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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

In our research, we find that 72% of planners primarily depend on Excel and desktop analysis despite the rollout of advanced platforms for planning in 92% of manufacturers with greater than 5B$ in revenue. We started the pandemic with twenty-one more days of inventory than we had in 2007. The question is, “Why?”

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Will Warehouses Eventually Go Dark?

Enterra Insights

Mark Brohan ( @markbrohan ) explains, “As business-to-business and business-to-consumer e-commerce continues to grow, manufacturers, distributors web merchants and others are going to be competing for more modern warehouse space.”[4] Today’s warehouses are 143% larger than they were in 2007.

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Distribution in China takes a detour

Supply Chain Movement

China is not only an attractive market in terms of sourcing and manufacturing but also for the sale of goods due to the rapid growth of its middle class. Companies that have already got a manufacturing base in China are not necessarily at an advantage, as Bugaboo’s story illustrates. Regional DC. Free trade zone.

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Industry 3.X and TPM deciphered

KEPLER Consulting

Cloud manufacturing is the concept that reflects the idea of a smart factory, that is, the collaboration of advanced production models with cloud computing technology to achieve computer-based and service-oriented production. Washington, DC: U.S. Smart manufacturing for the future. In Real-time systems (pp. Springer US.

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The Top Logistics and Supply Chain Journalists & Thought Leaders to Know for 2020

Shipchain

He a sought-after author, having written both best-selling books and timely pieces in Industry Week Manufacturing Network and Supply Chain Management Group. Patrick Burnson is the Executive Editor at Logistics Management and Supply Chain Management Review, a role he’s filled since 2007. Steve Banker. Patrick Burnson. Mitch MacDonald.