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Who said supply chains are boring?: Manufacturing the World Cup.

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Manufacturing the World Cup Ball. Ive seen the manufacturing process behind cars, PCs and large mainframes and I think the making of something as simple as a football (soccer for my American readers) takes the cake. Manufacturing Central. Still not excited, well visit often and eventually you will be. Subscribe To. SCM Lowdown.

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Finding the Supply Chain Sweet Spot

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Figure 1 - Finding the Sweet Spot In any supply chain, manufacturing operation, or field deployment of equipment, ‘time is money’ when it comes to detecting quality problems. Manufacturers have a'

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Who said supply chains are boring?: A Peek at Leica Camera Lens.

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A Peek at Leica Camera Lens Manufacturing. If you arent familiar, Leica is a German camera and lens manufacturer thats been around since 1913. Amazingly, they still manufacturer their high-end cameras in Germany and by hand the same way they did decades ago. Manufacturing Central. Monday, July 11, 2011. SCM Lowdown.

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Will less health and safety regulation mean a more economic or a more dangerous British supply chain?

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I was at the SEMA seminar this June (which is pretty much like Glastonbury for anybody in the construction, manufacturing, or warehousing industry) and there were a few things I noticed.

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Introducing a New Co-Blogger

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Prior to IBM, he was the CEO at Walden Sports, where he successfully turned around an ailing manufacturing business by building Sales and' Joe lives for supply chains and when he is not blogging he is supporting IBM''s own Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) responsible for analytics.

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Who said supply chains are boring?: Apple Puts the Cool Back in.

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Apple Puts the Cool Back in Manufacturing. So Apple announced its new laptop updates yesterday and a significant portion of the buzz was focused on how they are manufactured. You can watch a video of the manufacturing process here. Manufacturing Central. Wednesday, October 15, 2008. ILOG Supply Chain Applications BLOG.

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Who said supply chains are boring?: Social Media and Supply Chains

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But.social media can be used within the "supply chain firewall" of the procurement, logistics, fulfilment and manufacturing teams. Manufacturing Central. Sure its great to know and understand what your customer wants based on preferences and trends. ILOG Supply Chain Applications BLOG. Industrial Interface. Latin American Logistics.