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7 Supply Chain Cost Saving Ideas from SpaceX

Supply Chain Opz

During the period of slow economic growth, many manufacturers have to deal with the cost pressure. In this article, we will explain to you 7 cost saving ideas that you can learn from the space program. Due to material shortages during World War II, companies needed to find the alternative materials on a regular basis.

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Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS): A Golden Opportunity for the Supply Chain Industry

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While implementing SCaaS poses challenges, it has demonstrated its effectiveness across industries, fostering company growth, cost reduction, and leveraging cutting-edge technology. SCaaS will guide companies to achieve strategic value by improving Manufacturing as a Service, Fulfillment as a Service, and Warehousing as a Service.

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

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Approximately 60 percent of today's unfilled manufacturing jobs are due to a shortage of applicants with sufficient proficiency in science, technology, engineering, and math ( STEM ) skills. IMPO Executive Editor, Anna Wells provides insights into the complicated issue in her article “Why The Manufacturing Skills Gap Is Serious”.

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Different Sectors of the Chemical Industry!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Textile fibers – textile fibers that are manufactured by semisynthetic methods using polymer-based materials. are manufactured based on organic materials. Clean Technology for Manufacturing Specialty Chemicals. Specialty chemicals are chemicals produced by special manufacturers and for specific purposes.

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The Digital Twin is the Next Big Technology Enabler

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They will have profound implications for manufacturing, energy, aerospace, health care, and even urban planning. Pairing technology was used to train astronauts and save the crew of the Apollo 13 mission , and was updated by telemetry and voice communications. NASA’s original “pairing technology” was an early form of digital twin.

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Uh-Oh! Insights On How P&G Failed And What This Means For You

Supply Chain Shaman

At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. For the purpose of this article, I will use Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as the proxy metric to discuss asset utilization.) Supply chain excellence was largely defined as manufacturing excellence.

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #4

Supply Chain Trend

However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. These leaders all have 20+ years S&OP experience and published books, whitepapers and articles in renowned magazines.

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