chain planning. In high-tech, supply chain planning is more important than in other industries like chemical, pharmaceutical, consumer packaged goods and retail. Reflections. Satisfaction with supply is much lower.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 9, 2019

The complete product information is encoded and in one place and barcodes can be manufactured on different cardstock material such as vinyl sheeting or on the paper stock for different application. Custom barcode labels have many benefits and can be formulated specifically to meet your unique business needs. Benefits of product labels.

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RFgen

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Medical manufacturers make perfect copies of body parts using 3-D printers. Companies that use 3-D printing – also known as additive manufacturing – create a product one layer at a time. Many companies want to take advantage of this new technology to create products based on very specific requirements.

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RFgen

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Medical manufacturers make perfect copies of body parts using 3-D printers. Companies that use 3-D printing – also known as additive manufacturing – create a product one layer at a time. Many companies want to take advantage of this new technology to create products based on very specific requirements.

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Elementum

JULY 11, 2017

Some examples include head-up displays for the automotive industry to enhance driver safety and easier IV injection delivery and viewing of a patient’s organs instead of viewing a static image on a screen for the pharmaceutical industry. Additionally, the shipping industry has also applied AR. Application of AR in SCM.

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Freight Plus

JULY 17, 2020

Andrew started in footwear manufacturing and fell in love with operations management. He then decided he wanted a career change and moved to pharmaceutical manufacturing in Australia. The hospitality industry took the biggest hit in Australia because they are a big tourism industry.

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