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3 Questions from Your Future Supply Chain Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

As semesters unfolded, students saw course syllabi come to life in news headlines. For exactly this reason, when biopharmaceutical company Ipsen did a skills inventory of their supply chain talent , they carefully benchmarked needs against a more digital point five years ahead. has proclaimed, “ the new supply chain is sexy.”

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Getting that “Swing” in Supply Chain Management

Talking Logistics

If any rower is stroking faster, harder, with less force, or slower than the rest, the boat experiences drag, slows down, and veers off course. Step 5: Measure Current Performance and Benchmark with Best-in-Class Competitors. Of course, breaking down your internal functional silos is only part of the journey.

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Industry 4.0: Will Your Business Survive?

Murano Corporation

Connecting these machines through a network allows companies to more precisely allocate physical resources such as raw materials, track maintenance and efficiency benchmarks, remotely control production lines, and more. And of course, hundreds of spreadsheets.