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Sustainable Manufacturing for Sustainable Supply Chains

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For many companies, this process begins with an overhaul of their manufacturing processes, looking at ways to promote sustainable manufacturing. Sustainable manufacturing is one step in the process of building sustainable supply chains. What exactly is sustainable manufacturing? Not all emissions are created equally.

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How A High-Tech Manufacturer Navigated The Pandemic

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A Hi-Tech Company’s Control Tower Helped It Better Manage Air Cargo During the Worst Days of the Pandemic In 2014, one of the world’s largest high-tech manufacturers started thinking about a digital transformation that would help them better serve their customers while also generating operational efficiencies.

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A Socially Responsible Manufacturer Thrives Despite Coronavirus

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In short, fair trade and environmental initiatives lead to socially responsible manufacturers having more complex supply chains. The post A Socially Responsible Manufacturer Thrives Despite Coronavirus appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. Less-than-truckload has adverse service and environmental impacts.

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Siemens Commits to Additive Manufacturing

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Additive manufacturing has certainly gotten a lot of press over the years. In the supply chain space, the idea that inventory costs could be slashed by committing to additive manufacturing has been touted. The post Siemens Commits to Additive Manufacturing appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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20 Years of Outsourcing Come Back to Haunt Boeing

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The outsourced R&D, in turn, supported outsourced manufacturing with over 50 key suppliers. Problems are likely to continue, Dr. Tang argues, because the current crisis is hardly unprecedented; it is based on the changes that Boeing made to its R&D and manufacturing processes during the development of the 787 Dreamliner.

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Elon Musk Ensures that Product Development is Not Siloed

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The discipline has done a good job of driving collaboration between sales and marketing and manufacturing, procurement, and logistics. SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets including Starship, the tallest and most powerful rocket in existence. Here is one excerpt from the book that highlights this theme.

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How is the Logistics Economy Holding Up?

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Global Manufacturing PMI Global Trade as a Barometer Clearly domestic business activity is much larger than international trade. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Indexes The J.P. In contrast, the overall manufacturing PMI for the Eurozone was quite weak with Germany and Austria reporting the lowest levels. Source: J.P.