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How Can You Improve Value in Your Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

For example, if I improve the cost structure in transportation, procurement, manufacturing and sales independently, what decision support framework decides the right trade-offs? The data outcome is open source and can be used to improve project outcomes. You are right. Before we get started, let’s agree. This work was expensive.

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Highlights of Kinaxis 2025 Customer Conference

Supply Chain Matters

It essentially includes the launch of Kinaxis Planning One for Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise, CloudSuite Automotive, and CloudSuite Aerospace and Defense, which integrates Infors planning offerings for discrete manufacturers with the advanced supply chain orchestration solutions from Kinaxis.

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10 Catastrophic Man-Made Supply Chain Disasters!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Rana Plaza Factory Collapse (2013) The collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh resulted in the loss of over 1,100 lives. And it exposed the lack of care or concern of companies and their sourcing organizations for the working conditions of their suppliers and their employees.

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Implementation Phases of DSCA Again Extended

Supply Chain Matters

This legislation originally passed in 2013 called for a 10-year window for phased testing and implementation of overall legislation capabilities. Under this new revised plan, the exemption for drug manufacturers and repackagers extends to 27 May 2025.

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Why the Supply Chain Matters to Business Success

Logistics Bureau

The same applies to certain products in your range, some of which will inevitably incur more costs than others in the process of manufacturing or buying, storage, and delivery to customers. By understanding which of your customers are unprofitable, or yield minimal profits, you can take steps to reduce the cost of serving them.

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Apple to Add U.S. Manufacturing Investment Amid Tariff Threat

Supply Chain Matters

based suppliers, advanced manufacturing capabilities and other moves. The announcement further included a termed manufacturing academy supplier to be located in Detroit , Michigan , along with additional spending with the companys existing U.S. related investments over the next four years. based facility. based suppliers.

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Trump Hits Mexico With 17% Tariff on Tomatoes

Supply Chain Brain

The deal was reworked to raise the price floor in both 2002 and 2008, before a new agreement that separated pricing categories for different types of tomatoes was signed in 2013. border entries for bulk tomatoes.

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