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Welcome 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2019, here are seven trends that I will be tracking: The Horizon? In 2019, the combination of machine learning, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), cognitive computing and cloud-based deployments will coalesce to create a new software category for sense and respond rules management. Digital Manufacturing Success.

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4 Tips For Better Process Manufacturing Planning and Forecasting

Logility

With the right technology, process manufacturing strategy, planning, and management can be simplified. Manufacturers have been through a trial by fire with supply chain disruptions and changes in demand during the past two years. 4 Digital Solutions That Address the Top Challenges for Process Manufacturers.

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20 Years of Outsourcing Come Back to Haunt Boeing

Logistics Viewpoints

The outsourced R&D, in turn, supported outsourced manufacturing with over 50 key suppliers. In 2018 and 2019 there were two fatal crashes of the 737 Max 8. This incident might be because of oversights in documentation and procedures at Boeing’s Renton factory in Washington. There have been other incidents.

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QAD Explore 2019: Vertical Market Round-up

QAD

The city of New Orleans played quite the host this year to our growing community of manufacturers for our largest annual customer conference, Explore. We worked together to educate our customers on the disruptors affecting our industry, including XaaS , Digital Transformation of Manufacturing and Make to Order at Scale. Automotive.

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Have you Explored the Business Implications of Import Bans?

Logility

The Chinese government plans to double manufacturing capacity in the XUAR by 2025, with a focus on apparel and textiles. The following table shows the XUAR’s top exports in 2019. Customs is primarily targeting shipments with a known nexus to XUAR, reportedly based on an unpublished internal list of manufacturers in the region.

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Independence Day 2019

Enterra Insights

On this day each year, the United States commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, a document declaring the American colonies’ independence from Great Britain. ” To see how a typical hot is manufactured, watch the following video. In America, that day is the 4th of July.

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Is Your Supply Chain Ready for Social Media-Fueled Demand Volatility?

ToolsGroup

Seemingly overnight, hard seltzer became the drink of choice in 2019, and largely due to user-generated memes and Twitter posts, the White Claw brand shot to a 54% share of all hard-seltzer sales2 in the U.S. as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. November 2019.