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Getting that “Swing” in Supply Chain Management

Talking Logistics

What you find instead are functional groups — such as Manufacturing, Distribution, Sales and Marketing, and Procurement — operating in silos, like a boat full of rowers each doing their own thing. Step 2 – Develop Metrics and Data Sources. Step 5: Measure Current Performance and Benchmark with Best-in-Class Competitors.

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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. Plant layouts become more flexible as the production chain becomes more transparent to suppliers, designers, and end users.