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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

To understand the phenomenon , the 2019 GDP was 2.16%. Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Source E2open Shipping Index). The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

To understand the phenomenon , the 2019 GDP was 2.16%. Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Source E2open Shipping Index). The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance.

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Stabilize in February

Supply Chain Matters

Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. Morgan Manufacturing PMI® , compiled by S&P Global in association with ISM and IFPSM , halted a consecutive five-months of contraction levels to that of no-change. The S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI® had a February value of 47.3,

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New Balance’s Added U.S. Manufacturing Presence

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights this week’s announcement from athletic footwear designer and manufacturer New Balance of the grand opening of this company’s fifth production facility in North America. was more expensive, New Balance Chairman , Jim Davis provided a strong commitment to localized manufacturing.

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ToolsGroup Names David Barton General Manager of North America

ToolsGroup

BOSTON (May 13, 2019) – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, announced today that David Barton has joined ToolsGroup as the new general manager of North America. Barton succeeds Patrick Smith, who served as managing director for North America from 2011 to February 2019.

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How Pure Storage Withstood the Pandemic

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, a vaccine manufacturer increased their order size by a factor of four in one weekend; a video call company wanted to receive ten times as much product as they initially forecast with just a month’s lead-time. Pure Storage’s manufacturing is done at three contract manufacturing sites, two in Texas and one in the Czech Republic.

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HWI Unleashes Continuous Innovation

Logistics Viewpoints

Run” will include using the platform for inventory optimization and to support interesting internet-of-things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) projects. HarbisonWalker International Manufactures and Distributes Refractory Products. The sourcing centers are key to just-in-time, same-day, next-day deliveries.