Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 10, 2023

July is typically a month in which Chinese suppliers and manufacturers have ramped up production levels to support global-wide back-to-school and other holiday related demand for products that peak in the November and December surge period. reflects broader weakness in the entire chain of global manufacturing.”

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Unleashed

JANUARY 18, 2021

The vitamin and supplement industry manufactures and sells goods to support dietary requirements, including products to complement health and fitness regimes. Products manufactured include vitamin and mineral supplements, along with dietary products designed to support weight-loss and strength-building.

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QAD

MARCH 31, 2020

It’s a niche industry, but also one of the cornerstones of discrete parts manufacturing. They’re complex machines assembled from thousands of parts, many purchased from highly specialized manufacturers. ANCA builds their machines in Australia but these precision components are sourced from around the world.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Notice how the water turns from blue to brown in Figure 3 with the lack of demand translation capabilities within the enterprise for manufacturing and logistics. I give you this evidence in this blog.). Organizational alignment in manufacturing organizations is worse between operations and finance teams today than in 2013.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Mike Beckham, CEO of bottle and travel mug manufacturer Simple Modern, told the Wall Street Journal that a major Chinese supplier in Quzhou City had been forced to cut its workweek to four days and trim its electricity usage by a third. As described in earlier blog posts , there are compelling reasons to keep production in China.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In India, the national Production Linked Incentive (PLI) is set to encourage domestic EV manufacturing—and this is just a glimpse of the latest policies worldwide. To meet this demand and ensure a sustainable supply chain, Australia, Chile , China, and Brazil are proactively ramping up their lithium production.

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QAD

MARCH 25, 2021

It was a relatively simple network that started with the food manufacturer sending products to distribution centers, then on to the grocery stores and specialty shops. The evolution of the value chain has been driven by multiple factors; technology, manufacturers and the consumer. That was the value chain.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Having invested massively in safety stock to try and beat the pandemic’s substantial supply chain disruptions, ecommerce retailers like Australia’s Kogan.com are now dealing with the fallout as demand softens. Such is the picture in Australia’s retail environment. A Tense Future for Renault’s Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Treasury Department along with governmental agencies in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and the European Union. The Company currently expects to break ground in the first half of 2024. © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. governmental agencies to include U.S.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JULY 20, 2018

The meat processing business is on an upswing, with companies from Poland to Australia expanding their facilities to cope with rising demand. appeared first on Quintiq Blog. Extra capacity is always welcome, but the challenge remains – how does a company ensure maximized usage of resources and raw materials? How does it work?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It’s no secret that manufacturing companies around the world are rethinking their supply chain strategies. Many operations turned to lean manufacturing to take any inventory out of their pipelines that could put their supply chain on the line. Australian reshoring strategies for advanced manufacturing .

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

I created this blog three years ago. Starting a blog seemed like a natural place to start. What would I call this blog? I quickly did a search for Supply Chain Shaman…and voila, the new blog was born. This is my 156th blog post to 5000 readers. I try to have a good time with this blog. I was scared.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Most manufacturing companies are working on what a low carbon future means for their business with the urgency to cut global CO2 emissions in half by 2030 and strive for a net-zero by 2050. We know that the manufacturing industry is the engine of economic growth and social impact. The pressure to confront climate change.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The demand for retail workers to fill positions in stores, warehouses, and the manufacturing plants of vertically integrated retailers is not decreasing anytime soon. When discussing the retail labor shortage, many focus on retail associates interacting with customers, or other frontline workers in manufacturing, warehouses, and distribution.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Further reported is that BYD continues with its global expansion plan by consummating partnerships with in-country dealers across Europe and Australia. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Reader Takeaways. No company seems immune. Bob Ferrari. All rights reserved. . .

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The logistics industry is made up of a highly interconnected supply chain network that manufactures raw materials into finished products and connects producers and consumers through various channels. million in funding to operate a logistics network in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, European Union, and Australia.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Blog post originally published by 3D Spectra, and permission to publish here provided by Rohan Kadam at [link]. Though it was introduced three decades ago, it is recently that its impact is felt in industrial and manufacturing sectors. Check out Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing – Changing Future Supply Chains!

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2017

As an example, one location might be the place where you source raw materials or where you source goods from a manufacturing facility. That might mean transporting something from a manufacturer to a distributor, or from a distributor to a customer. In a supply chain, it’s the movement of goods from one location to another.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

The answer lays ahead… In this blog, I share insights on current results. With a strong manufacturing culture, much of the focus was on lean production systems. The KC teams in Africa, Asia Australia, and Europe are just not equal to that of their peers. Who is poised to win? A Look Back. It is clear.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Industrial Manufacturing. View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. In my previous blog , I had talked about the Cash on Delivery payment option. Please let me know if you have any thoughts on this blog.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2023

In a blog post, Yum noted it is transitioning away from plastics and developing new packaging solutions as part of that policy. More than 70 percent of Toyota Motor Manufacturing , Alabama’s power will soon be generated by the sun. Today, Huntsville Utilities, Toyota Alabama and Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 2, 2017

Germany companies are becoming more commonplace in not just automotive supply chains (BMW, Bosch, Daimler), but in chemicals (BASF), pharmaceuticals (Bayer), industrial manufacturing (Siemens), and software (SAP). or Australia. It is polite to shake hands when meeting business partners or associates as well as when leaving them.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2015

He had recently returned from his stint as the commercial leader for Syngenta in Vietnam, and was excited to tell me about his beach-side investment in Australia. They will be featured in our digital showcase and are a part of the Jabil story on digital manufacturing. He is an engaging personality: definitely a people person.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 15, 2016

Today’s guest blog is posted by Timothy Barnes, who I met through the SCRC. Tim is a global supply chain executive originally from Australia, who has been studying the evolution of the Trans Pacific Partnership closely, and is writing a book on the subject.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from Freightos , is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for the logistics industry. Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. Asia, South Africa, Australia/NZ, North America and South America are all largely containerized. Did You Know That …. Shipping between Europe, S.E.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 21, 2017

If you’ve been following the fortunes of Kmart Australia, you’ll know that it’s a company enjoying good fortunes after a tremendous turnaround a few years ago, in which a change of supply chain strategy played a major part. An Introduction: and a Little Disambiguation.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 22, 2022

What will happen to those manufacturers that can’t or won’t convert? The winners are the electrostates: first Australia which has all of the metals in the green seven; Second Chile (which has 42%. They go out of business? And is there enough capacity to produce the new types of vehicles?

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DynaSys

JANUARY 13, 2021

Fires have seriously impacted the wine industry in the US, Australia and elsewhere. In manufacturing, capital investments in new machine tools and materials handling equipment. The post 10 COVID-19 Lessons for a Resilient Supply Chain appeared first on QAD Dynasys Blog. Deferred demand, long-term rebound.

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Aera Technology

OCTOBER 31, 2016

From there, if all checks out, manufacturing and distribution can begin, at which point, it’s been about eight years since Hank was found on the open ocean. Bear in mind that the FDA is only one regulatory body in a world that’s full of them – ANVISA in Brazil, TGA in Australia, MHRA in the U.K.,

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Slight Rise in Global Wide Production Activity Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® was headlined with back-to-back expansion levels in February. The HSBC India Manufacturing PMI® rose from 56.5 Manufacturing Among the two reported PMI reports relative to U.S.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

As part of our ongoing commitment to keep our blog readers updated on what’s happening in the supply chain and logistics world, we’re launching a regular industry news roundup, which we’ll release periodically. Fruit and vegetable shortages in Australia. Australia Supply Chain: Fruit and Veg Shortages.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

In addition to its economic might, Japan has long been a model for manufacturers throughout the world. Manufacturing in Japan. Japan is also enabling alternative power sources that should help the manufacturing sector. Australia, South Korea and Saudi Arabia. How would you describe the state of Manufacturing in Japan?

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Vinculum

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The business happens through 15 Amazon International Marketplaces in the Europe (Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands & UK), Americas (US, Canada, Mexico & Brazil), Asia-Pacific (Japan, Singapore & Australia) & Middle East (UAE, Turkey). Wholesale: Wholesalers sell products manufactured by other brands/companies.

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QAD

JULY 30, 2019

These videos are featured each year at QAD Explore, the company’s premier customer conference, and give attendees a glimpse into some of the successes and challenges their fellow manufacturers are facing today. This is the opportunity for us to get down to the shop floor and film the actual manufacturing process.

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EMERGE App

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

At the end of this blog post, we hope that you appreciate the steps, twists and turns that are involved in importing goods from abroad. Australia , for example, prohibits the import of dangerous dog breeds. Manufacturers vs Trading Companies. Manufacturers make the product themselves and will sell the goods directly to you.

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The Lean Supply Chain

APRIL 24, 2015

Supply Chain management is one of the main disciplines of any economic sector from manufacturing to distribution to retail. Reference on the wine Supply Chain: Proceedings of the 5th Australian Conference on LCA in Melbourne, Australia. The wine Supply Chain and 3PL/4PL: By Chuck Intrieri & Jesús Galindo de la Torre April, 2015.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2023

That, combined with our industry leading analytics and ML means customers can now track and plan for products more predictably, from manufacturing facilities to final points of distribution.” Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Stay tuned. Stay tuned.

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