Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 16, 2021

In our pandemic research, we interviewed thirty manufacturers. To gain insights, we interviewed Alexandros Skandalakis, Director of Manufacturing Capacity, reporting to operations/manufacturing globally within Philip Morris. We wanted to find a better way to design our network and optimize future manufacturing outcomes.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 4, 2024

Make-to-Order (MTO) manufacturing is the production of specialized or unique one-off products in quantities ranging from one to small production runs. Usually, the final product is a combination of custom manufactured components and standard components. MTO operations bring their own set of unique challenges.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights the upcoming MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics Crossroads 2023 event, along with the opportunity to attend in person at a discounted rate. ” This year’s event will again be held in-person, on the campus. Crossroads event registration site can be accessed at this registration web link.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 11, 2021

There is a belief that manufacturing is a mechanical process with not much thinking involved. While this is wrong for manufacturing in general it is especially wrong for process manufacturers – companies that produce food and beverages, paints, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. What is process manufacturing?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 9, 2023

A multi-enterprise supply chain network provides visibility to upstream and downstream events that can affect a company’s supply chain. As the new events that have occurred are analyzed and a new plan is created, the financial implications can be seen. Visibility to Events. Event Intelligence.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 1, 2024

Unexpected events occur. There can be surprises that offer a better upside—demand is higher than expected, it is possible to raise prices without affecting demand based on what is happening with competitor products, technology has allowed manufacturing capacity to ramp up faster than expected, etc.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2018

More than a year into a freight capacity crisis that shows little sign of weakening, it’s time for all parties involved in logistics and freight transportation to meet this issue head on. Freight Capacity Crisis: How Did We Get Here So Quickly? The seeds for this current market were sown in the aftermath of the Great Recession.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 6, 2020

In any regular year, manufacturers of seasonal foods such as ice cream, beer and BBQ meat have to deal with uncertainty because consumption of their products are highly dependent on food trends and the weather. Demand planning, however, gets even tougher for manufacturers with the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Given the radical changes of the pandemic, one strategic question electronics manufacturers should be asking themselves is whether they are prepared for further changes in the coming five to ten years. That is why many manufacturers opt for an ERP system to help them address their challenges. Manufacturing systems.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 15, 2023

Athletic and leisure footwear manufacturer New Balance has advanced plans to build the company’s sixth footwear manufacturing facility within the United States. Commenting on the Skowhegan facility expansion, Joe Preston, New Balance President indicated: “ Manufacturing has always been at the core of our company culture.

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Stord

MARCH 24, 2020

The demand spike for some goods leaves certain manufacturers and retailers scrambling to keep up, while others aren’t able to ship out inventory at all as e-tailer resources are rerouted toward emergency supplies. How do you prepare your supply chain for events that you can’t forecast?

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Manufacturers like Hyundai are experiencing a shortage of components that threaten s to halt production. While this creates tremendous value , it also br ings the inevitable risk that certain event s can have far-reaching consequences that influence supply chain s more than ever before.

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 5, 2021

In this article, we introduce the seven core capacities that are the building blocks of resilient supply chains. These are plans to restore lost capacities, independent of HOW the operational capacities were lost. In other words, while the sources of risk are unlimited, the outcomes of risk events are not.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 26, 2022

Prestigious award presented by Microsoft at the Inspire event. It was announced at Inspire 2022, the annual event dedicated to the Microsoft partners ecosystem. It was announced at Inspire 2022, the annual event dedicated to the Microsoft partners ecosystem. About ToolsGroup.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

It can move quickly from a situation where there is too much capacity in the market and buyers having the whip hand, to a situation where shippers are begging carriers to take their loads at almost any price. Simmons Foods Simmons Foods is a farm to fork poultry manufacturer. Procurement ran a request for proposal event.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 4, 2021

Let’s take a closer look at an examination by Industry Week , “Beyond the immediate impact on PPE Suppliers and Raw Materials for Hand Sanitizers, the pandemic gave a view of the degree to which many manufacturers were vulnerable to suppliers. Market volatility describes a stage at which volume and capacity availability are misaligned.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The extraordinary cascade of events triggered by the pandemic led to a severe container shortage. The shortage of containers also drives up the cost of new containers, as manufacturers increase their prices in response to strong demand. Chinese container manufacturers extended their regular working hours to eleven hours a day.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

And agility is about reacting quickly and hopefully effectively to the actual disruptive event. But the event might not be disruptive at all if you had planned for it. That variability might be in the areas of manufacturing, distribution, or transportation capacity. Something happens in your end-to-end supply chain.

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Logility

APRIL 23, 2019

Often, private label manufacturers can experience every stage of a customer relationship at any given time, placing tremendous stress on their supply chain operations. Private label manufacturers generally produce more total SKUs with lower production volumes per SKU than a typical manufacturer. Supply chain agility is crucial.

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NC State SCRC

JULY 31, 2020

In the current environment, the big push for production and the biggest shortfalls in capacity is for test kits. This chain of events will of course eventually result in a domino effect, because most of the big manufacturers like Glaxo and Sanofi do not manufacture their own products.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In manufacturing, the Internet of Things (IoT) is the technology that will allow companies to purposely instrument their equipment and products to collect data and then use it to improve, experiment and develop value. IIoT refers to the usage in areas such as manufacturing plants and supply chains. Manufacturing efficiency.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2023

It’s good to see these companies recognizing the impact of climate change, and changing their policies, sourcing, and manufacturing practices to reduce emissions. Now, the EU has decided to phase out the free allowances, and the taxes will depend on where a company manufactures its goods. But coastal sea levels are not the only issue.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Buying organizations use this technology to monitor and analyze supplier risk events in real-time. These are big data platforms that monitor news sources and assorted databases from governments, financial institutions, ESG NGOs, and other sources to detect when a negative event has occurred or may be about to occur.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 11, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights recent manufacturing milestones achieved by electric auto and truck maker Tesla. The event was dubbed “ Cyber Rodeo ,” reportedly named for the auto maker’s Tesla Cybertruck. Both facility capacity and lingering supply chain supply challenges have contributed to the delay. In the U.S.,

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights this week’s announcement from athletic footwear designer and manufacturer New Balance of the grand opening of this company’s fifth production facility in North America. In a published Supply Chain Matters at the time , we pointed out that despite knowledge that manufacturing shoes in the U.S.

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DynaSys

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Automotive suppliers regularly receive Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) demand signals from car manufacturers. These EDIs keep auto makers informed as to the required quantities of components that need to be manufactured in the coming five days, as well as giving them visibility on long term forecasting.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 25, 2015

To meet consumers’ increasing appetite for choice, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) manufacturers develop a huge amount of Stock Keeping Units (SKUs). This has a direct impact on packaging manufacturers who now need to find ways to cope with more diverse demand. What should change? The packaging market is very dynamic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

Your organization’s ability to anticipate disruption, adapt to events, and build resiliency is rooted in how you maintain operational continuity. A wide range of events could prevent your supply chain from operating normally, but not all events have an equal impact. Capacity constraints and transportation delays.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 16, 2023

Real-Time Retail connects the JustEnough planning and execution solution with Inventory Hub ® – a dynamic data unification platform – to collect near-live data from siloed systems and serve that information immediately to Allocation, Replenishment and Fulfillment applications to: Track events and changes to inventory across selling channels.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2024

At the event, presentation after presentation focused on improving engines. Can we build collaborative platforms for role-based discussions across commercial (sales and marketing) and operations (manufacturing, logistics, and purchasing) teams? Seasonal Inventory Build or Asset Capacity to Ramp for a Seasonal Demand Usually.

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Logility

AUGUST 4, 2023

DENSO Corporation , a global automotive components manufacturer, is bucking that trend with tighter collaboration and a different outlook on supply chain disruption. Companies risk collapsing when they react to a disruption in ways that deviate from their mission and values,” warns Turk.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 13, 2021

Your organization’s ability to anticipate disruption, adapt to events, and build resiliency is rooted in how you maintain operational continuity. A wide range of events could prevent your supply chain from operating normally, but not all events have an equal impact. Capacity constraints and transportation delays.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The capacity to recycle or reprocess food waste worldwide is still limited and insignificant compared to the amount of food waste being generated. With the right solution and strategy, food manufacturers have the potential to create a major impact in reducing the scale of our global food waste crisis. Enable Sustainability with DELMIA.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 19, 2023

His primary goal has been leveraging Coyote’s proprietary technology, people, and capacity to solve pressing customer challenges. Industries included manufacturers, retailers, automotive, food & beverage, CPG and healthcare shippers. Businesses ranged in size from $250M to over $5B in annual revenue. 81% were from the U.S.,

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

Yesterday, in grand opening ceremonies, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and German government officials celebrated the event which included the handover delivery of an initial 30 Tesla Model Y performance vehicles costing a reported 63,990 euros to select European customers. The newly opened $5.5 The newly opened $5.5 All rights reserved. .

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Locus Robotics

MARCH 9, 2023

By Geoff Whiting, Senior Writer, Red Stag Fulfillment Applying automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to supply chain management is an excellent way for manufacturers to increase the accuracy, speed, and efficiency of operations. In some settings, IoT devices can detect defects and notify staff of quality control issues.

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OptiProERP

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Did you know: 90% of manufacturing leaders see a positive relationship between their performance and the sustainability transformation of their organization? 62% of global Co2 emissions come from manufacturing sectors? 54% of global energy consumption is from the manufacturing and production sector?

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