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Adapting to Manufacturing Disruption: A Strategic Life Sciences Webinar Series

QAD

Watch our on-demand, 4-part series on how to be an Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprise with Bart Reitter, VP Life Sciences at QAD, Inc., Life science manufacturers need a r esource, quality and supplier management solution for the journey from pre-approval to IPO. Digital Manufacturing: Leveraging technology in life sciences.

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Alternative Protein: A Food Manufacturers Guide [+ Case Study]

Unleashed

Food manufacturers will find new opportunities in the alternative protein market as consumer demand surges for non-meat proteins: insect, plant and algae-based products, and ‘lab meat’ cultivated from animal cells. The demand for alternative proteins has surged in recent years, creating an opportunity for food manufacturers.

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What is Supply Chain Management? Importance & Benefits

QAD

E-commerce brands must oversee design, manufacturing, sourcing, warehouse inventory, shipping and delivery. Supply chain management is typically broken into three large buckets of intricate processes and roles: Concept: the full cycle, from sourcing and procurement to fulfillment.

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Supply Chain Leadership Series IV: Joydeep Ganguly – Passionate About Sustainable Supply Chains

NC State SCRC

I had the opportunity to have him talk to my MBA class recently, and we covered a variety of topics – from career development to the biotech industry. Prior to Gilead, Joydeep spent 10 years at Biogen, in roles of increasing responsibility in the areas of process sciences, manufacturing and supply chain.

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SCRC Partner Profile: A Textbook Transformation at Biogen-Idec

Supply Chain View from the Field

Although strategic sourcing capabilities are well established in industries ranging from automotive to electronics, they are still in the formative stages in the biotechnology sector. It isn’t easy to drive change in biotech companies for a number of reasons. is showing how this can happen in the biotech sector.

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Lights out: China’s energy woes hamper supply chains

Resilinc

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. To meet the surging demand, including early holiday purchases, China’s exports to the U.S.

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Biogen Idec designs the innovation supply chain

Supply Chain View from the Field

Since graduating from the NC State Jenkins MBA program in 2006, Joydeep Ganguly has risen through the ranks at Biogen Idec – the world’s oldest independent biotechnology company and the largest biotech employer in North Carolina. He posed the following scenario: You are the COO of a Biotech company tasked with designing a supply chain.