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3D Printing Changes the Supply Chain

Kinaxis

The drug manufacturer, Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, uses 3D printing to create a more porous pill. It has become additive manufacturing. Traditional manufacturing requires the creation of dies or molds that can cost thousands of dollars to create a prototype. I also discovered, from an article the Guardian that the U.

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SCM World 2014 Chief Supply Chain Officer Report: A Conversation with Kevin O’Marah – Part IV

BlueYonder

SCN: Manufacturers report a strong trend toward greater vertical integration vs. out-sourcing production. The requirement to manufacture at low cost doesn’t go away no matter what you do. China, which was the king of low cost, massive scale, and quite high quality gave us the high water mark of low cost manufacturing.

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Insights from the 2014 Institute of Analytics Winter Symposium: Building a Culture of Analytics

Supply Chain View from the Field

An analytics officer from a major consumer manufacturer emphasized how at their organization they valued failure, and in fact would have a celebration of lessons learned around failure. ” Companies who do not pay attention to sustainable supply chains are ultimatey exposing their brands.

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Supply Chain Management:Growing interest in sustainability from.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Aerospace and Defense. Industrial Manufacturing. As our main focus was towards asset intensive organizations, we looked more into Oil & Gas, Utilities and Manufacturing and Transportation industries. We can include assets of household & home appliance manufacturers too as part of overallsustainibility programs.