Unleashed

MAY 26, 2021

Ambitious manufacturing businesses that want to boost their R&D could turn to additive manufacturing. In this article, we’ll explore the different types of additive manufacturing, the benefits and weaknesses, as well as some industries that could benefit from additive manufacturing. Material jetting.

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ThroughPut

MAY 22, 2024

Following this, data sources are identified and shared, and success metrics and business outcomes are defined so that everyone works toward the same goals. Such quality validation is crucial, as a seemingly simple mislabeling of a product category could potentially lead to, for example, a 10% inefficiency in demand forecasting.

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Kinaxis

JULY 18, 2014

I spread my Supply Chain wings at an Aerospace company and since Aerospace and Defense is a key vertical market for Kinaxis, the recent Supply Chain Metrics That Matter: A Focus on Aerospace & Defense report was downloaded on my laptop to read on my next flight. The report uses the Boeing 747-8 International as an example.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 19, 2018

Accessing what’s beyond our globe has become an accepted source of socio-political promotion. Also included are critical materials such as fuel needed to support renewable energy sources within the spacecraft, oxygen to sustain life and spare parts that may be needed during the mission. Space Logistics and Supply Chain.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Editor’s Note: We love talking about and reporting on technology which effects and also makes the lives’ of manufacturing companies much better. We’ve been providing manufacturing companies and shippers with a web-based transportation management system since 1998, before web-based TMS was as prolific as it is today.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Four industries–B2B Technology, Aerospace and Defense, Retail Apparel, and Food Manufacturing–grew inventory during the pandemic. In contrast, other sectors reached unprecedented shortages, including Semiconductors, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Contract Manufacturing, and Retail Home Improvement.

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RFgen

AUGUST 14, 2017

These counterfeits featured markings normally found on legitimate parts from “approximately 35 major electronics manufacturers, including Motorola, Xilinx, and National Semiconductor.” Based on its findings, the SASC formed eight conclusions, including: Most counterfeit electronic parts in the defense supply chain are sourced from China.

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Arena Solutions

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Getting high-quality, compliant products to market is a long and arduous journey for most manufacturers. Regardless of the business, today’s manufacturers are under pressure to innovate faster and gain first-mover advantages while operating under the constraints of stringent regulatory requirements and greater product complexity.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 22, 2024

We do so in the lens of supply chain management and manufacturing. While such an application might have been effective, and Procter and Gamble might have been pleased, it is not in conformance with the approved manufacturing process instruction specification for the aircraft. They damage the image of the entire aerospace industry.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Four industries–B2B Technology, Aerospace and Defense, Retail Apparel, and Food Manufacturing–grew inventory during the pandemic. In contrast, other sectors reached unprecedented shortages, including Semiconductors, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Contract Manufacturing, and Retail Home Improvement.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Four industries–B2B Technology, Aerospace and Defense, Retail Apparel, and Food Manufacturing–grew inventory during the pandemic. In contrast, other sectors reached unprecedented shortages, including Semiconductors, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Contract Manufacturing, and Retail Home Improvement.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 22, 2020

For example tools like self-billing can support to fasten time consuming transport invoices reconciliation etc…), several SC models will co-exist and will be intermediately used depending on the market condition. Extensive experience in Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Retail, Heavy Industries, Pharmaceuticals, Mining, Oil & Gas.

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synchrono

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

In 2010, Gartner estimated that manufacturers outsourced about 70% of the products they make to other manufacturers. So, it only makes sense that, for most manufacturers, implementing modern demand-driven or pull-manufacturing techniques will require collaboration with many partners across the entire supply chain.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The industry claims that this will support the European Commission’s effort to create “smart, green, and digital cities” as more manufacturers move ahead with plans to get their vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capable aircraft certified within a few years. Here are a few highlights from Ann’s presentation: Compliance is a challenge.

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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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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 30, 2023

Both of these manufacturers will be reporting both Q4 and total 2022 financial performance over the coming weeks, along with their key suppliers. Airbus Continues Hiring Expansion Last week, Airbus announced that the global based manufacturer is seeking to recruit 13,000 additional positions after hiring a similar number during 2022.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 20, 2016

These are all examples of the internet of things. Some of these examples are fluff and likely won’t pan out, others may be real game changers. In a 2014 study, 46% of manufacturing executives didn’t know what the internet of things was. For consumer devices, we’ve seen examples of this at work for a number of years.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

During the period of slow economic growth, many manufacturers have to deal with the cost pressure. Theoretical Background No matter how complex your business environment is, there will always be the way to reduce the manufacturing costs. Because customers are calling for prices to come down. The results are pretty interesting.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Other industries, like aerospace, have experienced similar flashpoints, which created enormous benefits. TMS adoption is growing rapidly for manufacturers, retailers and logistics service providers (3PLs, 4PLs and 5PLs) — as well as the carriers they partner with. As this World Economic Forum article points out, it took 2.4

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Boeing has its own unique challenges in stabilizing and ramp-up the monthly production rates of the wide-aisle Boeing 787 Dreamliner amid a slew of manufacturing and engineering challenges. manufacturer has now indicated that the goal to be able to produce five Dreamliners per month has now been shifted to the back end of this year.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

If, for example, a recommendation to buy 500 units from vendor A two times a year to enable end-year savings of $35,000 is made, executives may choose to accept the recommendation, or they may amend a few of the variables to evaluate other potential scenarios and outcomes. Let’s take the example of an Aerospace sensor company.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

For example, you’ll get a quick snapshot of all the tiers of the supplier network, including where all raw materials are sourced from. You know where all of ACME’s manufacturing locations are but nothing beyond that. For example, let’s say you have a supplier with 200 facilities around the world. Is that enough for UFLPA?

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DynaSys

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Some publications focus on the recycling aspect, others on carbon emissions and others on sustainable sourcing. In this post, I want to describe two ways in which manufacturers may be impacted. Sustainable Sourcing. Chronologically, raw material sourcing is a logical starting point in the circular supply chain discussion.

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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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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 11, 2018

military properly defend our nation if it can’t source what it needs from domestic sources — and instead must depend on potential adversaries for those materials? The origin of many of these weaknesses is the fact that our leaders have neglected our vital manufacturing sector for too long. How can the U.S.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

The aerospace industry was an early adopter of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) which, as the name implies, involves reviewing as many components, assemblies, and subsystems as possible to identify failure modes and their causes and effects. I became very familiar with risk management early in my professional career.

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ThroughPut

MAY 16, 2024

By sourcing materials from eco-friendly suppliers, companies can further reduce their carbon footprint. This includes the optimal placement of inventory within the supply chain, minimizing operating costs including manufacturing costs, transportation costs, and distribution costs. What Does Supply Chain Optimization Involve?

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 12, 2023

Here is another blog post from Rajinder Bhandal… I had another wonderful opportunity to catch up with Peter Guinto , the President of Government, Defense and Aerospace Business at Resilinc , to talk further on the subject of contested logistics planning. In fact, the latest new book published in March 2023, by Rob Handfield, Ph.D.,

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Prescriptive logistics optimization solutions help supply chains discover new ways to team supply chain metrics and data from varied sources like delivery time estimates based on distance traveled daily, vehicle location details, and other essential metrics that affect logistics. Let’s look at the example of a US-based agribusiness.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

First of all, the world is becoming more global, and the ability to manage a diversity of manufacturers and suppliers is a source of competitive advantage. At an organization manufacturing complex systems and technologies, Supply Chain is closely integrated with Engineering. Why is this?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

The company is a B2B Supply Chain Operating Network supporting the automotive and aerospace industries. The majority of manufacturing and retail companies want better performing supply chains. As shown in Table 2, the contract manufacturing industry is a weak model, and a risk for the hi-tech value chain. There are many reasons.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

The example below shows how a wide spectrum is being used to accomplish demand forecasting, and Lennox is using machine learning today. Source: Machine Learning – A Giant Leap for Supply Chain Forecasting, Material Handling and Logistics Conference (PDF, 28 pp., no opt-in). 15th, 2017 (PDF., no opt-in). no opt-in). no opt-in).

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 2, 2024

The Just-In-Time inventory management approach revolutionized manufacturing forever. Just-In-Time (JIT) Inventory Management, also known as lean manufacturing or the Toyota Production System (TPS), is a strategy that aligns raw-material orders from suppliers directly with production schedules. How Does Just-In-Time (JIT) Work?

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RFgen

JANUARY 12, 2024

Industries like aerospace and defense still favor on-prem ERP deployments due to the need for heightened security controls and clearances. Businesses in sectors like manufacturing , healthcare, and finance have historically favored on-prem deployments because of the freedom to customize and control data.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 26, 2018

They include: Real-time Big Data and advanced analytics; mobility; the Internet of Things (IoT); social media; additive manufacturing (aka 3D printing); and drones/autonomous vehicles. Most of these devices can be connected to the Internet and can become an incredible source of information that would otherwise not available.”

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QAD

AUGUST 24, 2022

The variability of modern manufacturing, the complexity of manufacturing processes, and the pressure to drive productivity and profitability typically require most manufacturers to invest at some level in the automation of manufacturing execution. What is a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)? Food and Beverage.

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RFgen

JULY 21, 2016

Footwear is just one example of various industries utilizing 3-D technology. That’s the aim of the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America annual Sourcing Intelligence Summit. Collaborating with corporate leaders and hearing professionals speak on relevant topics is one way to stay on top of industry trends.

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