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A Manufacturing Day Look Into the Future: Sustainable and Digital

QAD

Manufacturing Day is all about paving the way for the next generation to see themselves in our field and sustain manufacturing into the future. Around the US, companies and schools are collaborating to give students a peek into our exciting world of modern manufacturing. The Next Generation of Manufacturing.

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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

Notice how the water turns from blue to brown in Figure 3 with the lack of demand translation capabilities within the enterprise for manufacturing and logistics. Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007. (I Why do we have 32 days more inventory by company in 2020 than in 2007? Mistake #5.

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Welcome 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

The teams in these seats did not experience the down market in 2007 or the start of the market run in 2009. Digital Manufacturing Success. In the next two years, companies will make the most progress in the area of digital manufacturing. Bear markets drive heightened interest in supply chain management. The teams are new.

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Winning strategies for distributors and manufacturers during an economic downturn

EazyStock

In this article, we will show you some of the most important steps and measures to equip your organization for an economic downturn and create opportunities to flourish even during an economic downturn. The post Winning strategies for distributors and manufacturers during an economic downturn appeared first on.

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Origin of Logistics & Supply Chain Revealed! - SupplyChainOpz

Supply Chain Opz

The purpose of this article is to shed the new light on this topic, who coined the terms, the true meaning of the terms and its relationship with other disciplines. According to Lummas et al 2001 , the word "Logistics" in English appeared in the article as early as in 1898. What do we know about "Logistics" and "Supply Chain" to date?

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Can B2B e-commerce solve supply chain issues?

Cathy Roberson

Manufacturing is gaining steam not only in the US but around the world as businesses return to a COVID-19 type of redefined normalcy. According to IHS Markit, March US purchasing manager’s index (PMI) was the second strongest since data collection began in May 2007. In 2019, it re-acquired HD Supply, a company it sold in 2007.

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Four Strategies What Worked

Supply Chain Shaman

Recently, work has been slower than usual, and I have not been traveling, so I have been writing an article daily. Forbes has a contest, and as a Forbes contributor, I have been competing to up my rankings (thanks for reading my articles). This comment is the genesis of this article. What did work?” He was right.