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Auto Supply Chain Prophets Podcast Wrap-up: Eps. 6-10

QAD

It encourages us to continue meeting with automotive industry experts about supply chain issues that resonate with so many listeners. Episode #6: Electrifying the Automotive Supply Chain. With three decades of hands-on automotive experience, Paul Eichenberg , Chief Strategist, Eichenberg Consulting, L.L.C.,

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How order aggregation can eliminate costs in the automotive supply chain

The Network Effect

premium freight or charter costs) due to their inability to meet delivery requirements, in accordance with the purchasing terms and conditions. Given these exacting requirements, every automotive supplier needs to consider the advantages of the newer network-based architectures.

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The 5 ‘C’s’ for CMO Relationships in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

Kinaxis

There was agreement among many at the conference that pharma is a bit behind the high tech and automotive industries when it comes to supply chain efficiencies. High tech and automotive have long realized they could drive efficiencies up and costs down by not doing everything from scratch.

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Mass Customisation: What It Is and How Companies Are Using It

Unleashed

Mass customisation is also known as: Made-to-order Built-to-order Increasingly popular in the retail goods sector – but also used in the automotive, software and finance sectors – mass customisation allows customers to purchase a product that is more ‘them’. What about mass customisation in software?

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Vertical Farming: The Future of the Food Industry is Looking Up!

QAD

The benefits could provide solutions to many disruptive forces currently impacting agriculture, farming and food manufacturing. It could quite possibly be to the food industry what the electronic vehicle is to the automotive industry; a game changer. What are the Benefits and Impacts of Vertical Farming?

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Supplier Quality Management: What it is, 5 Key Metrics to Know & a 4 Step Supplier Evaluation Process

GlobalTranz

The cost of quality definition and enterprise quality management software—part 2, cost of quality both offer detailed descriptions of these metrics and insights on how to measure them. Even in industries such as automotive, aerospace, and defense, this metric plays a crucial role. Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).

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Tracking Shipments with IoT

Logichain Solutions

In the world of logistics, IoT both enables the monitoring of assets throughout the supply chain and turns all the data from monitoring these assets into insights that drive new solutions. Barcode labels and RFID were some of the early tools to track shipments, albeit without providing real-time and remote monitoring capabilities.