Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

If you’re a typical shipper, 30-50% of your lanes change every year, and your demand goes up and down which impacts capacity, so it’s a constant battle. According to McKinsey, an auto manufacturer, on average, has around 250 tier-one suppliers – and 18,000 across the full value chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 26, 2023

Background In our ongoing coverage of commercial aircraft and aerospace industry supply chains, we have highlighted and described the various ups and downs of this industry. He further echoed airline customer frustrations in having added capacity to support the current return of global air travel.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A similar story could be told for manufacturing industries whose supply chains extend into Florida. Florida is a major hub and home to a variety of industries including: aerospace, high tech, healthcare, electronics, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, agriculture, manufacturing, security, and more.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 22, 2020

Such simulations would enable to assess the impact of a decrease/increase of demand, a capacity excursion in a factory or distribution centre. . Extensive experience in Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Retail, Heavy Industries, Pharmaceuticals, Mining, Oil & Gas.

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QAD

JUNE 29, 2023

This means involving stakeholders from across the company, including engineering, manufacturing, procurement, quality, maintainability, serviceability and sustainability, plus key suppliers. By addressing these risks upfront, the team can design the product and the manufacturing processes to prevent failures before they even occur.

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Elementum

JUNE 4, 2015

Manufacturing Agendas: So Hot Right Now. China has joined the manufacturing revolution party. At the end of May the Ministry of Industry and Telecommunications Technology announced the introduction of China’s own manufacturing legislation: Made In China 2025. Manufacturing Revolutions have 10 Planks, Too.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 15, 2023

All these modern products are manufactured using the key commodities germanium and gallium. Unfortunately, China has just issued critical restrictions on these commodities, creating a cause for concern for many businesses and manufacturers in the high-tech and semiconductor space. Do you know what these products have in common?

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Yesterday highly noted Seattle Times aerospace industry reporter Domenic Gates reported that the manufacturing defect: “ is likely to reduce the MAX delivery rate by about a third, leading to a negative cash flow and a financial loss for the third quarter, the company’s chief financial officer said on Thursday.”

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In our prior highlights and perceptions of September and October published indices , we observed that the numbers once again signaled continued contraction in global manufacturing output and product demand levels. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. in November.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Capacity Planning Capacity planning is another instance of the effective use of prescriptive analytics in supply chain optimization. Using prescriptive analytics, companies can estimate the demand of their specific region and occupy or spare usable capacities at certain times as and when sales increase and decrease.

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IQMS

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Bottom Line: Unpredictable demand swings caused by the pandemic are stress-testing supply chain management software systems across manufacturing, helping many manufacturers discover new strengths they hadn’t realize they had before. ” (based on an interview with a Plastics & Rubber Products manufacturer).

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The aerospace industry has recently seen increased demand for air travel, gradually returning to pre-pandemic levels. Despite this growth, Resilinc’s half-year data for 2023 shows that Aerospace is one of the top five industries impacted by supply chain disruptions. A lithium compound caught fire at the 800-acre facility.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 31, 2022

manufacturing facilities. And the largest net jump in jobs forecast came in computer and electronics due mostly to investment in semiconductor manufacturing such as Taiwan-based TSMC’s $12 billion investment in a 5nm node fab in Phoenix, Arizona. In Europe, FDI in manufacturing declined by 20% in 2020, according to EY.

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 6, 2021

Webinar: Optimize forecasting and production capacity for cable and wire industry manufacturers. The continued growth in the cable and wire business sector will not only increase market value for individual companies, it will also increase the pressure on manufacturing operations, which includes supply chains. Watch the webinar.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2013

At the end of the chain, this can translate to a supply of goods to the customer 40% faster than your competitor, a 20% rise in sales capacity, and “out of stock” becoming a thing of the past. Loss to manufacturers = $7.5 billion to retailers). billion (mainly due to customer substitution choices). Cost of unsaleables = $2.5

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 11, 2023

The Announcement Commercial aircraft designer and manufacturer Airbus announced plans t o double the production of the company’s final assembly production capabilities within China. With this second line, facility capacity will be 12 completed aircraft monthly. Airbus has reportedly been expecting more airline orders from China.

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Unleashed

MAY 12, 2021

Manufacturing goods and products can be monumental task; heavy on a company’s precious time and resources, particularly as a business grows. The flexible manufacturing system is one of those, and here we’ll look at what it is, look at a few businesses that use FMS, discuss strengths and weaknesses and how it can help your business.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In India, the national Production Linked Incentive (PLI) is set to encourage domestic EV manufacturing—and this is just a glimpse of the latest policies worldwide. High-temperature alloys, created primarily using cobalt, are essential for advanced technologies like semiconductor fabrication, electric vehicle batteries, and aerospace products.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 17, 2018

Boeing said the Adient Aerospace venture was prompted by seat production foul-ups and a capacity crunch that have delayed jet deliveries and frustrated airlines. s premium Polaris seats were slow to make their debut on the Boeing 777-300ER last year when Zodiac Aerospace fell behind schedule. United Continental Holding Inc.’s

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Resilinc

JANUARY 2, 2024

Resilinc’s President of Government, Defense, and Aerospace, Peter Guinto, provides insight into what’s top of mind for Aerospace and Defense supply chains. In 2023, there was a resurgence in demand within the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry, according to Deloitte. Number two is rapid geopolitical change.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 28, 2017

by Alexa Cheater 7 barriers to aerospace and defense supply chain success. As air travel demand soars, aircraft equipment manufacturers continue to innovate in areas like jet engine fuel efficiency, navigation technology and materials science. Aerospace and defense supply chain pain points. Multiple ERPs.

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IQMS

APRIL 3, 2020

Leveraging DELMIAWORKS manufacturing ERP system, Core Technology Molding Corporation reallocates manufacturing resources to meet the spike in manufacturing demand for medical testing kits in the wake of COVID-19. Core Technology Molding Corporation is a custom injection molding manufacturer based in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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RFgen

JANUARY 23, 2023

ALSO READ: Equipment manufacturer replaces old tech with fast mobile barcoding » Some of the most common problems businesses face with outdated inventory management systems: Lack of inventory visibility. Manufacturing limitations/capacity issues. A modern solution is crucial. Disjointed systems and processes.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Aerospace Industry is characterized by high material costs (about 65-80%). Manufacturing systems and regulatory compliance are considered to be very complex, coupled with the limited number suppliers due to the high barriers to entry. They want to utilize high capacity airplane to help airlines drive the operating cost down.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 23, 2020

I have spent over a decade – defining and driving supply chain operations in enterprise retail and industrial setups, including Walmart , Tesla , and ThroughPut.This experience has enabled me to witness, direct, and deeply understand the supply chain nuances when customer demands are chaotic with finite resources and capacity.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 23, 2020

I have spent over a decade – defining and driving supply chain operations in enterprise retail and industrial setups, including Walmart , Tesla , and ThroughPut.This experience has enabled me to witness, direct, and deeply understand the supply chain nuances when customer demands are chaotic with finite resources and capacity.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 19, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides an added update to reports of airline industry executives publicly calling for a management shake-up at commercial aircraft manufacturer Boeing. Boeing apparently did not perform to expectation, forcing Ryanair to reduce some summer capacity.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Through the acquisition of IQMS , we extended the 3D EXPERIENCE platform to small and midsized manufacturing companies seeking to digitally transform their business operations. Paris Air Show – our focus was on how aerospace companies can reinvent the way they work as systems become more complex to design, build and deliver.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Further reported was that Pratt had plans to add engine overhaul repair capacity to address durability issues before the severity of the specific HPT disk problem became clearer. There were plans to have 12 GTF engine overhaul shops globally and add an additional seven by 2025.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

JUNE 10, 2020

in a troubled aerospace market. Cargo carriers added to their plane orders last month even as the aircraft manufacturer registered more cancellations of passenger jets, the WSJ’s Doug Cameron reports, signaling the resilience of expedited shipping demand despite the coronavirus-driven collapse in airline passenger business.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Automation is increasingly accessible to manufacturing SMEs as technology gets cheaper – and continuing labour shortages mean it’s now an important option to consider. So why is automation beneficial, and how can small-to-medium businesses utilise it to improve manufacturing processes ? What is automation in manufacturing?

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DynaSys

JANUARY 13, 2021

In manufacturing, capital investments in new machine tools and materials handling equipment. This is especially viable in a tiered supplier system serving automotive, aerospace, or large industrial concerns. Your supply chain’s capacity to add value will be explored. Deferred demand, long-term rebound.

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Kanban Logistics

JANUARY 26, 2023

When it comes to warehousing costs and capacity, we start the year with a bit of good and bad news. The bad news is that warehouse capacity remains tight, with demand still exceeding supply. The good news is that, according to international 3PL GXO Logistics, warehouse labor costs are starting to ease worldwide.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This enables businesses to effectively optimize and manage capacity by implementing a continuous, demand-driven feedback loop that ensures adequate capacity and optimal inventory levels at all times, taking into account actual capacity as well as real-time market dynamics. Let’s take the example of an Aerospace sensor company.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Insufficient warehouse capacity and a lack of containers while supply chain shortages make headline news. Four industries–B2B Technology, Aerospace and Defense, Retail Apparel, and Food Manufacturing–grew inventory during the pandemic. .” Gary might have been right then, but not now. The end result?

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ThroughPut

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Most importantly for ThroughPut, manufacturing and logistics operations in aerospace, automotive, CPG, and energy are about to pick back up until Christmas. The startup and operation ultimately become the manifestation of the team’s existing skill sets and output capacity. The fight for money.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Insufficient warehouse capacity and a lack of containers while supply chain shortages make headline news. Four industries–B2B Technology, Aerospace and Defense, Retail Apparel, and Food Manufacturing–grew inventory during the pandemic. .” Gary might have been right then, but not now. The end result?

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