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COVID-19, Manufacturing, and What to Expect in 2021

River Logic

In 2020, manufacturing took a huge hit as a result of the constraints around COVID-19. lower than those from November 2019. On the other hand, the October and November 2020 Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) is higher than any time since 2018, indicating a pent-up demand for manufacturing.

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Trends 2019: Manufacturing

Enterra Insights

Nevertheless, over the past few years there have been some significant changes in the manufacturing sector, including the maturation of additive manufacturing and the emergence of the Internet of Things (often referred to as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)). Manufacturing trends. ”[1] Those arguments still hold.

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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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Organizational Alignment: Overlooked, but So Important.

Supply Chain Shaman

In the supply chain team analysis, note the 21% gap between procurement and manufacturing teams, the 35% gap between sales and operations and the 21% gap between finance and operations. Organizational Alignment in 2019. Organizational Alignment 2012. This seemed bad at the time, but little did I know that it would get worse.

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How Automation in the Supply Chain Will Make Employees More Strategic & Improve the Overall Supply Chain

Speaker: Adam Robinson, Director of Marketing, Cerasis

We’ll address how automation in the supply chain will provide employees with the following: More Strategic Procurement. More Efficient Manufacturing as well as ability to fill the skills gap & make more strategic employees. February 6, 2019 11.00 Importance of Integrating Automation for Improved Supply Chain Visibility.

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How CPG Brands Can Beat Disruption with Digital Manufacturing

QAD

Today, the choice for CPG manufacturers and supply chains is clear: future-proof with digital manufacturing technologies that can meet the customer where they are or be left behind. many businesses are left with a supply chain and manufacturing ecosystem that looks – and functions – a lot different than it used to.

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What’s the Difference Between Direct vs Indirect Procurement?

ivalua

What does Procurement mean? An organization’s Procurement function is responsible for managing spend, in other words the buying goods and services that are used to make the products sold to customers as well as the purchasing of products and services used to run the organization on a day to day basis.