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Boeing’s Production Quality Crisis Significantly Escalates

Supply Chain Matters

That was up from a reported 10 percent in 2013. They damage the image of the entire aerospace industry.” Spirit AeroSystems Talks The latest reports relative to the acknowledgement that Boeing has initiated talks to acquire major supplier Spirit AeroSystems are pointing to the implication to rival Airbus.

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Five Technology Patents that Changed the Supply Chain

Freightos

in 2013, rising costs are pushing for more efficiency, whether by cutting operating costs with improved technology. By 2013, over 33.7 Anticipatory Package Shipping , 2013. Technology is changing. Beyond expanding trade, which grew at 2.1% Supply chains are changing. And we don’t expect that to change anytime soon.

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Supply Chain Management:Infosys Team at IBM Pulse 2013

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Aerospace and Defense. « Dynamic Pricing : Is it really worthy | Main | Linear Asset Management and Dynamic Segmentation- Part I » Infosys Team at IBM Pulse 2013. I am back again in Vegas for IBM Pulse 2013. Posted by Praveen Kumar Agrawal on March 11, 2013 2:26 PM | Permalink. December 2013.

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Boeing and Airbus Have Sky-High Expectations for Supply Chain

RFgen

In fact, Dan Crowley, the chief executive at Triumph, an aerospace equipment group, recently assured these two major Triumph customers that production plans will continue in full swing. That’s up 45 percent from 2013’s output of 1,266 aircraft. Their expectations are unarguably high. Rising to the Challenge.

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Boeing and Airbus Have Sky-High Expectations for Supply Chain

RFgen

In fact, Dan Crowley, the chief executive at Triumph, an aerospace equipment group, recently assured these two major Triumph customers that production plans will continue in full swing. That’s up 45 percent from 2013’s output of 1,266 aircraft. Their expectations are unarguably high. Rising to the Challenge.

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Beyond Asset Tracking: RFID For An Accelerated Supply Chain

The Logistics of Logistics

The new Hazira Container Terminal at Adani Port, in Gujarat, India, reported that in the six months since opening in January 2013, it achieved approximately 50% greater cargo-management efficiency than other terminals of the same size: attributed to its new RFID system.

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Two Important Questions About the Future of Freight Moves

Talking Logistics

Meanwhile, the 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Report Card for America’s Infrastructure gives roads a D grade — with other transportation infrastructure not doing much better (bridges earned a C+, ports a C, inland waterways a D-, and rail a C+). The article goes on: Last March, the U.S.

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