DELMIA Quintiq
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
The past year and a half saw manufacturers face unprecedented challenges resulting from global disruptions, to which they responded by repurposing or developing new product lines, reconfiguring their plants and restructuring their supply chains in order to meet changing demands and keep afloat amidst uncertainty.
GlobalTranz
DECEMBER 22, 2020
In the first half of the year, panic buying drove supply and demand imbalance across the supply chain and caused truckload capacity to tighten. The e-commerce surge tightened truckload, LTL , and small parcel capacity, delaying deliveries, and driving up rates. Home baking was another trend that tightened capacity.
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IQMS
DECEMBER 18, 2020
2021 manufacturing trends will be driven by the lessons learned in 2020. Whether assisting workers on the shop floor or helping back-office employees to continue their jobs remotely, smart manufacturing technologies have been central to enabling business continuity in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
GlobalTranz
MARCH 17, 2022
The manufacturing industry faces many challenges, such as a skilled labor shortage, supply chain instability, and inventory management issues. GlobalTranz works with manufacturing shippers every day to move their goods and streamline their logistics strategies. 5 Challenges Facing Supply Chain Managers in Manufacturing.
ToolsGroup
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
As we head into the holiday season, supply delays, logistics constraints and inflation are looming over shoppers and retailers—and the manufacturers and distributors who keep them in supply. The 2021 supply chain shortage is the story of our lives today, as the enormous bullwhip effect of COVID continues.
Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 16, 2021
In our pandemic research, we interviewed thirty manufacturers. To gain insights, we interviewed Alexandros Skandalakis, Director of Manufacturing Capacity, reporting to operations/manufacturing globally within Philip Morris. We wanted to find a better way to design our network and optimize future manufacturing outcomes.
3PL Insights
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Limited Warehouse Capacity. The reason for this is to be prepared if manufacturers are forced to shut down due to outbreaks. This leads warehouses to operate at a much higher capacity than in previous years which limits the space available for increased holiday demand. In August 2021 the unemployment rate decreased to 5.2%.
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