RFgen

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Among those involved in the manufacturing industry, it’s common knowledge that a healthy supply chain is the foundation of a strong organization. A recent Automation World article explored just how important data and automation are to ensuring manufacturers can achieve quality standards and comply with traceability regulations.

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MIT Supply Chain

OCTOBER 17, 2014

We’ve been hearing a lot lately about the return of industry from foreign shores to the US – commonly known as reshoring – and how prodigal companies are driving a manufacturing renaissance in America. Emerging manufacturing methods such as 3D printing promise to make US-based production even more cost-effective. What is reshoring?

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MIT Supply Chain

DECEMBER 5, 2014

The MIT CTL researchers developed a method for using 3D printing technology to produce plastic injection molds quicker and at a lower cost. The researchers devised a “pre-unit tooling process” which is an intermediate phase introduced between the primary package design and initial consumer feedback stages of the production process.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Every day new articles are published about the importance of artificial intelligence (AI) for businesses hoping to remain competitive in the coming decades. More often than not, those articles are referring to a subset of AI known as machine learning. Manufacturing (anomaly detection). Education (research insight).

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MIT Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The MIT CTL researchers developed models to show how a leading CPG manufacturer can use large volumes of POS data to improve supply chain performance. The thesis sponsor company, General Mills, Inc (GMI), is a Fortune 500 manufacturer of food products.

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C3 Solutions

JULY 28, 2020

This article is part of our Retail Program. 3 Other research is even more conservative, placing the 2018 estimate at seven billion (not including the computers and phones noted above) with growth to 11.6 Fashion retail, particularly, may stand to benefit from the use of these technologies, as clothing is mostly all tagged already.

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MIT Supply Chain

OCTOBER 30, 2014

MIT CTL researchers Ranjana Mary Ninan and Christopher Sean Wang created such a device for their SCM Program thesis Visualizing and Quantifying Global Supply Chain Risk . The company that sponsored the research provides specialized diagnostic, measurement, and other industrial tools. A broader view. Mapping the risks.

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RFgen

MAY 7, 2015

Manufacturing organizations thrive in an environment where technology, infrastructure and culture come together to limit the potential damage done by supply chain disruptions. Therefore, it’s not surprising that manufacturers have recurring concerns about the integrity of their supply chains. Complexity. Regulatory Challenges.

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RFgen

MAY 7, 2015

Manufacturing organizations thrive in an environment where technology, infrastructure and culture come together to limit the potential damage done by supply chain disruptions. Therefore, it’s not surprising that manufacturers have recurring concerns about the integrity of their supply chains. Complexity. Regulatory Challenges.

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Precoro

JULY 8, 2022

In the article, we look critically at the role of the purchasing manager and discuss how to determine the value of hiring one. In some cases, for example, in manufacturing businesses, optimized spending can impact the company’s bottom line more than successful sales or marketing. Improved Communication with Suppliers.

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MIT Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

However, robots are now being deployed in areas that were once the exclusive preserve of humans, raising new challenges for manufacturers. “In The end result is more complex interactions between humans, machines, and the manufacturing processes that ultimately feed markets. Constraints like these are not new.

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MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 19, 2015

China’s logistics industry is gaining in importance and developing rapidly to support the nation’s manufacturing sector. While China has gained a reputation as a cost effective place for manufacturing, logistical costs (about 18% of the cost of sales) in the country are still very high compared to other developed countries.

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RFgen

AUGUST 14, 2017

These counterfeits featured markings normally found on legitimate parts from “approximately 35 major electronics manufacturers, including Motorola, Xilinx, and National Semiconductor.” This article will examine the scale of the counterfeit parts problem and what’s changed in acquisition regulations to try to address it.

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Supply Chains Rock

OCTOBER 30, 2008

In another video, an employee talks about the importance in making sure the count is right for a bulk order as she counts individual tie tags that total more than 10,000. For the internal article we included a more dramatic video that I posted above to help stimulate you to think about promoting similar messages within your own company.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

While many companies have invested significant time and money over the years to improve their demand, supply, and manufacturing planning capabilities, they have underinvested in workforce planning and optimization, and they’re now starting to feel the consequences. . For related commentary, see: The Messy Reality of Cross-Border E-commerce.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Sarah Boisvert @fablabhub Sarah Boisvert is the author of The New Collar Workforce and founder of Fab Lab Hub that offers Digital Badges for skills such as 3D printing, robotics, CAD design and AI in manufacturing. He works on research, prototyping and new product development for a variety of corporate clients.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 1, 2020

”[2] They provide links to numerous articles to help business leaders better understand the topic of big data. To be precise, it refers to the data that, although has not been classified under a particular repository (database), still contains vital information or tags that segregate individual elements within the data.”

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Vinculum

MARCH 26, 2020

Products are tagged based on different attributes to create catalogs, these are further used to classify and band similar products together. These tags should also contain SEO friendly descriptions to ensure that people who search for the same are led to the company’s website.

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MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 17, 2014

A 2013 survey conducted by KRC Research and commissioned by Zipcar explained why the company was able to grow so quickly. Instead of everyone owning a lawn mower, one owner profits from its purchase and others rent the asset, lessening the need to manufacture more units. Canada, and Europe. [v]. Some companies have embraced this idea.

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ThroughPut

MAY 20, 2019

In this article, ThroughPut will share some of the most common myths about your industrial data, and why your preconceived notions about your data are simply false. Additionally, this article will focus on the solutions around current mindset bottlenecks, to allow more open-mindedness around leveraging data analytics.

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Unleashed

JUNE 23, 2021

For manufacturers and other organisations looking to improve their inventory management processes, cloud technology represents a major opportunity – especially when it comes to remote working. GPS and RFID tags enable tracking of inventory as it moves from location to location. through 2027 ( Allied Market Research ).

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RFgen

AUGUST 5, 2020

In this article, we will do a deep dive into what mobile barcoding is, how it fits into your enterprise, and what results you can expect in terms of KPI improvements and future growth. Barcodes and RFID tags can be used to track fixed assets, raw materials, WIP materials, spare parts, tools, consumables and more. Manufacturing.

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RFgen

AUGUST 5, 2020

In this article, we will do a deep dive into what mobile barcoding is, how it fits into your enterprise, and what results you can expect in terms of KPI improvements and future growth. Barcodes and RFID tags can be used to track fixed assets, raw materials, WIP materials, spare parts, tools, consumables and more. Manufacturing.

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DELMIA Quintiq

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

In figure 2 the data set consists of ‘n’ images of cats and dogs but now this image is unlabeled (means we don’t mention their tags to learning system), for instance, in figure 2 now Image 1 is unlabeled it may be cat or dog. We let the machine to figure out its own model from unlabeled data. Hopefully in the near future we able to see one.

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ShipBob

APRIL 17, 2020

Other questions brought up during the webinar include: If you’re currently manufacturing overseas, are there ways to source manufacturers in the US quickly? Even if you don’t need it now, know how to apply for a loan, research paycheck protection programs, and have everything ready and be prepared in case you need it someday.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 4, 2018

In this article, we will endeavor to make clear distinctions between direct observations and speculation. First, I didn’t see any tags on any of the items. Even the lowest-cost UHF RFID tags at high volumes — once you add up all costs it takes to produce, commission/serialize, apply, and test them — are about $0.07

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

IHL consulting group research discovered overstocks and out-of-stocks cost global retailers $1.1 More than 21,000 suppliers and 58,000 supplier sites producing over 550,000 parts “across multiple tiers in the supply chain were potentially affected during 2018,” states an article about the report from Supply Chain Management Review.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

IHL consulting group research discovered overstocks and out-of-stocks cost global retailers $1.1 More than 21,000 suppliers and 58,000 supplier sites producing over 550,000 parts “across multiple tiers in the supply chain were potentially affected during 2018,” states an article about the report from Supply Chain Management Review.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Editor’s Note: We love talking about and reporting on technology which effects and also makes the lives’ of manufacturing companies much better. We’ve been providing manufacturing companies and shippers with a web-based transportation management system since 1998, before web-based TMS was as prolific as it is today.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 25, 2016

This article briefly overviews some newer features of both state-run and private health organisations’ supply chains, with the emphasis on hospital supply, in an age where limitless funds are definitely no longer a feature. Some Scanning Success Stories. Elimination of manual expiry date checks in pharmaceutical stores.

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ShipBob

JANUARY 9, 2023

In this article, we’ll cover a step-by-step breakdown of what it takes to build an effective Amazon listing, and how to keep it optimized for long-term success. That’s because listing optimization is crucial to break through the noise on Amazon, where a whopping 72% of all shoppers come to casually research and purchase new products.

Price Reduction 52

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 8, 2017

I was prompted to write this blog based on an article published in Inc on Aug 30, 2017: This Email From Elon Musk to Tesla Employees Describes What Great Communication Looks Like. I will quote from the article quite liberally because there is a lot that Musk writes that is relevant to this discussion. 05 to 5 Rule. The 3/3 Rule.

Supply Chain Planning Software 120

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 8, 2017

I was prompted to write this blog based on an article published in Inc on Aug 30, 2017: This Email From Elon Musk to Tesla Employees Describes What Great Communication Looks Like. I will quote from the article quite liberally because there is a lot that Musk writes that is relevant to this discussion. 05 to 5 Rule. The 3/3 Rule.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 18, 2023

Unfortunately, all that freedom, flexibility, and computational power resulted in what this July 2022 CIO.com article describes as an “all-you-can-eat buffet” for developers and engineers. The study concludes that its…. A storm is brewing. So what happened? The linkage between intention (e.g.

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