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How 2011 Prepared Us for Today

ivalua

The Japanese Earthquake of 2011 and resulting tsunami are not exactly top of mind these days. On Friday March 11, 2011, at about 2:45PM local time, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan struck. You may remember the death and destruction from 2011 and draw a connection to the toll of the current coronavirus pandemic.

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Optimize Your Enterprise with QAD’s Industrial Transformation Platform

QAD

A Strategic Response to Labor Shortages, Productivity Challenges and Change in Manufacturing and Supply Chains In the face of an accelerating pace of change, escalating workforce shortages and a productivity plateau in the manufacturing sector, QAD is delivering the Industrial Transformation Platform to overcome these industry-wide challenges.

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Optimising Supply Chain Management in Industry 4.0

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Optimising Supply Chain Management in Industry 4.0. Supply Chain management has undergone transformation since industry 4.0 began in 2011. Not all businesses were on board with implementation of smart technologies in supply chain processes, as some businesses found it challenging to embrace Industry 4.0

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Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0: Differences and Changes for Manufacturers

OptiProERP

We live in an era where it is hard to imagine the manufacturing industry without robots, sensors, and computer-enabled software systems. But, before discussing the fifth industrial revolution, let’s brush up on the fourth industrial revolution or Industry 4.0. Powered by the Industrial Internet of Things, Industry 4.0

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SCM Best Paper Award Winners 2011

SCM Research

is the 2011 Bernard J. trucking industry by Randall et al., trucking industry by Randall et al., The Journal of Business Logistics has just announced that the paper Exploring a governance theory of supply chain management: Barriers and facilitators to integration by Richey et al. Value propositions of the U.S. respecitvely.

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A Look Back at the Automotive Industry in 2022

Resilinc

automotive industry was battered in 2022, with its sales dropping about 8% from 2021 to 13.7 million vehicles, a sales total not seen since 2011. In this blog, we’ll take a look at the supply chain trends that shaped the automotive industry in 2022. What will the Automotive Industry look like in 2023? sales up by 2.5%

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Industry 4.0 is Here. Where are You?

Enterra Insights

Such is the case with latest industrial revolution. Another less dramatic but equally important change is also taking place in the midst of it all: the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Another less dramatic but equally important change is also taking place in the midst of it all: the Fourth Industrial Revolution.