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5 Technologies to Boost Efficiency, Traceability for Aerospace and Defense

RFgen

Aerospace and defense contractors face strict oversight and compliance requirements. Existing and emerging technologies may help with complex inventory management, including 5G, blockchain, AGVs, AI and mobile inventory. Aerospace and defense contractors are no strangers to complex inventory management.

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5 Technologies to Boost Efficiency, Traceability for Aerospace and Defense

RFgen

Aerospace and defense contractors face strict oversight and compliance requirements. Existing and emerging technologies may help with complex inventory management, including 5G, blockchain, AGVs, AI and mobile inventory. Aerospace and defense contractors are no strangers to complex inventory management.

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Guest Blog: Real-world Advice for Getting Started on eKanban

synchrono

reduced inventory waste and carrying costs and more) asking people to change the way they work is also real. There is a real cost of carrying inventory and eliminating this cost frees up accessible cash that can be reinvested into the company. I know it sounds simple. Even though the benefits to the business are real (e.g.,

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Yes, I am a Zealot. I Still Believe. Do You?

Supply Chain Shaman

Most companies have made their own organizations more efficient (ROA), but they have not reduced inventories and they have pushed costs back in the supply chain on suppliers that are less able to bear them. Look at the gyrations of Boston Scientific and Eli Lilly for the same period of time. This has made the supply chain more fragile.

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Guest Blog Part 2: Start Your eKanban Implementation with Value-stream Mapping and Engaging Your Suppliers

synchrono

With eKanban implementations, this can be any number of problems including excess materials on hand, slow inventory turns, too much scrap and more. If you’re not using a manual Kanban system, map the current inventory replenishment process.) For example, they were literally logging 7 miles a year to track down inventory!

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Guest Blog Part 3: Listen to the Process

synchrono

Of course, they ended up with too much on hand inventory. Jim has 25 years of quality and supplier management experience in medical devices, semiconductor, aerospace and defense for firms and organizations including Titan Medical, Nypro Healthcare, Boston Scientific, Aspect Medical, Brooks Automation, Raytheon and ACMI Gyrus (now Olympus).