Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 3, 2023

The utility that manages the main grid may be able to buy excess solar generation and may provide attractive power purchase options if the microgrid has a battery that can provide ancillary services, like frequency regulation, peak shaving, voltage control, power factor control, black start, or demand response.

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Synovos

OCTOBER 16, 2023

More than 10,000 companies have pledged commitment to the covenant, which involves upholding two key principles: o No member of the Armed Forces Community should face a disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen. Interested in our services? million customers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2023

At the ARC Industry Leadership Forum in February, I had the opportunity to sit down with John Delligatti, Director of Digital Supply Chain Transformation at SDI , to discuss the pandemic, Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO), and the future of supply chain management. I asked John to give some deeper insights on a few key points.

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Synovos

AUGUST 9, 2023

RS Integrated Supply RS Integrated Supply, part of RS Group, is a global MRO supply chain services provider, offering outsourced Procurement & Storeroom Solutions™ to manufacturing, assembly, and process industry clients. Together, the two form the world’s first MRO supply chain services company with true global reach.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Manufacturers are shifting their focus from selling physical equipment to value-added services based on their equipment’s core capabilities. This trend has given rise to a new type of business model called Equipment-as-a-Service (EaaS). For OEMs, blending services into manufacturing strategy will be a challenge. Technology.

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Arena Solutions

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Emerging digital and cloud technologies like big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, the Internet of Things (IoT), and product lifecycle management (PLM) can benefit the circular economy by addressing a wide range of global issues. Promotes better collaboration between customers, suppliers, and remote teams.

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Precoro

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For procurement professionals, systemizing and optimizing cost centers is not just a matter of financial management; it's a strategic task for driving efficiency, controlling costs, and enhancing overall performance. There are a few types of cost centers, and most commonly relate to production or service.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

These will require a re-think of how to manage products, streamline the business and interact with customers. Quality management. This must also include suppliers’ quality management processes. Inventory and logistics management. Regulations in many countries require tracking and monitoring of products. Traceability.

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Synovos

AUGUST 21, 2023

The program recognizes the winners’ commitment to continuous improvement in the prevention of accidents at work while examining health and safety management systems, including practices such as leadership and workforce involvement. “RS Together, the two form the world’s first MRO supply chain services company with true global reach.

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Synovos

APRIL 2, 2024

MRO stands for maintenance, repair, and operations. These items support business or manufacturing activity but are not incorporated directly into what you produce. They also fail to recognize how critical managing the MRO supply chain is to the success of their operations. Get it wrong and the consequences can be far-reaching.

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Arena Solutions

MAY 2, 2023

Emerging digital and cloud technologies like big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, the Internet of Things (IoT), and product lifecycle management (PLM) can benefit the circular economy by addressing a wide range of global issues. Promotes better collaboration between customers, suppliers, and remote teams.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides an updated news capsule follow-up relative to major supply chain management and industry developments that we have shared previously on this blog. Last week, the industry publication Aviation Week published its report, Pratt GTF Repair Plan Jolts Beleaguered Airline Industry.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 18, 2024

The steady flow of goods, services, capital and know-how across national boundaries hasn’t come to a screeching halt. Nor has the global economy splintered beyond repair. Another flaw is that catchy expressions don’t do nuance well; the dispatch of merchandise may have peaked, but services are doing splendidly.”[5]

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3PL Insights

MARCH 3, 2023

Over the years, third-party logistics service providers (3PLs) have been utilized by companies to handle warehousing, transportation, and logistics services. Nowadays, 3PLs have evolved into strategic partners that offer not only traditional services but also value-added services to their customers.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 9, 2024

In a future circular economy, products will be engineered to last, be able to be constantly repaired and upgraded, with any redundant parts recyclable. This opens up new revenue streams with modular design, enabling different parts to be easily replaced and serviced.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 18, 2023

The following is a business case highlighting the background, context and value proposition of SCMDOJO’s Expert Marketplace, a platform designed to connect businesses with specialized Supply Chain Expert Services.

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Kinaxis

JULY 17, 2014

In addition to analyzing the impact of changes through what-if analysis, scenario building, dashboards and alerts, Integrated Project Management has allowed First Solar to implement a closed-loop MRP with their ERP system effectively driving activities, such as creating and rescheduling POs, from one ‘source’ schedule.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 24, 2023

Contract Logistics is a critical aspect of the supply chain that often remains behind the scenes but plays a significant role in ensuring the efficient movement and management of goods. Contract logistics is a specialized service offered by third-party logistics (3PL) providers to manage supply chain operations on behalf of a company.

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Kanban Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In addition to standard warehousing operations, your third-party logistics (3PL) provider may be able to handle additional value-added services. With these services, your 3PL partner can perform – within the warehouse – many services that go beyond basic pick, pack and ship. Kitting services. Located in or near U.S.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The medical device industry is experiencing a digital revolution that will require a re-think of how it designs and manages products and interacts with customers. This will require a highly digitized inventory management and logistics system and will require ever tighter controls on data that is gathered to ensure patient privacy.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 30, 2021

Either way, when not managed properly, downtime can lead to major problems for businesses. Planned downtime is the act of shutting down assets in order to repair, maintain, test or upgrade them. An example is when a technician is booked to repair a broken asset – in this instance, unplanned downtime becomes scheduled downtime.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The highly anticipated Airbus A321XLR extended range model was noted as progressing towards certification, with entry-into-service expected to take place in Q2 of next year. Reportedly, the metal contamination can lead to cracks and the issue requires that engines be internally inspected to assess if repairs are required, and to what extent.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Power plant asset management article and permission to publish here provided by Claire Glassman. There are power plant management issues that, if not properly prepared for, can cost your business an arm and a leg. Fortunately, there are software services that offer solutions to issues in managing power plant assets.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

On the air side, our top airports of Asia increasingly needs to support not only regional needs, but also global ones. There are several emerging fuels in competition for future ship designs and they will all require different infrastructure to support refuelling. Now the infrastructure needs to start being built for those targets.

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QAD

APRIL 2, 2020

Action Centers have seen additional updates with Adaptive UX to support a more dynamic and interactive experience. With more support for interactive decision making, a user is now able to link multiple KPIs together, enhancing the analysis capabilities for better decision making. Other QAD Adaptive Applications Highlights.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2023

While the supply chain pressures that have built up over the last two years continue to abate as transportation capacity problems ease and consumption shifts from goods to services, newer challenges and opportunities lie ahead. Decision support systems will serve up insights to human decision-makers at the point of decision.On

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Here we present our Oilfields guide to Oil Field services. Oil Field Services and what they are. For oil exploration and production companies, oil and gas services provide support. In both onshore and offshore applications, they include drilling, completion, production, supply, and logistics support. From USD 135.1

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

AUGUST 2, 2023

This holds true across all five key components of a medical manufacturing business: Design, Manufacture, Distribution, Maintenance, and Service. ERP analytics streamline the non-conformance process, facilitating the management of corrective actions and generating workflows linked to the original non-conformance event.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

While conventional logistics optimizes the flow of goods from producer to consumer, reverse logistics manages the processes for inverting that flow to deal with returned parts , materials and products from the consumer back to the producer. 5 Benefits of Reverse Logistics Management for Asset Recovery. Increased service market share.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 12, 2024

In November, multiple business media outlets reported that Tesla’s management in Germany unveiled a package of hourly wage hikes for 11,000 factory workers at the automaker’s gigafactory operations in Berlin, Germany. up to $34.50 per hour on the high end. That seems obvious as U.S. All rights reserved.

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Synovos

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Evolution of Integrated Supply: From Piece Price to Total Cost of Ownership The phrase “integrated supply” has been in use since the early 1990s to describe management of the supply chain from a centralized perspective rather than individual departments, plants, or projects within an organization.

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Synovos

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The phrase “integrated supply” has been in use since the early 1990s to describe management of the supply chain from a centralized perspective rather than individual departments, plants, or projects within an organization. What is “Integrated Supply” AND HOW CAN IT HELP YOUR ORGANIZATION?

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

If you’re a decision-maker with accountability for your organisation’s entire supply chain, and you’re just starting to think about outsourcing, perhaps to reduce costs or improve service, this post should prove well worth the few minutes it will take you to read it. What Can You Outsource, and What Should You Outsource?

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Arena Solutions

JANUARY 26, 2023

There’s an old phrase some say originated in the rural South, and others attribute it to Thomas Bertram Lance, (Bert Lance), Director of the Office of Management and Budget in Jimmy Carter’s 1977 administration: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” To invest in IT or not invest—when is the right time?

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Unleashed

MARCH 25, 2024

Consolidation warehousing is a strategy that allows your business to reduce transportation costs and improve customer service by combining shipments from various sources into a single truckload. Third-party consolidation warehouses are operated by independent companies that charge a fee for their services.

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Cathy Roberson

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Just as retailers followed Amazon and others online to sell goods to consumers, retailers are launching their own online B2B services. Home Depot launched Home Depot Pro in 2018 and optimized its supply chain to manage both consumer and professional demand.

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Synovos

DECEMBER 4, 2023

“Manufacturing plants are now competing for wages that were unheard of five or six years ago,” explains William Brummett, Vice President of New Business Development at RS Integrated Supply, a global Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) supply chain services company that provides outsourced procurement and storeroom solutions.

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