Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In our research, we find that 72% of planners primarily depend on Excel and desktop analysis despite the rollout of advanced platforms for planning in 92% of manufacturers with greater than 5B$ in revenue. As such, they serve the business leaders as a system of record for planning information, but they do not serve the core user very well.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. In my own defense, things kind of took off after 2014. We define the market as those warehouse automation providers responsible for delivery of the system to the end-user (to eliminate double-counting). billion in 2019.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 18, 2024

Record High Drug Shortages Business and general media have cited data from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists ( ASHP ) that indicates 323 critical drugs were in shortage during the first quarter of this year. The result is noted as supply being sourced at lowest cost producers, usually outside the U.S.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 8, 2018

For nearly a decade, pundits have been touting the transformative effects of additive manufacturing (aka 3D printing). ”[1] Most analysts include additive manufacturing in their list of technologies that collectively are fostering the next industrial revolution, which is often referred to as Industry 4.0. ”[5]. Challenges.

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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. The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. The method is not systemic and the data scientists lack an understanding of supply chain management. Reflection. The reason?

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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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GlobalTranz

JULY 24, 2015

Supply chain management in manufacturing is by no means a simple process, but the United States is learning from past mistakes and they're poised to start playing a little catch-up in the manufacturing world due to their expertise. Government Weighs In on Supply Chain Management in Manufacturing. The Numbers Are In.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Successfully rolling out a supply chain management system can be an extraordinarily complex and stressful project – not to mention expensive. In this guide to implementing supply chain management systems: What is a supply chain management system? Why implement a supply chain management system?

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IQMS

MAY 1, 2018

Bottom Line: Manufacturers are reaching a new level of results in 2018 because they have clearer, more actionable insights based on real-time manufacturing and quality metrics than ever before. Quality Metrics Enable Customer-Driven Manufacturing Networks. What Success Looks Like In A Customer-Driven Manufacturer.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In their world view, the future would be the coalescence of robotics, learning systems, and voice automation. Their expressed a worldview of digital printing, collaborative economy and automated systems has major ramifications for the supply chain. Manufacturing is core to the middle class and a healthy economy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The surging Delta virus, devastating floods in China and Germany and cyber attacks on South African ports are amongst the latest in a series of events that continue to send shock waves throughout the system. The impact? Real-time visibility into “static goods” — wherever they may be — is the foundation for managing through volatility.

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ivalua

JANUARY 29, 2021

Frédéric Lino EVP Purchasing and Supply Chain. He also holds an Executive Master in International Purchasing Management from ESSEC Business School (2012). He was then promoted to Purchasing Executive Manager at Renault-Nissan, where he will be in charge of seat and raw material amenities with the management of 25 buyers.

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 29, 2014

Mindmap for medtech supply chains 2014. At the same time, new sales markets are emerging for manufacturers of medical devices, and innovative technologies such as 3D printing are making a breakthrough. Manufacturers of medical technology (‘medtech’) must choose a clear strategy: Plan. I accept the Terms & Conditions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2022

They source from approximately 15,000 suppliers with a sourcing spend of over €7 billion. 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. But even multi-sourcing is not enough.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list. This complexity is occurring in many forms.

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ivalua

MARCH 17, 2021

Inefficient, often disparate systems, as well as duplicative processes add to that complexity. Replacing inefficient legacy systems and manual processes with technology capable of automating the entirety of the grants process has become the goal. The Procurement Link. 15 billion for small businesses in low-income communities.

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ivalua

APRIL 20, 2023

Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , and its partner Axys Consultants today announced that Hutchinson has selected Ivalua’s eProcurement software to expand the scope of its currently implemented solution and meet its evolving procurement requirements. In 2022, it generated a revenue of €4.400 billion. Learn more at www.ivalua.com.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Manufacturers of medical devices are the first ones to get the blame when a patient complains of suffering injury or harm from using a medical device. But today’s manufacturers outsource most of the inputs and parts of their final manufactured medical devices and products. The UDI is a system mandated by the U.S.

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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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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

Just as manufacturers and distributors were starting to climb out of the ‘COVID hole’, they’ve been knocked back in. Unpacking expected disruptions across the supply chain for manufacturers and distributors. Already, oil prices have reached their highest levels since 2014 and are expected to continue to rise.

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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. Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are dangerous to businesses and consumers.

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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. Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are dangerous to businesses and consumers.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 26, 2014

This was announced in a press release of March 24, 2014. The main benefit of the VMI delivery system for Dutch-based aerospace manufacturer Fokker Aerostructures is that the company can outsource its entire supply chain—from production planning to actual use in the production facility—to a single party.

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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. billion a day, disrupt 169,000 jobs, and cost the average household $170 in purchasing power. LLamasoft and CHAINalytics Announce Partnership.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Consider Vendor Managed Inventory One way to save costs in inventory is to shift the responsibility of its management to your suppliers using a VMI system. Under a VMI system the supplier, usually a manufacturer, is responsible for optimising the level of inventory held by the distributor.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The artist explains: “This work attempts to bring out certain forms and structures by combining organic materials (earth, plants, vegetables, fruit, fish) and manufactured products (a pair of shoes, pigments used to colour the layers). Rojas 2014). Source: Deloitte CPO Survey 2018. which always disrupts the initial undertaking.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 13, 2021

In Figure 1, I highlight the significant shifts in my lifetime: Just four decades ago, McKinsey coined supply chain management as managing source, make, deliver, and plan together. The supply chain is a complex non-linear system. Starting in 2014, business resilience in 26 of 28 manufacturing and retail sectors began to decline.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

After recognizing the importance of pollution within the economic systems, a tax was suggested for environmental pollution caused by industries (EM Ojo). Sustainable procurement: consists of environmentally friendly purchasing that carry reduction, reuse, and recycle. Cardwell, 2014). Vishal Gupta, 2013).

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Unleashed

MARCH 14, 2021

The food supply chain refers to the process of preparing a food product from start to finish: sourcing the raw materials and taking the food through a manufacturing process, through to the final packaging of the product, the sale to the customer and the final delivery. What is the food supply chain? How does the food supply chain work?

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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. In the height of the e-commerce craze, the marketplace offerings started with a focus on e-procurement. The stories border on the ridiculous.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 8, 2014

The bodega and building as it appears today (source: Google Maps). The post This Week in Logistics News (August 4-8, 2014) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. The bodega is where my life story begins, a story I hope to write about someday. Yesterday, my mom and uncles sold the property, bringing an end to an era.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 11, 2015

We conclude our series on supplier quality management (SQM) today with a look at some case studies and examples of benefits derived from the application of a supplier quality management system. Examples and Case Studies from the Implementation of a Supplier Quality Management System.

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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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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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Provenance

AUGUST 13, 2018

A report proposing three system solutions that could reshape the industry and set the clean energy technology sector on a path to sustainability. Countries with reserves have reconsidered their extraction, processing and manufacturing pursuits, while countries without reserves have invested in recycling and stockpiling. The result?

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SupplyShift

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Source Trust is a nonprofit founded by swiss chocolatier Lindt with the goal of transforming farmer livelihoods through grower training and community assistance. Other brand-name chocolate companies that partner with Source Trust include Ferrero, Hershey, Fazer and Meiji. The post Is Your Halloween Candy Responsibly Sourced?

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