Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

Asset relocation takes time. This small island is currently in the middle of political tensions between the US and China and represents 90% of the most sophisticated chips, such as those based on gallium nitride and gallium arsenide, which are used in the defense and aerospace sector. Does this solve the problem? What to do?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Asset relocation takes time. This small island is currently in the middle of political tensions between the US and China and represents 90% of the most sophisticated chips, such as those based on gallium nitride and gallium arsenide, which are used in the defense and aerospace sector. Does this solve the problem? Prepare for a slog.

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 19, 2024

In aerospace and defense (A&D) there’s little room for error. ESTABLISHING A QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FRAMEWORK FOR A&D WITH AS9100 AS9100 is the globally recognized QMS standard for companies designing, developing, and manufacturing aerospace and defense products. It is endorsed by major industry regulators including the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

Thomson Reuters purchased the global trade compliance vendor Integration Point in 2018. They offer a solution for corporate tax departments called ONESOURCE. The Integration Point solution was rebranded to be one of the modules in the ONESOURCE suite. That approach to taxation engineering is less potent than it used to be.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

They were expressed as longer mandatory hours of work, impacts of rising inflation on worker’s household budgets, prior wage concessions in tough economic times and perceptions of corporate greed in salaries and bonuses of business CEO’s.

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Kanban Logistics

APRIL 17, 2023

Enter the Just in Time (JIT) delivery system. What is a “just in time” delivery system? Historically, manufacturers utilized what’s now referred to as a “just in case” logistics model. This took up (i.e., wasted) large amounts of storage space that was no longer available for production.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

It’s an ally not just while everything’s in transition, either, but also after things get settled again. Of course, there will also likely be times when some of your equipment and other assets won’t be ready for the transition right away or at the same time. GET YOUR FREE WHITE PAPER. DOWNLOAD WHITE PAPER.

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Kanban Logistics

AUGUST 13, 2020

By handling inbound logistics yourself, you’re allocating time, money and resources away from your primary goals of increasing factory output and driving sales. Many of these logistics services can be performed just as effectively – or likely more effectively – by a 3PL that specializes in inbound and manufacturing logistics.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 13, 2022

Take aerospace for example. Engineers in the aerospace industry use Pi for what is known as actuators. To do this, they have to slow down the spacecraft just enough and at exactly the right time for it to get pulled into orbit by the planet’s gravity. It does, in fact, in many ways.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 14, 2021

Take aerospace for example. Engineers in the aerospace industry use Pi for what is known as actuators. To do this, they have to slow down the spacecraft just enough and at exactly the right time for it to get pulled into orbit by the planet’s gravity. March 14 th is the official Pi Day.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 16, 2024

This dashes any hopes by Boeing and impacted airlines for a timely remedy and resolution of the suspected loose bolts holding the door plug. The Journal report makes reference to a white paper published in 2001 penned by a then Boeing aerospace engineer.

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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. However, business as usual was just one component of the event. Common pitfalls lie mostly in the lack of resources: time, people and budget. Quality, quality, quality!

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This is a common dilemma for most aerospace and defense companies, as they try to keep up with today’s ever-changing industry standards. During that time, my focus shifted to design verification and design for testability for application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). Shelly: Describe your role as a customer success coach.

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Resilinc

JULY 18, 2023

The main industries that use AFFF products include defense, petrochemical, and aerospace. Consumer Report conducted a test on numerous types of food packing, not just from McDonald’s and Burger King, and found PFAS chemicals in many papers used to wrap burgers, bags for fries, and containers for salads. #3 More information here.

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Kanban Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

It’s made up of two powerful words that, when combined, serve to eat up lots of your time. This assembly can take up a lot of time (as well as inventory space and manpower). To save a good chunk of this time – and money – many manufacturers utilize the custom kitting services of third-party logistics (3PL) companies.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Most companies in industries like automotive, aerospace, or pharmaceuticals spend 20–30 percent on research and development (R&D), but in apparel, most companies spend less than 1 percent on R&D. Despite my best efforts, I failed three or four times doing this. About 25% of all apparel produced goes into the landfill.

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RFgen

JULY 29, 2016

In fact, Dan Crowley, the chief executive at Triumph, an aerospace equipment group, recently assured these two major Triumph customers that production plans will continue in full swing. According to Financial Times, this news comes despite high-pressure demands and certain supply chain pitfalls. Turbulence in the Supply Chain.

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RFgen

JULY 29, 2016

In fact, Dan Crowley, the chief executive at Triumph, an aerospace equipment group, recently assured these two major Triumph customers that production plans will continue in full swing. According to Financial Times, this news comes despite high-pressure demands and certain supply chain pitfalls. Turbulence in the Supply Chain.

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Kanban Logistics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

If your buyers spend a good percentage of their time negotiating with, and procuring goods from makers of boxes, nuts, bolts, and other consumable parts and materials, that time can be better spent on your core business. This saves both time and resources – resources that are hard to come by due to the current labor shortage.

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Logility

MAY 7, 2018

John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth on Mercury-Atlas 6 on February 20, 1962, just a few days after I was born. I partially achieved that dream by becoming an Aerospace Test Engineer and working at Edwards Air Force Base where many of the early test flights by Chuck Yeager, Scott Crossfield, and other’s took place.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 15, 2023

China is the global leader in exports for both rare metals, exporting around 80% of the world’s gallium and about 60% of the world’s germanium. 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.

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HICX Solutions

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Over 500 suppliers – all of whom serve some of the biggest brands in the world across the CPG, FMCG, Aerospace and Defense and Energy sectors – shared how they perceive their most important customers. 60% feel they spend too much time on customer driven admin, and 47% struggle to get enquiries resolved.

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QAD

MAY 30, 2023

It’s an exciting time to be part of the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain, but the space isn’t without challenges. If you haven’t yet listened to or read about them, take a look at our wrap-up blogs covering past episodes of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast. It’s a challenge to figure out who’s best to talk to.

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IQMS

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Without better supply chain management visibility, manufacturing executives had a choice to make: either wait for retailers to place panic-size orders that Stanley might not deliver on time or raise production on the belief retailers would soon start restocking. Power tools were selling out at stores by early summer.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

With shortages comes missed deliveries, and in most industries – particularly the aerospace industry – that means big dollars in late delivery penalties. By that I mean more than just sitting together at the company holiday party. Without hesitation he blurted, “stopping the engineering changes.”

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

We are proud that she took time to be a guest on JDA TV just a year ago. In her conversation with Nancie Torrence, JDA’s GVP of Government, Aerospace and Defense, she discusses research conducted by Gartner about the advancement of women in supply chain and how women can own their career in this dynamic field.

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Arena Solutions

AUGUST 23, 2022

At the time I knew nothing about Arena; however, I ended up helping Pivot3 configure Arena PLM to manage their product development and supply chain activities. I did that for quite some time until I moved to another supply chain company named Riverwood Solutions. Shelly: Describe your role as a customer success coach.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 31, 2022

In the United States, the Reshoring Initiative has projected 220,000 new domestic jobs will be created by investments in reshoring announced through just the first half of 2021. An initial surge of interest in 2020 by European executives in re/nearshoring had dissipated by mid-2021. manufacturing facilities. After declining 12.8%

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SupplyOn

APRIL 4, 2018

Connecting to the supplier’s MES helps to reduce inventories and ensure supply reliability while allowing for high levels of product customization A leading aerospace company optimized its global supply chain with SupplyOn through an innovative Industry 4.0 Are the parts manufactured in time? In this Industry 4.0

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

At the time it was called a much less sexy “stereolithography.” While more specialized industries have taken to it faster, like the aerospace industry, which loves being able to print hollow metal pieces they pay for themselves with reduced fuel usage, many agree that more widespread usage is not far away. By 2013, over 33.7

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Procurement Academy

MAY 11, 2022

There’s clearly room for improvement here, as while 97% of respondents are implementing, on average, four sustainability initiatives, just 54% have targets for every one of these – and it’s very hard to evidence success without targets.”. Supply chain and procurement professionals are in a really difficult situation.

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Procurement Academy

MAY 11, 2022

There’s clearly room for improvement here, as while 97% of respondents are implementing, on average, four sustainability initiatives, just 54% have targets for every one of these – and it’s very hard to evidence success without targets.”. Supply chain and procurement professionals are in a really difficult situation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2013

Every time that it happens, I smile. We have been taught, as supply chain leaders, that over the last decade supply chain processes have improved costs, shortened cycle times, improved customer service and decreased inventory. Just ask any consultant and they will quickly tout “best practices.” I understand.

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RFgen

JANUARY 23, 2023

Using outdated processes hamper smooth operations, eating up precious time, resources, and manpower—even in ways you may not realize. Wasted productivity: Workers may spend 2/3 of their time walking around looking for stock. Expanding rapidly, the market for such solutions is poised to continue growing by $1.78 bn through 2026.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Virtual Commissioning in Aerospace: DELMIA, Control Build, Virtual PLC and Virtual Robot Controller (Part 1/2). Here is a complete demo of the DS solution for Virtual Commissioning in the Aerospace industry (robotized drilling riveting workcell). Top Posts for 2021, Part 2. Hello and Welcome to the Best of Week in Review for 2021!

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RFgen

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Still, many are hesitant to make a change—despite 60% agreeing that just seconds-faster workflows can lead to significant time and cost savings. Imagine that you fill just 100 order lines per day at 90% accuracy. Costs associated with each error result from: Lack of real-time inventory visibility. million per year.

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Kanban Logistics

JUNE 10, 2021

And it’s not just other shippers and 3PLs that make up the competition for labor. There is still a substantial number of prospective employees that, mainly for reasons connected to the pandemic, are not ready to return to work full time. Logistics automation isn’t just a dark force that seeks to replace employees.

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