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The Importance of Transparency in Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

The article cites Dr. Darren Prokop, of the University of Anchorage Alaska, who explains supply chain visibility involves seeing “a particular activity with access to information at selected nodes.” Transparency, on the other hand, involves moral and ethical dimensions of activities associated with sourcing and manufacturing.

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Boeing’s Corporate Culture Fix is a Systemic Challenge

Supply Chain Matters

Background In early January, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft flying at 16,000 feet experienced a main cabin decompression as a result of a rear exit fuselage door plug blowing out. They are tenets which have been incorporated not only in automotive industry but other discrete manufacturing settings.

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Top Mobile Barcoding Case Studies for Oracle’s JD Edwards

RFgen

Capstone Nutrition manufactures hundreds of dietary supplement products. The manufacturer was using manual data collection to record raw material inventory transactions by hand, including weight and quality measurements. – Paul Nonno, Director of Distribution Operations, Myers Tire Supply.

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Top Mobile Barcoding Case Studies for Oracle’s JD Edwards

RFgen

Capstone Nutrition manufactures hundreds of dietary supplement products. The manufacturer was using manual data collection to record raw material inventory transactions by hand, including weight and quality measurements. – Paul Nonno, Director of Distribution Operations, Myers Tire Supply.

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What’s the Solution to Power Outage Proliferation

USC Consulting Group

Because the vast majority of small-business owners and major corporations require power to provide, manufacture, or deliver products and services, the grid’s failings are forcing companies to evaluate their current processes and develop workarounds so service interruptions are minimized. With it now being 2019, do the math.

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Matrix Commerce is Coming Will You Be Ready?

Supply Chain Network

When it comes to how many products to manufacture and where to make and deploy them of course the earliest and more accurate picture you have of demand the better decisions can be made. Also, in the past it was brands and retailers who determined how and where you would buy their products and what price they would be sold for.

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What is excise duty? A guide for alcohol producers

Unleashed

Excise duty is commonly charged to the manufacturers of these products, with laws also requiring the areas where the products are made to have special licences. Excise duty is payable by the manufacturers of the product. Manufacturing the product can mean making it oneself, or hiring staff to make it on behalf of the business.