GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

As we close the year of 2015, we want to take a look at some manufacturing trends for 2016. We look at 6 core areas that manufacturing companies will take a long look at as they gear up for a successful 2016. E-Commerce for Manufacturing. Manufacturers will seek custom (or specifically tailored) e-commerce solutions.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 17, 2016

This year looks like it's going to be one of the most innovative years for manufacturing technology. Purchasing and supply executives predict that the global manufacturing industry will continue to expand. and Chinese manufacturers. 4 Technologies Changing Global Manufacturing, As Told in 4 Infographics. manufacturers.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 30, 2021

Here we examine manufacturing downtime in detail, including what it is, what causes it, and what it can cost your business. Because even small manufacturing firms with limited capital can reduce the risk of suffering unexpected outages through measures like preventive maintenance, staff training and the use of smart manufacturing software.

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MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 11, 2014

Crossroads 2014. MIT’s Professor Suzanne Berger believes that US manufacturers need more support. The US can be a lonely place for manufacturers, believes MIT Professor Suzanne Berger. She explained the project’s findings at MIT CTL’s Crossroads 2014 conference, on the MIT campus, March 25 2014.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 1, 2016

We will feature our 5 main categories all week: Logistics , Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Transportation , and Freight. In modern manufacturing and transportation, savings are everything. The shipping industry saw growth and expansion in 2014 when compared to the state of the industry since 2008.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 24, 2015

JDA “Writes the Book” on Supply Chain. billion in 2014 and sales are expected to reach $6.23 AWS revenues grew 49 percent in Q1 2015 compared to Q1 2014, while the rest of its North America business grew 22 percent. What is the shelf life of a supply chain management book? billion by the end of this year.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Manufacturers are Now Selling Directly to Consumers. Retailers can no longer have their heads in the sand, but neither can consumer products manufacturers. Note that apparel manufacturing is growing and apparel retail is declining. Manufacturers that want to have eCommerce capabilities are scrambling to catch-up.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

It was funded by 50 large consumer products manufacturing companies (CPG). In the dawn of e-commerce, conservative manufacturers, anteed up $240 million in four months. the company is owned today by 20 organizations representing manufacturers, distributors, hospitals and group purchasing organizations (GPOs).

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting. The adoption of Terra’s products were brisk until 2011, but during 2012-2014 sales softened, resulting in employee layoffs and downsizing. In the last decade E2open did not integrate acquisitions well.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

” Hau Lee, October 2014. We consistently see that companies focused on functional excellence–a focus within a functional silo like manufacturing, transportation or distribution– or singular metrics– like inventory or costs– underperform against their peer groups. Harvard Business Review. What did we find?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

The report analyzes supply chain performance and improvement by the Consumer Products Leaders in the period of 2006-2014. 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.

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ivalua

MARCH 17, 2021

To reduce inefficiencies and fraud, grant activities are governed by several regulations including these two relatively recently enacted laws: The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA Act) – This law expands on federal awards reporting reforms that began with the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Now, moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon won a patent for an on-demand clothing manufacturing warehouse (Recode). Cyber Insurance Becomes a Must for More Manufacturers (WSJ – sub. Well, it seems like a growing number of manufacturers are responding to this threat by buying cyber insurance.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

economic output into 2014. Analysts point to the steep decline in orders for new transportation equipment as evidence that manufacturers are seeing weakness. In reality, it may not be softening demand at the root of manufacturers’ slowdown in the bookings for new trucks, trailers and other equipment.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 11, 2014

But how does it impact industrial manufacturing? To get some Expert Insights on this topic, Supply Chain Nation spoke with Simon Ellis, practice director, supply chain strategies, for IDC Manufacturing Insights. We will continue here with what manufacturers should do about this. Ellis : I think it is a couple of things.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 1, 2016

Here are some details from the press release: Today, over 210 global brands from multinational manufacturers including Newell Brands, Del Monte, and General Mills, and their omni-channel retail partners rely on Orchestro’s analytics to improve on-shelf availability, promotional effectiveness, new product introductions, and forecast accuracy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Tomorrow, I get to deliver this message to a large manufacturing client. In addition, I am now done with the page proofs for my new book, Metrics that Matter. The book is a story. The book publishes in December 2014. Most know very little about the true definition of demand driven.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This work started in 2014 when the Colgate team challenged me for giving so much admiration for the P&G team in my first book, Bricks Matter. We started charting public performance on Orbit charts studying the relationships between metrics and having conversations with manufacturing and retail teams about their results.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. Mr. Gladwell cites Malcolm McLean in the book " David and Goliath.". Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. In 2014, the shipping ports of America received $1.73

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

I was attending the Zycus Horizons 2014 conference at Amelia Island today, listening to speakers. If you haven’t seen the movie or read the book, it is a great story in leadership. Another one that is predominant in manufacturing is corporate responsibility, around conflict minerals and human rights.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I can now transfer funds in hours, but the average Days of Payables for a manufacturer has increased 30 days over the last decade. (It As I work with clients on their 2014 agendas, many espouse a customer-centric supply chain, but they are hesitant to build listening capabilities. Companies Say Customer First, But Can They Listen?

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

We developed the Supply Chain Index in 2014 as a way to measure supply chain improvement at a balance sheet level. The supply chain has two buffers: inventory and manufacturing excess capacity. With the redesign of the global multi-national manufacturing company, the design of buffers has increased in importance.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

In 2014, SAP posted revenues of 19.5B$ and Oracle with 38.3B$. Based on reporting from the Wall Street Journal, the company hired Morgan Stanley to shop the company and package it for sale in 2014 with an expected evaluation of 800M$. There is seldom one technology used within a manufacturing company to connect B2b value networks.)

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MIT Supply Chain

JULY 17, 2014

The 2014 FIFA World Cup is finally over. For example, Dell Corporation was the leading personal computer manufacturer in the world, earning accolades for its vaunted manufacturing postponement strategy. The winners of the 2014 World Cup, Germany, had already learned lessons like these before they got to Brazil.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

While on most days it is hard to book at this hotel since demand is higher than supply of rooms, during this period, the room occupancy was so low, that they shut down the restaurants. While the macroeconomic signals trigger market downturns, to meet Wall Street expectations, manufacturers usually push products into the market.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

SanDisk Corporation designs, develops and manufactures flash memory storage devices and software. The company is the third-largest manufacturer of flash memory in the world. Orbit Chart for SanDisk for 2006-2014. SanDisk’s Journey to Build a Supply Chain Customer Segmentation Strategy.

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Freightos

APRIL 16, 2015

of total tech investments in 2012 to 1.37% in the first half of 2014. 3D Printing : Almost 20% of manufacturers are already using 3D printing in their business to some extent. Manufacturing Geek , @CamstarSystems ]. We know how you feel. Logistics startups are popping up everywhere. SC Digest , @scdigest ].

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2015

Using quantitative surveys, we collected the data in Figure 1 in 2014. The research is a study of large manufacturers. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. Background. Five Lessons to Learn.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Editor's Note: This is a republish of an infographic from Sanderson IT , a supplier of software solutions to multi-channel retail and manufacturing businesses. Since our manufacturing shipper customers like to receive content that is helpful for them, we thought this was a great infographic to share. Optimise efficiency.

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. More types of goods are traded economically, and much manufacturing is transferring to developing economies. Two books on McLean are published in 2006, marking the 50th anniversary of the first commercial intermodal container service. It then overtakes the US in 2014.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

If L’Oreal had performed above the industry sub-segment for inventory turns, they would have made the list for the Supply Chains to Admire for 2014. I am currently collecting case studies in supply chain leadership for my next book Supply Chain Leadership Matters to publish in 2016. Table 1: Supply Chain Results Beauty Category.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

As a result, companies like AstraZenca, BASF, Colgate, Reckitt Benckiser, Seagate, and Taiwan Semiconductor outperformed their peer group in the period of 2006-2014, but sustained improvement becomes more and more difficult. Or did the machine fail in the digital manufacturing process? Digital Manufacturing. 4) e-commerce.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

It is for this reason, that I discount the reporting by APQC, Institute of Business Forecasting (IBF) and Grocery Manufacturing Association (GMA) benchmarking data. Supply is better understood by the traditional manufacturing organization, and the results are more contingent on the technology selection. The reason is simple.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 20, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Main | TOC for Electric Utility industry.Part 1 » Face book, Twitter and Asset Management. January 2014. Copyright © 2014 Infosys Limited. Automotive. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure. Logistics and Distribution.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 19, 2016

In 2013 Nokia took full ownership of Nokia Siemens Networks, buying the other half of the venture from Siemens, and 2014 sold its handset business to Microsoft. As senior vice president operations, I am the business owner of all operations from demand planning to execution, procurement to manufacturing. What is your responsibility? “As

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2016

From “5 New Year’s Resolutions for Supply Chain & Logistics Executives” originally published on January 14, 2014: 1. The good news is that leading practices in supply chain risk management are well documented in various books and publications , and new software applications are emerging to help companies manage this process.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

increase over 2011, according to Capgemini’s 2014 18th Annual Third Party Logistics Study. The supply chain effectively delivers goods to a customer, allowing that customer, whether a manufacturer, retailer or distributor to book sales and deliver economic value to their shareholders. Global 3PL revenues grew to $676.9

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