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ToolsGroup Names David Barton General Manager of North America

ToolsGroup

BOSTON (May 13, 2019) – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, announced today that David Barton has joined ToolsGroup as the new general manager of North America. Barton succeeds Patrick Smith, who served as managing director for North America from 2011 to February 2019. About ToolsGroup.

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What Caused the Baby Formula Shortage + 7 Ways Consumers and Companies are Coping

ToolsGroup

This made it incredibly difficult for manufacturers to accurately gauge the market size for production. There are Five Symptoms of Outdated Forecasting and Inventory Planning Software: Have you diagnosed your problem– and solution–to improved demand planning? A Limited Number of Formula Manufacturers.

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Hollywood’s Top 10 Supply Chain Disaster Movies

Resilinc

Contagion (2011) Despite being released nine years earlier, the synopsis for this movie sounds eerily similar to the COVID-19 pandemic—which is probably why this film has recently garnered attention. Extreme weather like this would damage manufacturing and transportation infrastructure in the U.S. and key regions worldwide.

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RFgen Recognized as a Top Software and Technology Provider by Food Logistics Magazine

RFgen

We’d like to share a few stories from some of these customers who helped us make this list, like organic energy bar manufacturer Clif Bar & Company who digitally transformed their warehouses with RFgen. Learn More: How Clif Bar achieved 100% traceability and inventory visibility ». Total Inventory Optimization in the Warehouse.

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RFgen Recognized as a Top Software and Technology Provider by Food Logistics Magazine

RFgen

We’d like to share a few stories from some of these customers who helped us make this list, like organic energy bar manufacturer Clif Bar & Company who digitally transformed their warehouses with RFgen. Learn More: How Clif Bar achieved 100% traceability and inventory visibility ». Total Inventory Optimization in the Warehouse.

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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

In the selection of time frames to analyze, we look at the long-term view including the recessionary period of 2006-2009, the post recessionary period of 2009-2014 and the more recent time period of 2011-2014. With a strong manufacturing culture, much of the focus was on lean production systems. It is seldom a step change. It is clear.

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Lean Transportation: Are you Using Lean Thinking for Transportation Management? If not, Why?

GlobalTranz

The need to transport parts also drives inventory up, creates a need for space to store those parts, and uses energy for more forklift time and warehouse heating. Rather, going beyond customer expectations needs to be fully understood, and transportation strategies then developed to meet those expectations with optimal inventory levels.