The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 22, 2020

But companies will have to go beyond the usual inventory optimisation. . Sourcing strategies will focus on risk-free, nearshoring supply base with long term partnership with TCO-competitive suppliers, who value sustainability. . Lastly, distribution networks will have to be shortened, products portfolio rationalised.

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Kanban Logistics

APRIL 17, 2023

The biggest benefit of a just-in-time delivery system is that the manufacturer’s need for on-hand inventory is greatly reduced – freeing up more space for core operations. JIT as part of a 3PL manufacturing logistics operation So, if the inventory is no longer with the manufacturer, where does it go?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2018

A slight change within a function–in sourcing or manufacturing, or along the chain–can greatly impact the outcomes of cost, customer service, or working capital. 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.

Optimal Sourcing 169

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Arena Solutions

APRIL 4, 2023

The engineering/manufacturing sector has a captivating attraction as a lucrative field for starting a career, thanks to technological developments and the exciting possibilities of working in industries like medical devices, electric vehicles (EV), aerospace and defense, consumer electronics, and biotechnology on cutting-edge products.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 17, 2021

Source: g2.com These include inventory management, supply chain operations, procurement, project management, financial management, risk management and compliance. These include inventory management, supply chain operations, procurement, project management, financial management, risk management and compliance.

Inventory Management Software 97

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

IDC expects spending on Digital Transformation (DX) on the top 5 use cases – smart warehousing, freight management, optimized operations, supplier network management, and predictive network inventory orchestration – to hit USD $33Bn in 2022. Source: 2021 FUTURE ENTERPRISE RESILIENCY & SPENDING- Wave 9, September 2021.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Customers include the aerospace, surface mining, oil and gas and machine-tool industries. The challenge is becoming even more daunting as Kennametal moves into the developing world, its most promising source of new business. This global manufacturer of surface-cutting tools, with headquarters in western Pennsylvania.

Demand Planning Software 177

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

Companies who have experienced these delays often add inventory across their network to buffer the risk. Finally, in making sourcing decisions, global trade compliance needs to be part of companies strategic sourcing programs. The other industry specific solution is Oracle’s solution for aerospace & defense.

Global 176

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The goal should be to maintain domestic sources where doing so makes sense in terms of national security and to create a global network of trusted suppliers willing to become part of the blockchain / visibility network” (p.78,

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In the context of supply chain management, prescriptive analytics leverages raw historical data and performance data to determine the best probable courses of action, supporting supply chain decisions through network design, inventory and warehouse optimization, and supplier management.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 20, 2016

The source of all knowledge, Wikipedia, describes the Internet of things as : “…the network of physical objects—devices, vehicles, buildings and other items—embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity that enables these objects to collect and exchange data”. So what is the Internet of things?

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Vinculum

AUGUST 30, 2022

Such a process helps manage accounts, inventory, supply chain, project management, operations, and other relatable processes to run the business significantly. Odoo acts as an open-Source ERP system software to appropriately provide tools to every business. The following solution that Epicor uses is based on distribution.

Malaysia 52

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The Network Effect

AUGUST 25, 2014

Or a personal health situation arises like a batch of peanut butter becoming contaminated with salmonella or children’s toys being contaminated with lead paint, where the regulators have difficulty identifying the source of the problem several tiers upstream in the supply 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. Supply Chain Matters highlights for our readers an on-stage conversation held between the CEO ’s of Boeing and Qatar Airways at Bloomberg’s Qatar Economic Forum.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2023

A continued subdued product demand environment and added caution reportedly led to a decline in overall purchasing activity, lower levels of inventory and improved supplier delivery times. Pre -and post inventory levels, however, fell at a weaker rate with European manufacturers reportedly being less aggressive in de-stocking efforts.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Changing the way people buy apparel Matthew Wallace has worked in a number of apparel management roles over his career, including as a Senior Director of Sourcing for Merchandising at Walmart, a senior VP at apparel manufacturer PVH (which owns Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein), and currently the CEO of Project DXM (Digital Xpress Model).

Modeling Software 52

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RFgen

MARCH 22, 2023

And if you haven’t already, make sure you have mobile barcoding integrated into your inventory handling processes to ensure resilience and agility when it comes time to pivot. Mobile barcoding can also prevent inventory management mistakes, reducing the rate of returns and lost stock, both of which cost the company money.

Waste Reduction 52

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DynaSys

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Understand their sources of income. For example, suppliers heavily invested in entertainment or travel-related service sectors may have issues, as may aerospace tier suppliers. You also need to assess quickly where the marketplace will be after any run on inventory” according to Pat Bower, Director of Demand Planning at Combe.

Modeling 98

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Kinaxis

JUNE 22, 2016

But it’s gained new prominence with some engineering advances, as well as the imprimatur of Musk, who’s gained tons of press for successfully disrupting the online payment, aerospace , and automotive industries. The Hyperloop project is also seeing substantial private sector investment.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 10, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlighted reported candid remarks from the CEO of aerospace manufacturer Airbus regarding the challenges of revised production and aircraft delivery plans on the company’s global supply network partners. Airbus Tackles The Challenges Of Renewed Production And Aircraft Delivery Plans. October 8, 2021.

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Logility

AUGUST 25, 2021

The collaboration offers solutions to its customers across Automotive, Industrial Heavy Machinery, Aerospace, Industrial, and Medical devices verticals to help them achieve agility and improved resilience in the new normal. Demand Management, Inc. New Generation Computing, Inc. New Generation Computing, Inc.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Key factors influencing inventory levels, supplier quality, demand forecasting, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, production planning, transportation management and more are becoming known for the first time. Source: Machine Learning – A Giant Leap for Supply Chain Forecasting, Material Handling and Logistics Conference (PDF, 28 pp.,

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SupplyOn

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

and smart manufacturing systems to inventory control and supply chain management (SCM). Professor Dmitry Ivanov welcomes the MIM 2019 participants Indeed, this three-yearly conference covered a wide range of topics: From operations research, production planning, optimization and control to Industry 4.0

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 28, 2017

by Alexa Cheater 7 barriers to aerospace and defense supply chain success. For supply chains in the aerospace and defense industry, keeping pace with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) who are dramatically increasing production rates for components, systems and services, is a major challenge. Multiple ERPs. Product complexity.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 9, 2015

One of the biggest challenges facing automotive, aerospace and defense manufacturers is the limited shapes a part can be cut, molded or welded in. To gain and sustain competitive advantage, the principles of lean manufacturing, just in time and inventory control are simply not enough. Source CIO.com.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

An article in my local paper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution , had this interesting quote, “From aerospace to health care to consumer products to toys to medical devices, furniture … what I think you’re going to see is an explosion of use.”. Printers can be a vast source of digital information based on the memory they possess.

Supply Chain Design Software 120

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 16, 2022

The Logistics Managers Index for May indicated that inventory costs are now one-third higher than they were last year. CFO ’s, if they have already done so, will be calling for a comprehensive inventory management analysis, especially if prior decisions were made to take on added inventory as a supply network risk mitigation measure.

Material Savings 52

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. is one of the industry’s most respected logistics sources. Arabian Aerospace. Sourcing Innovation. This was the result. wsjlogistics.

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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. Why is this? As our interviewee and Procurement guru Wael Safwat put it a few months ago , “it’s no longer the organizations that are competing.

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 28, 2015

The technology is proving indispensable in research and prototyping, and for creating unique and obsolete parts—in particular for the automotive and aerospace industries. For industries where storage for parts inventory is limited, this is welcome news. By Antony Bourne, global manufacturing industry director at IFS.

Manufacturing Procurement 60

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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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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 27, 2014

Students will learn core processes around initial exploration and assessment of supply chain relationships, establishing metrics/expectations for the relationship, crafting and managing contracts, and sustaining continuous performance improvement in sourcing, logistics and operations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Let’s Start With a Discussion on Inventory. When we look at table 1, we see burgeoning inventories in some industries and extreme shortages in others. We are not good at inventory management. Inventory Levels Over the Quarters of the Pandemic. Companies struggle to have the right inventories. The end result?

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Aerospace Industry is characterized by high material costs (about 65-80%). There are two things Boeing and Airbus have in common, utilization of lean manufacturing system and strategic sourcing concept. However, the overall implementation of strategic sourcing is a bit different between the two companies.

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Not only food companies, but the electronics, software, toy and aerospace sectors are all facing concerns about where products are coming from, according to HBR. Instead, the sources must be verified and the carriers watched to see where they deliver their shipments. Using Data Collection Software to Create Transparency.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Not only food companies, but the electronics, software, toy and aerospace sectors are all facing concerns about where products are coming from, according to HBR. Instead, the sources must be verified and the carriers watched to see where they deliver their shipments. Using Data Collection Software to Create Transparency.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Crisis Response – At the outset of the crisis, it’s easier to visualise a horizontal and linear supply chain with the 4 flows disrupted and adversely affecting the Core Supply Chain Functions, of Planning, Sourcing, Production, Distribution, last mile Deliveries and returns management or reverse logistics. Diversification.

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