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Industry Transformation: Advanced Manufacturing and Digitalisation of Supply Chain-Logistics

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The pandemic exposed major supply chain vulnerabilities affecting the Manufacturing, Industrial Logistics , Commercial sectors as well as Food Security challenges. ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND DIGITALISATION OF BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRY. Supply Chain Resilience became an instant Buzz word amongst Policy makers and Industry.

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Using Digital Supply Chain Planning to Respond to Market-Changing Disruptions like COVID-19

ToolsGroup

Gartner research shows that companies that continued to increase earnings while others declined in 2009 and 2010 were those that were able to keep their foot on the gas through the downturn because they had planned responses in advance. The real world rarely follows the rules–the Coronavirus is more evidence of this reality.

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Not Just Another Automotive Industry Transformation

LevaData

By 2009, the automotive sector was drowning in an $80B crisis—all while continuing to suffer from overcapacity and market saturation. One such company that would benefit from this industry impasse was Tesla, which was close to shuttering the operation amid the 2009 auto crisis. Take, for example, the 2008 housing crisis. auto sales.

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Who Should Be In The Winner’s Circle?

Supply Chain Shaman

When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. Only 29% of manufacturers easily manage total cost trade-offs. The research project analyzed 1200 combinations of 180 metrics for four hundred companies for the period of 2010-2012. The reason? Ahold), L’Oréal S.A,

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Weathering the Next Recession

synchrono

The global economic recession that started in 2007/2008 hit the manufacturing sector hard. In February of 2009, The Economist even published a piece called The Collapse of Manufacturing. The auto industry, like many other manufacturing sectors, was awash in excess capacity. Demand-Driven Manufacturing can help.

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Who said supply chains are boring?: By the Numbers: IBM's Supply.

Supply Chains Rock

By the Numbers: IBMs Supply Chain in 2010. IBM just published its annual corporate responsibility summary for 2010 and Ive pulled out the latest highlights referring to Big Blues supply chain: - 27,000 suppliers in nearly 100 countries. billion in 2009. billion in 2009. Manufacturing Central. Subscribe To.

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6 Strategies for Better Supply Chain Management in the Current Economy

Oracle SCM

Original version published in APICS Extra , July 2010. The years from 2007 through 2009 were notable for their economic volatility, reflected not only in the global economic recession but also the instability of customer demand and rapid movement in raw material, fuel, and commodity prices. By Maha Muzumdar.