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Seeing Beyond the Firewall

Supply Chain Shaman

The company is a B2B Supply Chain Operating Network supporting the automotive and aerospace industries. The majority of manufacturing and retail companies want better performing supply chains. As shown in Table 2, the contract manufacturing industry is a weak model, and a risk for the hi-tech value chain. There are many reasons.

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Top Myths Around Demand Sensing

E2open

Companies with manufacturing schedules of 2-3 weeks often wonder, “Why bother forecasting anything within the frozen period, let alone daily since I can’t use it?” As you have no doubt surmised, we are passionate about demand sensing at E2open – we invented it in 2004 and have been innovating ever since. Aerospace & Defense.

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Navy Awards Two Shipbuilding Contracts for New Submarines

Operations and Supply Chain Management

in the first quarter trailing only the 19% at its Gulfstream Aerospace corporate-jet business that drove a 3% rise in quarterly profit and higher full-year guidance. Its marine division has the highest margins of its three military units, with a rise to 10.4%

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What is a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)?

QAD

The variability of modern manufacturing, the complexity of manufacturing processes, and the pressure to drive productivity and profitability typically require most manufacturers to invest at some level in the automation of manufacturing execution. What is a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)? Labor management.