Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The takeaway for September was that global manufacturing activity officially fall below the 50.0 contraction threshold which is noted as the first time this has occurred since the depths of the global pandemic in 2020. According to the September report , growth is increasing for inventory levels, inventory and warehousing costs.

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DELMIA Quintiq

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Much has been done to improve manufacturing efficiency. Supply chains have been optimized; warehouse inventory tracking has reached new levels of precision; production lines can operate with virtually no downtime. As a result, this metric is often downplayed or not referenced in the discussion. transformation now underway.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2023

With increased emphasis on sustainability, I am often asked about sustainability “levers” that can be pulled in warehousing and fulfillment. But I believe that more efficient packaging is the area with the greatest potential to improve sustainability metrics within the warehouse.

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QAD

JANUARY 6, 2022

In 2020, Deloitte conducted an extensive survey about digital transformation and found that: “Digitally mature companies enjoy a wide range of specific benefits arising from their digital transformations that include, but go well beyond, the bottom line. Did You Miss the QAD Tomorrow: Digital Manufacturing Event? Is it realistic?

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Warehouse automation stats show that automation is making a big impact on warehouses and distribution centers. As technology awareness grows, more warehouses and DCs turn to automation to adapt to the changing landscape. The number of private warehouses is growing. Warehouses are increasing in size, as well.

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Arena Solutions

APRIL 4, 2023

The global manufacturing sector has seen an upswing, a technological renaissance of sorts. Since the start of 2012, more people graduating from college and universities are entering the engineering/manufacturing fields. The manufacturing sector has been severely impacted by this trend because production jobs are highly technical.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Notice how the water turns from blue to brown in Figure 3 with the lack of demand translation capabilities within the enterprise for manufacturing and logistics. Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007. (I Organizations can align to drive value despite the allegiance to functional metrics.

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DiManEx

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The report finds compelling business cases for spare part digitization and provides recommendations on the use of Additive Manufacturing (AM) in the aftermarket. Aftermarket services are extremely important for many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Technologies like AM offer a promising alternative to simplify supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 27, 2021

If you thought it was difficult to find good drivers before the 2020 pandemic, try finding drivers of any caliber afterwards. Currently, most driverless opportunities are limited to secure private zones or closed environments, such as warehouses, campus environments or last mile runs from depot to front door.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

For instance, goods move from the customer to the distributor or to the manufacturer. When a manufacturer’s product normally moves through the supply chain network, it is to reach the distributor or customer. A recent article in Logistics Viewpoints noted that UPS estimated that post-holiday returns were up 23% in 2020.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Small businesses getting squeezed out in push for warehouse space. The goal is to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gasses from the global value chain by 2030. Warehouse space is getting harder to find, especially as the global e-commerce boom continues to change shopping habits.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

not only described as a “ significant rate of contraction ,” but also the first time that this particular metric has reached such a low level. Consequently, transportation prices reportedly declined 8.9 percentage points to an all-time low value of 27.9, Further reported was that volumes of U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

The overall takeaway from the July data was that global production momentum had begun to stagnate and in some regions such as the Eurozone, Taiwan, and to some extent , certain manufacturing regions of China, PMI values had reached contraction levels. . Warehousing and Inventory metrics continue to buoy the logistics sector.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 18, 2021

He observes, “The good news is that, given our research suggests a lack of understanding rather than a complete lack of interest, the industry redoubling its efforts to educate and inform manufacturers should be able to turn this situation around. It’s now up to IoT providers to ensure that manufacturers don’t get left behind.”[1]

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

That allows us to get to the heart of the matter in identifying the industrial technology that had to be created or modified because of the desire to use machine learning computer algorithms to enable the era of smart manufacturing. manufacturing facility), to be tightly coupled and evaluated by advanced predictive analytics (e.g.,

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Proudly, I had led my division to have the lowest manufacturing costs with the highest Return on Assets. I believed that we would find a company with the lowest distribution costs (warehousing and transportation), and the lowest manufacturing costs, and this would result in the best overall cost structure.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2023

More than 70 percent of Toyota Motor Manufacturing , Alabama’s power will soon be generated by the sun. It is expected to generate 62,000 megawatt hours annually – reducing approximately 22,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions per year. Today, Huntsville Utilities, Toyota Alabama and Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Focus on warehouse automation has come full circle since the last big automation movement of the ‘90s, but today with a significantly better set of tools and technological improvements enabling more robust digital transformation and warehouse automation. Brief highlights of logistics investments over the last three decades.

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RFgen

JULY 11, 2017

A variety of trends are coming together to transform the modern warehouse. The warehouse management system market is experiencing a period of rapid growth as a variety of industry conditions come together to make the supply chain, distribution and fulfillment aspects of businesses extremely important. billion by 2023.

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RFgen

JULY 11, 2017

A variety of trends are coming together to transform the modern warehouse. The warehouse management system market is experiencing a period of rapid growth as a variety of industry conditions come together to make the supply chain, distribution and fulfillment aspects of businesses extremely important. billion by 2023.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

In terms of finding a 4PL solution provider, Mars wanted a company that could engage in truck loading and route optimization, and schedule shipments into and out of their warehouses. The Journey Begins Mars Wrigley began working with Aera in 2020 in the US. The company chose 4Flow to do transportation planning and execution in Europe.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In this Q&A, Chaturvedi shares his views on rebuilding American manufacturing, reshoring, nearshoring, and other topics of the moment in supply chains. Resilinc: What’s the current status of reshoring manufacturing? Texas has dropped from 2nd in 2020 to 13th in 2021. South Carolina is 11th after years as number one.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

Above-average holiday shipping seasons in 2020 and 2021 led to an above-average returns rate in the usual Quiet Season. With Russia exporting many critical commodities, Deloitte explained, there are insufficient raw materials for supply and manufacturing use. Q2: The Produce Shipping Season. Q3: The Peak Shipping Season.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The 2020 peak season is groundbreaking and represents a massive shift in typical supply chain operations. Pfizer is planning to continue reviewing data for several more weeks prior to beginning mass manufacturing. The 2020 peak season is a record-shattering event, as described above. It’s time to face the facts.

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

And when equipment breaks down unexpectedly, your manufacturing operation can be hemorrhaging money by the second. For manufacturers, it all comes down to the bottom line: If your machines are down, you’re not making product and you’re not making money. Digitizing technology is already making waves in MRO across the globe.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 24, 2022

Whether in a retail store or a warehouse, associates simply swipe the barcode across the scanner. This gives a business constant access to up-to-date data, allowing it to quickly calculate meaningful metrics like inventory turn, value of inventory on-hand or sales per week by item.” Footnotes. [1]

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

From demand planning to manufacturing to trade promotion optimization, data is essential for almost every aspect of consumer packaged goods (CPG) company operations. Most brands lose sight of their products the minute they are shipped out of their warehouses — and don’t know whether or not consumers use their products correctly.”[3]

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Precoro

JUNE 6, 2022

In 2020, the global Supply Chain Management market was valued at $15.85 Suppliers can provide raw materials for manufacturing products or act as an intermediary between the manufacturer and the buying company. In this case, the supplier receives a commission from both the customer and the manufacturer. Blurred lines.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

To say that the pandemic made 2020 a very challenging year would be a gross understatement. They can then use the data to provide an apples-to-apples benchmark on a variety of innovative supply chain metrics applicable to the grocery supply chain. For the rest of 2020, service levels stayed at 86%.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 23, 2020

As the fabric suppliers require the longest lead times, ZARA approves designs & initiates manufacturing after it gets feedback from its stores. This year (2020) when they cancelled the Tournament, they stand to get 144 mil $ from Insurance company. Create a culture of flexibility in manufacturing/ sourcing strategy.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

That event was the global COVID-19 pandemic, which erupted during the first half of 2020. It touches many departments, from production, procurement, shipping, accounting, and finance to marketing, warehousing, research and development, and sales. You could pick up a job as a warehouse picker, a forklift driver, or even a truck driver.

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Veridian Solutions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Warehouse Managers have a full plate. They must oversee inbound and outbound inventory, manage warehouse space , consider order processing, handle employee complaints, report to stakeholders, supervise new system implementation and address the looming skills gap. A Guide to the Warehouse Metrics Supply Chain Execs Should Track.

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QAD

MAY 16, 2019

MMOG/LE is used by automotive customers to select and evaluate production and parts, service and warehousing processes. supplier selection and assessment, new product launch, use of metrics in the supplier assessment process). Strengthened requirements in Chapter 6: Supplier Interface (e.g.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 1, 2014

The operating margin for the medical device industry is 4X that of the automotive manufacturer and 2x the margin of the hospital. Yet, the attendees wanted to discuss Lean warehousing. This is why I think that the industry needs to get serious about supply chain management. And, I believe that it needs to happen FAST!

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Further, warehousing costs can fall by 5-10%. Since 2020, consumer behavior has changed drastically and is still shifting as people get used to the ‘new normal.’ Reshaping the manufacturing world to meet new demands. Most manufacturers prefer to leverage analytics data over traditional forecasting and time series techniques.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Manufacturing in Belgium. Typical manufacturing products made in Belgium include engineering and metal products, automobile assemblies, transportation equipment, scientific and precision instruments, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, textiles, glass, petroleum and food and beverages. Manufacturing accounts for about 22 percent of the GDP.

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