GlobalTranz

JANUARY 7, 2015

Yesterday we had said we concluded our most popular blog posts by category for the blog posts written from our major categories for 2014. We featured out of our 200 plus blog posts in 2014, over 50 blog posts in the manufacturing category. Well, manufacturing companies who ship freight in North America.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JUNE 3, 2021

Digital transformation of CPG operations is at an inflection point driven by new consumer and personalized health demands, including the demand for science-driven innovation, which has been impacted by the shift in category spending and connected experiences with personalized health. The lab is very often considered a bottleneck.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2015

A global marketplace is emerging that represents a huge opportunity for manufacturing. But the market is segmented, demanding specialization that will be tough for traditional manufacturers to handle. Technology and Manufacturing: It is a Part of the Cerasis DNA & How we Empower our Manufacturing Shippers.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 2, 2022

Current supply chain snarls, often associated with overseas factories and logjammed ports, have made manufacturing reshoring a hot topic. Building a fab (manufacturing site) takes two-to-four years and requires the availability of water and trained labor.'”[2] Do Americans prefer goods manufactured in the U.S.

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Logility

DECEMBER 1, 2021

But a new layer of complexity now presents another existential topic: the chain of custody. Across the fashion industry, brands debate whether it’s best to track the journey of materials across product lines or trace the chain of custody on a specific product category. However, neither approach accomplishes the same objectives.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Kevin Nelson, a chief procurement officer and senior vice president at BD, agreed to be interviewed on this topic. They would go to a Tier 1 manufacturer and ask them to identify the Tier 2 suppliers for the parts that went into a specific component. We want them to manage a category, but also have a product view,” Mr.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 23, 2023

They start by considering eight essential risk categories relating to individual supplier risk, country/region risk, and industry risk. Critique While I like the article, I have one issue with how they introduce the topic. They suggest the use of Key Risk Indicators (KRIs), which allow one to quantify and compare risks.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 18, 2024

If readers have added interest, click on our Search Menu on the right-hand panel on the category of Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences and Healthcare supply chains , to be able to scan in excess of 140 various commentaries. We know the reason why, though you will almost never see it mentioned in drive-by stories about this topic.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 3, 2023

Choose between a broad overview of procurement and a focused course that focuses on certain topics like strategic sourcing, contract management, or supplier relationship management. The Category Management Course is designed to provide the necessary knowledge and skills required to support procurement projects or roles effectively.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2015

Supply Chain is just one of our five main categories we are covering all this week, which consist of: Logistics, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Freight, and Transportation. As you can see, or if you work in the industry, you know that all five of these categories and the functions and processes around them are central to each other.

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synchrono

JUNE 4, 2015

As a project manager for demand-driven, lean manufacturing software, I have more than a nodding acquaintance with the theory of constraints (TOC). What I find quite remarkable is the ability to apply the theory of constraints to other mediums beyond the manufacturing of goods – even something like project work. Risky Business.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 8, 2018

Traditional ABC inventory models segment inventory into A, B and C categories based on annual consumption value. For more information on this topic, read What's wrong with ABC inventory classification? Valuable items with lots of consumption rise to the top. Less costly or low volume items drop to the bottom.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 2, 2019

Julian provided three general categories for what people consider the goal of supply chain visibility. A second category is small-to-medium sized companies that are reshaping themselves through acquisitions. A third category is visibility into upstream suppliers, especially for companies that use contract manufacturers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

For supply chain executives, this is a good time to start contemplating stock keeping unit (SKU) reductions (reducing the number of products and product variations manufactured). It is not just US tool manufacturers that are affected. The goal is to set China’s chip manufacturing industry back by at least a decade.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 30, 2017

Note: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Pick ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. Take advantage of this and ensure the processes are the same in every part of your business.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

As I think about this topic, I find it useful to listen to this song from 1963. Meanwhile, retailers are getting far more sophisticated in their analytical capabilities, which is reducing the importance of the category captain role for the largest CPG brands in each category. The manufacturer had an infestation problem.

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AIMMS

MAY 13, 2019

You can’t deliver a category to a customer ; they want specific SKUs manufactured with specific machines. I recommend Gartner’s Getting Ready for the Future: Strengthen Your Supply Chain Planning CORE for further reading on this topic. . If accuracy doesn’t have a home in long – term planning – where does it belong?

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

As we head into 2016, we are featuring our most read articles of 2015 in our five main categories: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. Yesterday we published the top 10 most read manufacturing articles of 2015. . INFOGRAPHIC] Top 10 Logistics and Supply Chain Facts of 2014.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 3, 2019

This year we will feature the top blog posts by page views in the following categories: Manufacturing , Logistics , Freight , and the Supply Chain. Adam quickly reached out to some of our friends and thought leaders in the industry to pick their brains about key topics pertaining to freight, supply chain, and logistics.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 1, 2022

While CBD is an essential component of medical marijuana, it is derived directly from the hemp plant, a cousin of marijuana, or manufactured in a laboratory. Each category has its own flavor profile and delivers a unique value consumer are seeking.”[9] Healthy foods don’t need to fall short in the flavor category.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 28, 2023

We were also pleasantly surprised with the ongoing flow of existing customers wanting to reconnect and new visitors wanting to learn about us: From ProMat’s survey , 38% of attendees plan on spending over $1M over the next 18 months and 66% are exploring solutions for distribution centers or warehouses supporting manufacturing.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

In fact, today several leading halal production standards (like the Indonesian and Malaysian halal standards) are already requiring a segregation between halal and non-halal in transport and storage for halal certified manufacturers. The reason is that for the non-food categories in a supermarket halal certification is still very new.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 28, 2015

We continue our top articles from each of our main 5 categories today by covering the top 10 logistics articles that were the most viewed in 2015. We write to five main categories on the Cerasis blog: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. However, all 5 are linked together.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 10, 2021

While you probably wouldn’t target solar panel manufacturing as the supply chain most in need of sustainable management, commercial solar panels and solar technology are at the cutting edge of efforts to make the supply chain more sustainable. Get Our EBOOK HERE. Improving Solar Panel Integration.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Today, is day two of our annual year-end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 5 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , Transportation Management , Freight. We will feature over the next 4 business days each category's most viewed posts over the course of 2017. Share This: Read More.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2014

We continue our top blog posts of 2014 from our main categories today by focusing on something at Cerasis we are experts in : Logistics. We’ve already listed the top 10 manufacturing blog posts and the top 10 supply chain blog posts last week. We thank all of our readers who have read our posts. Read the Full Post.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 9, 2020

In part one , I examined five of fourteen food sector areas being affected by the Covid-19 pandemic as identified from numerous sources by Jim Dippold, Senior Vice President for Category Management Strategy at Enterra Solutions ®. Hunkering down for an unknown period of isolation has created a spike in overall category purchases.

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SupplyShift

JANUARY 6, 2023

Circular value chains have been a topic of growing interest in recent years. Leave waste recovery and product design to other teams, and focus where you can have impact: Establish clear goals on materials for each category. Make your expectations clear to your supply base.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Then you start looking at all the manufacturers and what they have to offer. Category Management. In simple terms, category management is the understanding of what you’re going to spend and how you’re going to spend it. Once you have done that, you move into getting prices on the vehicles. Best Regards, Rob O’Byrne.

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QAD

MAY 18, 2023

The automotive industry is undergoing a massive technological transformation toward vehicle electrification and the shift presents huge opportunities for manufacturers that do business in the US, especially since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022. What’s in the Inflation Reduction Act’s New Clean Vehicle Credit?

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 27, 2019

Jim explains that market forces are often what drives companies to move “nice to have” capabilities into the “must have” category. For manufacturers, the ability to do coast-to-coast intermodal transfers using rail schedules can save quite a bit. Then post a comment and share your perspective on this topic!

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 12, 2021

Bloated inventories were written off as obsolete, while other product categories suffered from lost sales as component shortages shut down production lines. What is beyond speculation, is that the post-pandemic supply chain and manufacturing ecosystem will be vastly different.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 23, 2023

The team of DELMIA experts will be presenting new features and functionality in the Manufacturing Track and showcasing our solutions in the Dassault Systèmes booth at the Technifair. DELMIA Sessions DELMIA experts will be presenting throughout the week in the Manufacturing track, which will focus specifically on manufacturing processes.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2014

We trudge on with our top posts from our main blog categories by page view for all of 2014 from the Cerasis blog by featuring another area Cerasis is an expert in: Transportation. These tips include how you yourself can better manage your transportation department and maximize resources. Top 16 Most Popular Transportation Blog Posts of 2014.

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Stord

APRIL 26, 2022

The Three Types of Supply Chain Strategies Making Waves Today, we’re seeing businesses take creative approaches to increasing the resiliency of their supply chain, and these strategies boil down to three categories: changes to the way goods are manufactured, transported, and stored. These choices affect: The quality of your products.

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Oracle SCM

JUNE 18, 2020

Oracle Cloud SCM allows the supply chain planner to model a demand increase or decrease scenario in a product category or region. Case study At an industrial manufacturing client, there was a large consolidation effort to transition from disparate business applications to Oracle SaaS applications.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

Business and supply chain focused media reports already point to increased supplier and manufacturing investment in regions such as Mexico, Eastern Europe, India, Vietnam and other regions as responses to added supply network resiliency or agility. based manufacturing facilities had soared by over 116 percent. billion in September.

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