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Supply Chain Leadership Series VI: Pam Heminger, Senior Vice President of Procurement & Planning, Caterpillar

NC State SCRC

During her 24 years at Honda of America, she helped implement many of the supply chain best practices that have now become renowned, including cost modeling, supplier development, supplier quality assurance, lean manufacturing, and many others, which evolved under the original North America leadership of Dave Nelson.

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HWI Unleashes Continuous Innovation

Logistics Viewpoints

Run” will include using the platform for inventory optimization and to support interesting internet-of-things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) projects. They also have 20 sourcing locations across North America from which they can ship make to stock products. HWI employed a crawl-walk-run methodology.

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How to Handle Spare Parts Inventory Management (& Who Benefits from What)

Unleashed

Manual methods that relied solely on a keen eye are now the core of some leading manufacturing software. Specific aspects of managing inventory include procurement, storage, and utilisation tracking. This valuation paints a picture of how much companies invest in procuring inventory to sustain the functions of their facilities.

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Insights from the C-Suite: Supply Chain People Are Making a Difference in the World

Material Handling & Logistics

The organization currently serves 45,000 professional members in 100 countries, with 190 chapters in North America alone. We can also extend it to the consumer because it used to be that the organizations were the ones that designed and implemented supply chain solutions, and the consumers were the beneficiary of the supply chain.

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

6 River Systems

Logistics technologies such as robotic warehouse systems make automation a reality, while drones improve last-mile delivery capabilities and better tracking with tools like RFID tags improve visibility throughout the supply chain. These advancements are accelerating thanks to better tools that were created in 2018. Marc Tuinier.

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10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic!

Supply Chain Game Changer

And with less manufacturing output there were fewer container ships leaving Asia full of goods meaning activity in ports in North America and Europe would slow down rather quickly. The medical community is looking for solutions and treatments to contain, if not eliminate the virus, through existing medicines or new vaccines.

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A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

Provenance

A report proposing three system solutions that could reshape the industry and set the clean energy technology sector on a path to sustainability. These include, new digital reward and market solutions capable of ensuring security and trust as well as significant infrastructural and operational cost reductions benefits. The result?