Unleashed

JULY 2, 2020

The latest data shows New Zealand’s manufacturers appearing to shrug off the ‘80% economy’, reaching pre-Covid levels of activity at the end of June. The data in question has been sourced from Unleashed Software’s inventory management and business SaaS product. Australian manufacturing booming. Manufacturers in focus.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

In extreme cases, firms simply state that a product comes from one country when, in actual fact, it was manufactured in a country that is impacted by the higher tariff being imposed. Alternatively, you may want to relocate – totally or in part – where your product is manufactured. This practice is illegal. Free trade agreements (FTAs).

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 31, 2025

Material Handling is the movement, protection, storage, and control of materials and products throughout manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, consumption, and disposal. As you can probably imagine, it’s critical in modern supply chains.

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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. Companies tightly coupling the budget to S&OP have significantly higher inventories and lower growth than their peer group. Mistake #3. The order represents true demand.

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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 Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides commentary relative to July’s global manufacturing PMI indices relative to data indicating declining momentum, and some contraction among specific global regions. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. Global Wide Production Activity. The July 2022 J.P.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

ToolsGroup’s service-driven multi-echelon inventory optimization (MEIO) provides a single view of demand and supply to help manage uncertainty and increase product availability. . “We Combined with continued supply chain challenges, these trends accelerated POOLCORP’s desire to create a more robust and resilient supply network.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 3, 2021

Here we provide an overview of the latest pet food industry trends, and answer the question: how can pet food manufacturers respond to changes in consumer demands to take advantage of these new trends? manufacturing had seen five years of consistent growth. manufactured?pet in Australia?increased?in million UK households?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I was on the phone with Australia, China, Indonesia – really everywhere – trying to negotiate directly with suppliers. Many of their suppliers were using the same sub-tier manufacturers. If they were dependent, did they have East Coast distribution centers where they could preplace inventory before the strike occurred.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 11, 2020

Effective inventory management is crucial to reducing costs in any manufacturing business. This is particularly true in the food manufacturing industry, which characteristically has a high volume of products stored, and an urgent need to fill existing client orders to match ongoing consumer demand. Working with fresh food.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

Without a doubt 2020 will be etched in our memories as the year of multiple disasters, with the Covid-19 pandemic, trade issues between the US and China, wildfires in Australia, social unrest in Hong Kong, drastic declines in oil prices, turbulent financial markets and other politically dominated issues in emerging markets.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

2) According to a 2012 report into corporate insolvencies by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, 44% of businesses in Australia failed because of poor strategic management. For example, supplier performance issues can cause problems with inventory, order fill; on-time delivery performance and customer-order lead times.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In this guide to barcodes in inventory management: In order to apply barcodes to inventory management, it is important to understand the basics of the barcode system. Hence, some companies will find corded barcode scanners to be all they need, where other companies require wireless scanners to support their online inventory management.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

New manufacturing data has revealed which industries and nations are leading the way in the post-pandemic economic recovery – and the tactics they’re using to beat supply chain disruption. How UK manufacturers have fared UK manufacturers have seen the value of stock on hand jump 99.7%, from £365,736 in Q3 2019 to £730,681 in Q3 2022.

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Unleashed

JUNE 2, 2021

From operational intelligence to additive manufacturing, mass customisation and speed – digital manufacturing is changing the way companies manufacture products through the use of digital technologies that allow for far greater control and adaptability to the way things are conceptualised and produced. in manufacturing.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Changing Landscape of Supply Chain Executives Traditionally, supply chain executives excelled in managing functions like transportation, warehousing, inventory, and production planning but supply chain process extends beyond the firm, involving global relationships with suppliers and customers.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Emerging Market Partner of the Year: Awarded to One Forecast whose tireless dedication to introducing ToolsGroup technology to Australia and the ANZ region has been nothing short of extraordinary.

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Logility

JUNE 8, 2022

Notable new and existing customers placing orders with the Company in the fourth quarter include: Ariela & Associates International, Bemis Manufacturing Company, Bondi Sands Australia Pty Ltd., Diversey, Inc., Polar Electro OY, Timex Group USA, Inc., Vista Outdoors, Workwear Outfitters, LLC. Demand Management, Inc.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 9, 2020

Australian imports from China mainly comprise manufactured goods, including telecommunications equipment, IT products, furniture, home ware, clothing, toys, sports equipment, and televisions. As with exports, the Chinese lockdowns and quarantines have disrupted Australia’s inbound supply chains and played havoc with imports.

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

It doesn’t matter if you’re a technician working on the shop floor or an executive in the board room, if you’re in the business of manufacturing then this is a conversation you’ve had before. Lean relies on minimization of, among other things, lot sizes, inventory and waiting. of that plan. What’s best for your organization?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 10, 2021

Whilst I am Australian born, I was fortunate to have had an educational background spanning 3 continents, Australia, Thailand/Singapore and Denmark. Starting out as a Marketing Intern in Adelaide, Australia for a Fielders Steel Roofing, my international studies lead to an opportunity to work in Singapore in 2005.

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Unleashed

JULY 25, 2021

Let’s look at how smart food businesses can reduce their waste – and how the right food manufacturing software helps them do it. How can food and beverage manufacturers reduce their waste? The following five strategies can help food and beverage manufacturers to manage and reduce their food waste: 1.

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Unleashed

MARCH 14, 2021

The food supply chain refers to the process of preparing a food product from start to finish: sourcing the raw materials and taking the food through a manufacturing process, through to the final packaging of the product, the sale to the customer and the final delivery. Food supply chain challenges in Australia. Lack of communication.

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Exiger Perspectives

OCTOBER 29, 2024

based TC-99m generator manufacturers and their known customers. based TC-99m generator manufacturers and their known TC-99m customers over the last five years, via DDIQ Analytics. This graph from DDIQ Analytics shows a ~44% jump (from 2022 to 2023) in federal contracts awarded to U.S.-based Number of radiopharmaceutical U.S.

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Kinaxis

JULY 30, 2018

A small shift in customer demand essentially cracks the whip, and the further a supplier is from the demand, the more significant the impact, which inevitably leads to increasing swings in inventory for suppliers. in) by Nathan Griggs of Australia. How ironic would that be? m (329 ft 7.5 dBA by American Adam Winrich.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Even in Australia, consumer sentiment index decreased to 102.2, Communication tools like order tracking, cloud-based shipping and ordering, and radio frequency identification (RFID) chips, enable real-time visibility of orders, shipments, and inventory. In February, Thai consumer confidence dropped to 43.3 points from 44.8

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BlueYonder

MARCH 13, 2025

In mid-July last year, McDonalds Australia made an unexpected move: It cut breakfast hours by 90 minutes because it couldnt get enough eggs due to a bird flu outbreak. These shared metrics translate into optimized inventory management and improved responsiveness to market demands, moving beyond mere collaboration into true cooperative action.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Yet according to retail advisory firm IHL , “The most significant challenges to inventory distortion are the availability of workers and the disruptions outside of the immediate control of the retailer.” Despite some improvements, a shortage of skilled workers remains a challenge across both frontline workers and executive offices.

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QAD

MAY 30, 2025

In addition to requirements of data transparency, security and inventory management, Veoneer needed a fast and reliable implementation and thats precisely what they got. The companys headquarters are in Australia, but it exports more than 99 percent of its products to customers in more than 45 countries. ANCA Pty Ltd.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 17, 2016

In the shipping and manufacturing industries, that same “worldwide web” is now being deployed to encourage more energy-efficient operational and communication strategies for a low-carbon economy, thanks to IoT Tech. The Internet has already transformed the way individuals interact, make choices, and process information.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

This requires careful inventory planning and higher safety stock levels. Labor costs in traditional manufacturing hubs like Guangdong have risen 10-15% annually. Why China Became Australias Factory Several factors lie behind Australias industrial deference to overseas manufacturers. Cost volatility is increasing.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 13, 2023

New manufacturing data reveals the small to medium manufacturing sector remains in recovery mode, with global performance largely mapping to local economic conditions. New Zealand manufacturing, meanwhile, is at an historic inflection point, with stagnant performance in multiple sectors.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

With the arrival of Costpoint 8 , higher inventory visibility, accuracy, traceability and efficiency is more achievable than ever. To illustrate the effectiveness of modern data collection solutions for Costpoint, let’s explore three use cases from RFgen Software that produced stellar results: Insitu Mobilizes Inventory, Saves Labor Costs.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In its simplest form, fourth-party logistics is a model in which manufacturers hand over the entirety of the organisation and oversight of their supply chain to a 4PL provider. the digitisation of manufacturing. This outsourcing allows the company to focus on its core manufacturing business and higher-value projects.

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Unleashed

MARCH 3, 2020

One of our New Zealand metalwork manufacturers who relies on overseas suppliers for their materials has seen huge supply shortages this month. The alternative is to carry more inventory, but this carries higher holding costs.

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Unleashed

MARCH 22, 2022

Here we get inside the NoLo industry boom – from what’s behind it, to how brewers and beverage manufacturers are taking advantage of it, to what the future looks like. beer & wine) that traditionally include alcohol, but are manufactured so that alcohol is either eliminated or reduced significantly. What is NoLo alcohol?

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides our commentary and perspectives on published monthly global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. The top three regions exhibiting PMI growth were noted as India, Australia and Thailand. The August 2022 J.P.

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