Arena Solutions

MARCH 9, 2023

Since 2015, PTC has hosted LiveWorx , a global forum that brings together manufacturing executives, engineers, product designers, quality leaders, supply chain partners, and other like-minded individuals who are focused on harnessing disruptive technologies to manage uncertainty and transform their business.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

More than 1,500 of the rings have arrived at more than 130 stores, Walmart Canada said in a corporate blog post. The Federal Railroad Administration announced a Climate Challenge initiative, which urges railroads and rail equipment manufacturers to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 9, 2015

In a Forbes blog post last week, Kate Vitasek highlighted an issue that continues to negatively affect 3PL-customer relationships: Procurement organizations looking to shift more and more risk on third-party logistics providers — while, of course, also demanding lower costs. Positive reviews declined 3.5

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In this blog, we’ll walk you through the key steps you should take to increase supply chain resilience and profitability by shifting to the cloud and taking full advantage of the technology innovation available today. First, we sit down for a multi-day workshop and at the end provide a high-level impact and opportunity assessment.

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6 River Systems

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Luckily, the current movers and shakers of the logistics and supply chain world are all too happy to dole out sage advice in the form of blog posts, interviews, podcasts — you name it. In those situations, true scalability is more readily achievable if manufacturers are also focused on their customers’ demand signals.”

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

A shift to manufacturing critical goods like pharmaceuticals in the United States would lead to higher production costs, for instance. Now, this does not just come down to the staff in the warehouse. It is impossible for a small- to medium-sized company to have the warehouse and delivery resources to fulfill all orders themselves.

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BlueYonder

JULY 13, 2017

At JDA, one of the vehicles we’ve been using to demonstrate the benefits of effective supply planning and collaboration across the supply chain is the Collaborative Flow Planning workshop — AKA, The Beer Game. In the workshop, we play the game twice. We’ve executed this workshop many times over the last two years.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

It’s been a few months since I shared the learnings we’ve garnered from our Collaborative Flow Planning workshop – AKA – The Beer Game. Before we get started, here’s a quick recap of the three key takeaways we’ve learned from hosting our Beer Game workshops: The bullwhip effect is real and cannot be ignored.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

It’s been a few months since I shared the learnings we’ve garnered from our Collaborative Flow Planning workshop – AKA – The Beer Game. Before we get started, here’s a quick recap of the three key takeaways we’ve learned from hosting our Beer Game workshops: The bullwhip effect is real and cannot be ignored.

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Slimstock

MARCH 26, 2019

Procurement involves buying goods and services that keep an organization operating; it ensures warehouses are well-stocked with the proper supplies at all times. For example, eLearning solutions, combined with webinars and workshops, can allow professionals in the field to further their learning.

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Arkieva

JULY 1, 2016

In the early 1980s, trolling through AI and OR workshops, we discovered Dr. Karl Kempf from Intel had independently uncovered the importance of this lesson which he continues to use today as clearly the best agent of change of the Modern Era. Decisions are made about scheduling releases into the manufacturing line or staffing levels.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 18, 2019

However, I also came to realize that I’ve been writing this blog now for more than a decade! Many of these flow directly from research initiatives, workshops, and blog posts I’ve worked on this past year, and represent my best gut-feel of what I think will happen in the coming decade.

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KEPLER Consulting

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Operational Excellence is the modern variation of Lean Manufacturing designating the Continuous Improvement mindset used to refocus activities on Value Added expected by customer. Most advanced ones are maintaining a constant rhythm for new workshop implementation. OPERATIONAL. EXCELLENCE. ELEMENTS OF UNDERSTANDING?

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