GlobalTranz

MAY 3, 2017

The Industrial Internet of Things ( IIoT ) has been a major topic among manufacturers and third-party logistics providers ( 3PLs ) for several years. However, the IIoT is beginning to encroach on all aspect of manufacturing and supply chain management for its wide-ranging deployment and application to improving processes. In the U.S.,

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Nulogy & GENCO Announce Production Command Center for Manufacturing & Packaging Suppliers. Reports 2014 Third-quarter Results. UPS Ready for 2014 Peak Season, Forecasting Record Holiday Deliveries. The post This Week in Logistics News (October 27-31, 2014) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

And in the intervening years — as we’ve leveraged real-time data, ML and AI to help countless companies answer the “where’s my truck” question — I’ve continued to underscore that visibility is a foundational technology. Moving data between systems was complex and laborious. In other words, visibility is an enabler. Lesson learned.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 8, 2016

We conclude this two part series about manufacturing operations excellence by consultant Chuck Intrieri, by outlaying why manufacturers should focus on a critical component that will help sustain manufacturing operations excellence for years to come. What is Driving Sustainable Manufacturing Operations Excellence?

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 27, 2014

So it gives me great pleasure to say, that with the next pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, the NBA selects Isaiah Austin from Baylor University.”. April 2014 North American Freight Numbers. The ability to integrate benchmark data with transportation management systems, both for planning and execution as well as modelling, is a growing trend.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

In KPMG’s 2014 Global Manufacturing Outlook report, Jeff Dobbs, KPMG’s Global Sector Chair for Industrial Manufacturing, wrote, “The challenges of … Continued The post Manufacturing is Still Critical for a Healthy Economy appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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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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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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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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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Date: 26-27 November 2014. Integrated Supply Chain – UK & Ireland. Venue: Park Plaza Victoria London, UK. Organisation: Integrated Supply Chain. URL: [link]. Localised, Personalised, Automated – Innovative Supply Chain Technologies, Innovative Supply Chain Thinking.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 12, 2015

This is the first post in a two part series on the “Changing Face of Manufacturing.” ” We have many manufacturing shipper customers, and we love to create content of value for them on such subjects as best practices in logistics or trends around the supply chain. Drop in the price of crude oil.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

As 2013 comes to a close, here are some of my thoughts regarding the supply chain trends we are likely to see emerge in 2014. This will also involve negotiating with government agencies to negotiate data streams that will meet their requirements. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The inaugural post appeared on March 4, 2014, and was about the rising status of the supply chain profession. Some events and trends driving the supply chain’s standing back in 2014 remain just as influential in 2023. Decisive phase But some of the 2014 challenges we still witness today have become more urgent.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. The solution was too black box.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

According to McKinsey, an auto manufacturer, on average, has around 250 tier-one suppliers – and 18,000 across the full value chain. Aerospace manufacturers have an average of 200 tier-one suppliers and 12,000 across all tiers. And so we have to keep pushing on several fronts: Filling the various “data gaps” around the world.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 18, 2014

The “new” HighJump Software (after its announced merger with Accellos last week) didn’t waste any time making another move, this time acquiring Atlas Products International, “a United Kingdom-based provider of SaaS-based business-to-business (B2B) EDI integration, secure data transfer, and e-invoicing solutions.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2022

It started in manufacturing and spread, step by step, to improvements in the way the company runs its supply chain. This manufacturer already has business continuity plans in place. They built them between 2012 and 2014, and then enhanced them when better supply chain risk management solutions became available. It takes time.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 28, 2014

JDA FOCUS 2014 kicked off today in earnest from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas with JDA CEO Hamish Brewer’s General Session Keynote highlighting the day’s activities. Make sure you drop by Supply Chain Nation tomorrow for another daily recap of JDA FOCUS 2014! This is one Grand Party attendees will not want to miss.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 11, 2020

Serving more than 130 countries, 40 industries and 17,000 customer distributors/dealers, SKF’s vast supply chain includes 94 manufacturing plants in 24 countries worldwide. By 2014 there were some 800,000 item-locations in its core bearing business, in some 40 installations of five+ different ERP systems around the world.

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IQMS

JULY 11, 2019

Improving semiconductor manufacturing yields up to 30%, reducing scrap rates, and optimizing fab operations is achievable with machine learning. Manufacturers care most about finding new ways to grow, excel at product quality while still being able to take on short lead-time production runs from customers.

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Tompkins Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

The transportation industry can expect to see these new issues emerge throughout 2014: Shift from diesel to natural gas. There are also several trends that will continue from last year, including right-shoring, dedicated fleet expansion, intermodal growth, big data, and the migration from distribution networks to fulfillment.

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RFgen

MAY 5, 2017

Production and employment is on the rise among manufacturers, new numbers show. And whether their new work home is in the factory or the warehouse, the manufacturing industry in particular is riding high, with both production and employment on the rise. Manufacturers Working More Hours. In the U.S. Department of Labor.

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RFgen

MAY 5, 2017

Production and employment is on the rise among manufacturers, new numbers show. And whether their new work home is in the factory or the warehouse, the manufacturing industry in particular is riding high, with both production and employment on the rise. Manufacturers Working More Hours. In the U.S. Department of Labor.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 13, 2015

Last year around this time I made a lot of predictions about what 2014 would hold in store…Let’s revisit some of these, and see what has happened (or what hasn’t!) Here are my predictions from 2014, and an update on what I think will happen in these areas. This is the biggest problem I see on the horizon.

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 22, 2015

In The Netherlands, cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris is closing its factory in Bergen op Zoom and AkzoNobel has decided to phase out its production of organic peroxides in Deventer by the end of 2016. In Belgium, the Ford factory in Genk will soon close for good, as will the Heinz manufacturing facility in Turnhout.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 25, 2022

Retailers expect to be connected to manufacturers. Manufacturers expect to be connected to suppliers. Manufacturing and transportation and logistics companies have been pioneers of today’s IoRT revolution, leading the way to connect and automate industry operations.” Likewise, the cost of data transfer dropped from $0.47

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 23, 2014

In 2014, ecommerce strategies grew in importance. At that time, manufacturers talked about customer-centric supply chains, but were afraid to aggressively adopt ecommerce strategies. Manufacturers, today, are aggressively pursuing e-commerce strategies. Problems continue, but 2014 was the year of experimentation.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 20, 2015

Approximately 60 percent of today's unfilled manufacturing jobs are due to a shortage of applicants with sufficient proficiency in science, technology, engineering, and math ( STEM ) skills. IMPO Executive Editor, Anna Wells provides insights into the complicated issue in her article “Why The Manufacturing Skills Gap Is Serious”.

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Tompkins Blog

JUNE 19, 2014

June 19, 2014 — Supply chain leaders will convene in the country music capital of the world this August for the 10 th annual Tompkins Supply Chain Leadership Forum. The post Nashville to Host 2014 Tompkins Supply Chain Leadership Forum appeared first on Tompkins International. RALEIGH, NC, and NASHVILLE, TN. Twitter: @jimtompkins.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Manufacturers use data collection devices to tell real pharmaceutical products from fakes. CNN shared the conclusions of a 2014 U.S. Medical manufactures that create products meeting consistent standards of quality can get lost in the available options. The Threat of Fake Drugs. Global Supply Chain.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Manufacturers use data collection devices to tell real pharmaceutical products from fakes. CNN shared the conclusions of a 2014 U.S. Medical manufactures that create products meeting consistent standards of quality can get lost in the available options. The Threat of Fake Drugs. Global Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Globally ten percent of jobs are in manufacturing, while 37% are associated with supply chain management. They are impatient that they know more about pizza’s status for lunch before their zoom meeting than the inbound shipment status for their critical manufacturing run. Reflection. The supply chain career is new. Palantir IPO.

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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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QAD

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Many medical device manufacturers are looking more closely at how they can make their operations less vulnerable to disruption. There may be opportunities your medical device manufacturing operation can leverage – in labor, materials, manufacturing and the supply chain – to make your infrastructure more resilient in the face of change.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2021

Enterprise resilience–the ability to have consistent balance sheet returns despite market volatility– decreased starting in 2014. Less than 50% of the required data for supply chain planning comes from ERP. Another misconception is that enterprise resiliency only started to decline in 2020 with the pandemic.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 10, 2014

The proceedings of the 2014 Workshop on Human Centered Big Data Research was recently posted. It was also clear that the field of Big Data is expanding rapidly, and that intelligence agencies are including many different approaches to collecting data from multiple sources to drive insights. Analytics'

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Supply Chain Insights

OCTOBER 7, 2013

While the top three elements of the strategy—big data, demand sensing, and improved supply chain visualization did not change—the group left believing that digital manufacturing, corporate social responsibility and the impact of the collaborative economy could have a greater impact on their supply chain than before they came to the conference.

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