GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

Notwithstanding many sound reasons for reshoring , an Information Technology and Innovation Foundation report indicates that U.S. Notwithstanding many sound reasons for reshoring , an Information Technology and Innovation Foundation report indicates that U.S. Manufacturing has gained 700,000 jobs since 2010. manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

While the rest of the world was deep in a recession in 2008, and manufacturers were struggling with payroll decisions and layoffs, Hadoop innovation was in full swing. Let me explain using some supply chain specific examples, but before I do, let me give you a disclaimer. Let me give you an example.

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Requis

JULY 14, 2020

Steeped in the investment world since 2008, Brian decided very early on to focus on supply chain and operations investment. After graduation in 2008 I joined Jeff Citron at KEC Ventures (noted for stock trading platform Island ECN and Vonage; Jeff is also known for Datek Online). That stayed with me.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

The average manufacturing company’s supply chain organization is 15 years old. Each year at Supply Chain Insights , we study the progress of public companies in manufacturing, retail and distribution sectors. The period of 2007-2008 was the great recession. Today, more mature supply chain teams focus on delivering value.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 22, 2016

“You have to see this kid from Davidson,” said my friends who had brought me to a small college gym in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in 2008, as I watched a midseason college basketball game of little importance. These improvements often determine whether a manufacturer is competitive with its rivals across town or across the globe.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

Since the inception of this blog in 2008, Supply Chain Matters has provided perspectives and takeaway thoughts from each annual report. GDP level, and a level not seen since 2008. Our perspectives stem from an outside-in end-to-end business process, management and cost adsorption lens vs. that reflected by logistics industry media.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

In 2014, I co-founded and continue to Chair the Board of ReMAP which is a $25M private/public partnership focused on accelerating the commercialization of Canadian innovations in the advanced and electronics manufacturing space. This was the beginning of what is now known in the industry as JDM or Joint Development and Manufacturing.

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

Did You Know That … Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. Example of the massive decrease in dock workers as a result of containerisation. Significance.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Although, long term, reshoring makes sense for some, at the end of the day, what reshoring does is remind executives at manufacturing companies to look at the long term, then decide what is best for the company. But this respite does not mean that manufacturing jobs are reappearing. labor force was 35 percent smaller than it is today).

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 20, 2013

ADVA Optical Networking, a Meiningen based manufacturer of telecommunication equipment focusing on fiber-optic transmission technology, is the winner of the Supply Chain Management Award 2013. ADVA Optical Networking is being honored for the end-to-end supply chain solution with which it has secured strategic advantages. Segmentation.

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RFgen

AUGUST 29, 2016

One such manufacturer is Dunkirk’s Coca-Cola European Partners bottling plant. A Past of Innovation. Additionally, the plant has dropped energy and water consumption by 27 and 15 percent respectively since 2008. The Panini sticker campaign is only one example of sustainability success at the Dunkirk plant.

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RFgen

AUGUST 29, 2016

One such manufacturer is Dunkirk’s Coca-Cola European Partners bottling plant. A Past of Innovation. Additionally, the plant has dropped energy and water consumption by 27 and 15 percent respectively since 2008. The Panini sticker campaign is only one example of sustainability success at the Dunkirk plant.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2015

We've already listed the top 10 manufacturing articles, the top 10 supply chain articles, and yesterday, the top 10 logistics articles. In order to avoid incidents of mismatch between supply and demand, establish more efficient manufacturing and lower costs, it is necessary to establish an environment of consistent supply chain visibility.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Interest Rates : The Federal Reserve in the United States is expected to raise interest rates this week , the first increase since cutting the rate to near zero following the Great Recession in 2008. As I’ve argued before, software alone is not enough to enable supply chain processes and innovation.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 16, 2020

Process improvement is a common goal cited by companies interested in upgrading their supply chains to evolve with innovative solutions. When the first mobile app marketplace launched in 2008, it only presented 500 offerings within the product categories. The Improvement of Key Processes. Mobile Apps Make Information Portable.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 30, 2015

Editor’s Note: As an older Millennial who landed in Transportation Management & Logistics marketing, our target audience are manufacturers who ship freight. I figured, we pepper in some tips on transportation management, but if we also offer value to manufacturers, they would turn to us as the experts. You see, 1.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 19, 2012

After a dark period of retrenchment caused by the economic downturn of 2008-2009, automotive companies across the globe are now investing to solve some of the most interesting challenges in supply chain management. Most other manufacturing industries have the ability to provide visibility from orders and demand, to parts and supply.

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The sentence comes as a result of the late 2008-2009 salmonella outbreak linked back to PCA plants in Texas and Georgia. The 2008-2009 outbreak was no minor outbreak (and even if it had been, should that matter?). But could have increased supplier oversight prevented the disastrous 2008-2009 outbreak?

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. Example of the massive decrease in dock workers as a result of containerisation. Innovating: The 2000s.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

At the event, James Rice, MIT, spoke on innovation, and his reflections on Clayton Christensen’s 1997 classic business book, the Innovators Dilemma. This is disruptive innovation. The spark from Invention to Innovation is slow. Technology invention is happening, but the translation to innovation is slow.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Let’s take P&G as an example. The company transitioned from an innovator in the 1990s to a late adopter in the last decade. Keith led the work to move P&G from a regional to a global manufacturer opening up the Warsaw center of planning excellence and outsourcing IT to HP. A Case Study. Discontinued in 2011.

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KEPLER Consulting

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

On the front line since 2008, the automotive sector was quickly forced to adapt and work on the flexibility of its model in order to maintain a robust economic performance. manufacturers have decided to go further by progressing on the notion of total cost. Recurring examples. However small lots have a double negative effect.

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Xeeva

MAY 3, 2018

Last week a mix of supply chain professionals were brought together in Boston to learn about digital trends affecting manufacturing and gain insights into why development, digitization, and innovation are important. He also discussed what AI is and how it’s impacting manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, and other industries.

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EcoVadis

APRIL 17, 2015

For example, in a 2008 Wall Street Journal article, Dell Inc was slammed for miscommunicating the impact of its carbon neutrality program for which it did not include Scope 3 emissions (up to 10 times Dell’s Scope 1 & 2 combined). These increases can be expected to match the value of the newly priced carbon externality.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Over the years, various methodologies have emerged to address this need, including lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and the integration of both known as Lean Six Sigma (LSS). 2007) According to Abramowich (2008) leading Six Sigma companies no longer just talk about quality or cost reduction. – Comparatively simple deployment tools.

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Supply Chains Rock

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Wednesday, October 01, 2008. They are an innovative producer of high quality sweeteners, breath mints and semi-pharmaceutical products, has begun working with arviem to improve its global supply chain visibility for trade lanes between China and Europe. For example at the pallet level for high value goods. Subscribe To.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 8, 2014

Industrial Manufacturing. There are pre-packaged software applications which help companies in analyzing their data and give them meaningful insight into their data - examples are customers demand trends, financial analysis, sales optimization etc. Automotive. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 9, 2014

percent, the lowest since September 2008. Just as significant as the headline figures, Mr. Maki said, is that June’s hiring was broad-based, as industries as varied as health care, manufacturing, financial services and retailing all added workers. The only way to solve the driver shortage problem is through innovation.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 20, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Gopi Krishnan - As regards operator driven maintenance, I see examples of the self-service concept here. The Facebook parallel is a great example of lateral thinking - of applying concepts learnt in one place to a totally different context. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Research has proved that the use of social media can vastly improve the sales, lower costs of procurement and bring about innovation in the supply chain. For example, an internal social media application can help the purchasing team collaborate more effectively with the payables team. December 2008.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 3, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. In this blog, with the example of Asset Management for personal health, they emphasize on identifying avenues for adding more Asset definitions to the EAM purview. An excellent article, really on the cutting edge of EAM scope innovation. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008.

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 30, 2017

Not soon afterward, independent research companies like Vision Chain/Orchestro (now e2Open), R3, Retail Velocity and Retail Solutions, Inc (RSi) began acquiring direct POS data from hundreds of retailers and reselling the data to the consumer products manufacturers. These are aptly named Demand Signal Repositories or “DSR’s.”

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Requis

JULY 24, 2020

He agrees that 10 years ago, it would have been difficult to do things that we see innovators doing now, because technologies weren’t as advanced. “If Therefore, any innovations that can help you get around these costs will be really, really big.”. Aoaeh finds Floyd’s scepticism understandable. Emerging trends. “If

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 9, 2021

And because of that, when we- and we do predictions, we’ve done this since our inception in 2008 and we’ve had a traditional format for how we do our predictions. Mary Vasile: So let’s delve into manufacturing a little bit more. Let me give you a couple of examples. Bob Ferrari: Good question.

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Kinaxis

MAY 24, 2018

Fostering innovation through employee engagement. Ana Dzura of Unilever talked about how her organization established a “Digifund” to drive innovation at the grassroots level. Global thinker, columnist, @CNN host @FareedZakaria speaking on #innovation at #GartnerSCC pic.twitter.com/gtpxbRjRpb. Kinaxis (@Kinaxis) May 15, 2018.

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Arena Solutions

MAY 5, 2022

Jeff has extensive experience working with innovative companies in personal health and fitness and clean energy to help them deliver their solutions to market. As the founder of the Product Realization Group, Mike helps guide the world’s most innovative companies to accelerate delivery of their products, from concept to full market scale.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Industrial Manufacturing. Few such examples are: Google is inviting its employees in the Santa Monica area to try out its Google Shopping Express service for same day delivery pilots. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. Automotive. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods.

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