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A Story of Throwing the Baby Out With The Bathwater in Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2004, I worked with a Midwest North American meatpacker to help define its supply chain strategy. In 2004, I worked with the client to help define specifications and shortlist potential solutions. The manufacturer pays maintenance for the planning software but stops contact with Company A. What do I mean? Avoid Custom Code.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 16-20, 2016)

Talking Logistics

UPS To Launch On-Demand 3D Printing Manufacturing Network. Back in May 2004, I wrote a post titled, “What If UPS Acquires Manhattan Associates?” Testing the technology is currently underway on highways with our research fleet, and we recently completed an autonomous demo of the technology on a public highway. highway system.

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Systems for a More Efficient Yard Management Process

PINC

There are over 100,000 warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturing plants in the U.S. Improving the Yard Management Process Since 2004. Contact PINC for a Yard Management Demo. Schedule a demo to see optimizations to your yard management process in action. PINC Guarantees.

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Top 2016 Supply Chain Strategy Posts from the Supply Chain Link Blog

Arkieva

If you are a retailer, manufacturer, or distributor, the day-to-day moves in the Dow neither drive nor necessarily reflect the day-to-day operations of your business. View the full post or view the snippet below: I came into the field of supply chain management in 2004. In the same way, we can expect that Big Data and Manufacturing 3.0

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #5

Supply Chain Trend

Mr. Kirkegaard holds a BS in manufacturing / industrial engineering and a Masters Degree in Finance. solutions have been key to assisting dozens of business’s as well as utilized in philanthropic work using supply chain engineering and advanced manufacturing to enhance economic development and USA job creation. The DCRA Inc.

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3 Key Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization Challenges and How to Overcome Them

Arkieva

Making inventory optimization, arguably one of the most difficult tasks for any manufacturing business. An Aberdeen report from 2004 shows that only 13% of companies have adopted a multi-echelon approach. Request a Demo of The Arkieva Supply Chain Software Suite. in multi-echelon inventory optimization.

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Are You Active in the Digital Transformation Drinking Game?

Supply Chain Shaman

3-D Printing: localization of manufacturing through the sharing of digital images using additive manufacturing. SAP R/3 released in 1992 and SAP Netweaver in 2004. I think that there is a reason that American productivity in the third industrial evolution stalled in 2004. The second elephant in the room is migration.