HICX Solutions

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

David describes himself as a ‘pracademic,’ or practitioner academic, having held various global CPO roles across a number of industries, including retail, FMCG, pharmaceuticals, aerospace and defense, manufacturing, and banking. Adoption challenges and future of Procurement. An alternative approach to digital transformation.

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Kanban Logistics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

In this article, we’ll look at the latest reports on manufacturing activity, while showing how a third-party logistics (3PL) provider can offer great logistics benefits within the manufacturing industry. Turn to a 3PL for logistics capabilities for the manufacturing industry. Third-party procurement. Inventories were up 5.3%.

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Procurement Academy

MAY 11, 2022

London 4 th May 2022 – Supply chain and procurement professionals have a key role in progressing their organizations’ sustainability agendas. The report surveys 210 supply chain and procurement professionals in the UK and US, and includes interviews with leading academics and professional experts on the topic.

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Procurement Academy

MAY 11, 2022

London 4 th May 2022 – Supply chain and procurement professionals have a key role in progressing their organizations’ sustainability agendas. The report surveys 210 supply chain and procurement professionals in the UK and US, and includes interviews with leading academics and professional experts on the topic.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

As third-generation CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide, Jeff oversees sales, marketing, and the company’s industry presence. He is on the board of directors for the National Industrial Transportation League and chairs its Highway Transportation Committee. About Jeff Tucker. Breakbulk Americas will be held September 27-29 at the George R.

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ivalua

APRIL 20, 2023

Ivalua, a global leader in spend management , and its partner Axys Consultants today announced that Hutchinson has selected Ivalua’s eProcurement software to expand the scope of its currently implemented solution and meet its evolving procurement requirements. In 2022, it generated a revenue of €4.400 billion. Learn more at www.ivalua.com.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 22, 2024

With the latest developments there is a growing sense that the ongoing crisis now has major implications for Boeing along with dependent industry supply networks. They are not good for the industry as a whole. They damage the image of the entire aerospace industry.”

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Resilinc

APRIL 8, 2024

Discover which industries may be impacted by the 7.4 To learn more about the impact of the Taiwan earthquake and next steps supply chain managers and procurement pros can take to navigate risk, download our exclusive special report: Assessing Taiwan Earthquake’s Supply Chain Impacts and Potential Outlook.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

The availability of capacity in industries like the semiconductor industry is tight. The automotive industries–with the poorest capabilities to plan and manage suppliers–will suffer the most. The question of near-shoring or reshoring is really a question for labor-intensive industries like apparel.

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RFgen

AUGUST 14, 2017

We’ll also provide questions and strategies to help contractors improve systems and processes for combatting counterfeit electronic parts in the aerospace and defense supply chain. The defense industry routinely failed to report cases of suspect counterfeit parts.

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HICX Solutions

AUGUST 3, 2022

From the Humphrey and Schmitz three value chain governance models and the Walmart Effect Vlasic Pickle story to the innovative upside-down Heinze bottle collaboration, our industry has gone through a sporadically halting transformation in buyer-supplier relations. those of $1 billion and above).

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Bristlecone

AUGUST 18, 2020

To remain competitive in today’s global economy and keep pace with market demand, industries like engineered products, complex assembly manufacturing, and aerospace and defense must continue to innovate and introduce new products.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

If you have not yet tackled the question of ethics in procurement, now is a great time to start. It does not matter whether you are a procurement professional, internal customer, external customer, senior executive, or supplier. Procurement is what sets entire supply chains and their organisations in motion.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The availability of capacity in industries like the semiconductor industry is tight. The automotive industries–with the poorest capabilities to plan and manage suppliers–will suffer the most. The question of near-shoring or reshoring is really a question for labor-intensive industries like apparel.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 30, 2023

In prior Supply Chain Matters commentary , we have highlighted that commercial aircraft fuselage, structural component, and engine pylon supplier Spirit AeroSystems was involved in tense labor contract renewal talks with upwards of 6,000 workers represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 24, 2023

In a prior Supply Chain Matters blog commentary published on Monday of this week , we highlighted that commercial aircraft fuselage, structural component, and engine pylon supplier Spirit AeroSystems has reached a tentative agreement in labor contract renewal talks with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This announcement is noted as again taking an extended industry lead from rival Boeing. Extending An Industry Lead Business and investment media have observed that with this week’s announcement, Airbus is making a further effort to increase the competitive gap with Boeing.

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ivalua

JUNE 7, 2021

With businesses’ focus shifting from damage control to restoring growth, innovative CPOs are encouraging their procurement teams to prioritise supplier innovation and revenue growth opportunities. . Procurement’s role and status have been on an upward trajectory for many years, accelerating during the Covid-19 crisis.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

But the risk of war is already impacting supply chains, and an invasion of Ukraine by Russia would trigger extensive and enduring disruptions which supply chain and procurement managers should assess and prepare for. Energy shortages in Chinese provinces that import Russian natural gas would worsen.

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Kanban Logistics

AUGUST 13, 2020

See, there’s a big difference between handling inbound logistics yourself and outsourcing it to a trusted North Carolina third-party logistics (3PL) provider that knows the manufacturing industry. This includes the procurement and delivery of the parts used to build the finished product. Third-party procurement.

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The Supply Chainer Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

2022 most innovative idea is not coming from aerospace, or new drugs discovery. Additionally, Inflation has began to play a critical role for procurement-inbound materials. It’s as simple as that. Availability. Having your product accessible on the shelves and supporting sales. There are mainly 3 factors.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2018

Today, over 90% of companies have deployed ERP and APS, but as shown in Table 1, inventory levels have grown not decreased in over 80% of industries studied. The largest increase is in Aerospace and Defense (A&D). Days of Inventory by Industry Across Years. PFEP optimizes the policies that define how to procure each part.

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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. We will provide added commentary in a future industry specific commentary. Akbar Al-Baker (video recording).

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SupplyOn

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Gathering more than 1,300 companies from all around the world, Aeromart Toulouse 2018 confirmed its position as the global platform of the aerospace industry. D2P: The Airbus Procurement Detail Part Strategy M. It detailed how AirSupply can help aerospace SMEs to digitize their supply chain. Quality, quality, quality!

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SupplyOn

OCTOBER 10, 2019

AirSupply was selected not only because it meets all the functional requirements for transparent collaboration processes, but also because it is already used extensively by key players in the aviation industry such as the Airbus Group , Dassault, Safran and Thales. This avoids the error-prone and inefficient method of exchanging Excel lists.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Tim Cummins, CEO of the International Association of Commercial and Contract Management (IACCM), notes in his blog Commitment Matters that Dreamliner’s battery problems are perhaps due to the lack of procurement competencies that exist in the organization.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 17, 2021

Manufacturing software Each type of manufacturing software has different characteristics and functionalities that are suited to some types of business and some industries more than others. These include inventory management, supply chain operations, procurement, project management, financial management, risk management and compliance.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 10, 2022

The years of 2020 and 2021 presented unprecedented pandemic and other related challenges to industry and global supply chains. Notice the patterns, the industries of specific interest and the implications being drawn. Auto Industry Semiconductor Shortages- The Challenge Of Supply Resiliency And Risk Mitigation. October 8, 2021.

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Supply Chain Opz

MAY 28, 2013

2) Procurement Maturity Model. There are lots and lots of procurement professionals who cant really break away from "buy cheapest things" mindset. Handfield and Straight provided a very useful maturity model for procurement function as below, Procurement Maturity Model. Lean Maturity Model. 5) S&OP Maturity Model.

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The Network Effect

AUGUST 25, 2014

The problem has been compounded in recent years as many of the world’s high tech, automotive, aerospace and consumer products leaders have outsourced design, assembly, logistics and sourcing activities to Tier 1 suppliers.

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DynaSys

MARCH 19, 2019

In any area, across domains of activity, from farming to aerospace, cosmetics to mechanics, innovation should be part of the companies’ DNA. These enable the workforce to free up some time to study the industry evolution they work in, to analyse and understand the latest best practices and those key components.

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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. Recognized as the go-to fastening resource for virtually every industry from electronics to aerospace, the U.S.-based

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IQMS

AUGUST 9, 2019

By 2023, 30% of manufacturing companies with more than $5B in revenue will have implemented Industry 4.0 Blockchain’s general ledger structure provides a real-time audit trail for all transactions secured against modifications making it ideal for audit and compliance-intensive industries.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Our clients are procurement visionaries who expect a committed, flexible consulting partner with leading edge technical skills and a proven method of achieving measurable outcomes. We’ll help you implement and fully adopt these innovative cloud SaaS platforms and achieve your return on investment.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Thoma Bravo has other noted investments in supply chain tech providers, including end-to-end transportation and logistics provider project 44 and aerospace industry Cloud platform provider Exostar. Trimble to Acquire Transporeon in the Logistics and Transportation Technology Segment. With this wave of announcements equating to over $9.7

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

For complex systems (for example in the Aerospace industry), companies value executives who can interface with the engineering function to make sure that suppliers deliver intricate products on spec and on time. It’s the Supply Chains that are competing.” . At a Consumer Goods company, it’s looped in to marketing.

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 2, 2024

It demands an in-depth understanding of every stage of the supply chain, from the initial procurement of raw materials to the delivery of the final product. Companies of all sizes across various industries use JIT Inventory Management. What Kind of Companies Use Just-In-Time (JIT) Inventory Management?

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