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Ease the Burden of Labor Shortages and Increase Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

Organizations must use every means at their disposal to keep goods moving while at the same time preventing their most important resource – their talent – from jumping ship at an alarming pace. resigned from their jobs in durable goods manufacturing. It’s time for decisive action. It’s a global problem. million to 75.3

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Planned Obsolescence in the Durable Goods Industry

Logility

Durable goods , also referred to as hard goods, are items that are not supposed to quickly wear out, or more specifically, goods that yield utility over time. To some extent durable goods manufacturers can predict aggregate demand based on the average useful life for their products. That followed a 1.0 percent in April.

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Planned Obsolescence in the Durable Goods Industry

Logility

Durable goods , also referred to as hard goods, are items that are not supposed to quickly wear out, or more specifically, goods that yield utility over time. To some extent durable goods manufacturers can predict aggregate demand based on the average useful life for their products. That followed a 1.0 percent in April.

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Supply Chain Senses Must Constantly Be On High Alert!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Conversely there are certainly periods of time when things are running smoothly. If these periods last for a long time then there is a risk that the organization will become complacent. You need to be listening to what people are saying, to the sounds of a manufacturing line running or a distribution centre operating.

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Robotic Process Automation and the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

The connection between RPA and supply chain functions may not be clear until you realize just how much paperwork is involved in supply chain transactions. With the cons of paper more than outweighing the pros, it’s time the supply chain underwent an industry-wide transformation.” 1] Good question. What is RPA?

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The Renewed Importance of Production Planning and Scheduling in the New Normal- The Talent Challenge

Supply Chain Matters

Such an environment requires manufacturing and supply chain processes to be able to more proactively sense, pivot and respond to constant or rapidly changing market conditions. The objective is to manage outcomes in the context of where agility or planning actions have the most leverage for instilling more integrated business planning.

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Step Four: Stage Five Supply Chain Planning System of Record (SCP SOR)

Kinaxis

In my first blog I wrote about talent management. Today it is a necessity for timely communication and decision making from the customer to manufacturer to supplier. creating, sharing and capturing information/insight (not just data) with speed and confidence. How do you define collaboration? And it should be….