SYSPRO Smarter ERP

AUGUST 1, 2022

Ongoing challenges in the supply chain, such as shortages caused by increased demands and the shutting down of some factories, continue to affect manufacturing businesses even to this day. A Bill of Materials (BOM) is a comprehensive list of all the items needed to manufacture a product. However, BOM offers more value.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Cameron Bailey, EVP of Global Supply Chain at VF Corporation, did not disappoint. Mr. Bailey has worked most of his career at VF – as an industrial engineer in facilities, in strategic sourcing, running offshore operations, and now as the person in charge of the company’s entire supply chain.

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Logility

AUGUST 31, 2023

Through Logility, Kelly-Moore has moved beyond relying solely on shipment history to purchase raw materials by forging a deeper connection between its master production schedule and procurement decision-making. Batch manufacturing is more controlled and optimized, improving inventory turns and production scheduling efficiency.

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USC Consulting Group

JUNE 30, 2020

This is particularly the case among manufacturers, many of whom were sidelined by COVID-19 due to labor shortages caused by layoffs and a number of workers falling ill from the virus. As early as February, roughly 60% of manufacturing firms in the U.S. As early as February, roughly 60% of manufacturing firms in the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 16, 2022

SCCN is a collaborative solution for supply chain processes built on a public cloud – many-to-many architecture – which supports a community of trading partners and third-party data feeds. SCCN solutions provide supply chain visibility and analytics across an extended supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 9, 2023

But as a situation occurs, whether that is a change to the forecast, a projected stock out or lost sale, or a new capacity constraint, the system flags that for a planner to review and potentially that planner will create a new plan. This is what the multi-enterprise supply chain network does. You don’t need to touch it.”.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Source: [link]. 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.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 28, 2017

by Bill DuBois Recently I was watching a video interview with David Thomas, the Director of Global Capacity Planning for Ford Motor Company. Among other things, he’s been leading the charge at Ford to deliver a global capacity management solution. Ford’s challenges to global capacity management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

There is also managed planning, where a services firm uses a supply chain system to forecast demand, and plan replenishment and manufacturing. But now we are seeing an entirely new type of services firm in the supply chain world – a service provider that does the planning and takes ownership of the inventory.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

We’re currently on the cusp of a big incremental change in the industry’s transformation journey, as the value of real-time supply chain data is increasingly being felt far beyond transportation logistics. The entire supply chain industry was caught flat-footed by the seismic disruptions wrought by the pandemic.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 18, 2022

Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany is Volkswagen’s HQ and site of a massive manufacturing complex.). As reported in a recent Resilinc blog , supply chains for EV batteries and electric motors are also challenged by ethical sourcing concerns. Supply chain visibility appeared first on Resilinc.

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Oracle SCM

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Every year during the holidays, anxiety hits shoppers, retailers, and manufacturers alike about whether the season’s hottest products will face shortages. For manufacturers, at least, it doesn’t have to be this way. Partner for Manufacturing Flexibility. Outsourcing production or procurement of certain components.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2022

As more consumers flock to e-commerce, purchasing big & bulky goods such as furniture, appliances, and wholesale electronics online is becoming more common. The trend of purchasing big & bulky items online will continue to grow, with Statista predicting 35% of furniture sales worldwide will be made online by 2025.

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

ThroughPut’s AI-based demand sensing and capacity planning capabilities and project44 to empower companies with disruption-free supply chain operations. PALO ALTO, CA, November 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — ThroughPut Inc. , PALO ALTO, CA, November 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — ThroughPut Inc. ,

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

A MSCN is a collaborative solution for supply chain processes built on a many-to-many architecture which supports a community of trading partners and third-party data feeds. MSCN solutions provide supply chain visibility, network-based applications, and network analytics across an extended supply chain.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 20, 2023

If a manufacturer has to wait an extra day for raw materials to arrive, they might lose a customer. Here we break down what lead time is, the types of lead times in supply chain management , the factors that affect lead time, and how to shorten lead times to provide a better customer experience. Let’s dive in.

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QAD

MARCH 9, 2023

Instead, geopolitical, inflationary and environmental forces have created new challenges for manufacturers and their supply chain partners. Supply chain planning is more important today than ever before and there’s good news: Manufacturers have options for mitigating global supply chain risk and keeping costs in check.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

There is no good system for visibility. Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers. meters draft, and cargo capacity up to 14,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU); previously, it could only handle vessels up to about 5,000 TEU.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Among other things, ZF manufactures electrified powertrains, car chassis technology, active and passive safety systems, and advanced driver assistance systems. ZF offers product and software solutions for established vehicle manufacturers and newly emerging transport and mobility service providers. The ZF supply chain is complex.

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ivalua

JULY 22, 2015

In last week’s blog , I began discussing telltale signs that you have entered the new age of strategic sourcing. Leading manufacturers have proven that best-in-class strategic sourcing can create measurable and sustainable shareholder value by contributing to top line growth and bottom line profitability. alternatives.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 29, 2024

Sign Up for SCMDOJO Pro Membership Importance of Effective Supply Chain Management Supply chain management is not just about moving products from point A to point B – it’s a strategic approach that encompasses the entire network of processes involved in delivering goods and services to customers.

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synchrono

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Sodhi, reported for the MIT Sloan Management Review , that supply chain executives complain there have been major supply chain disruptions, highlighting vulnerabilities for individual companies and for entire industries globally. Supply chain visibility means all partners get access to data in real-time.

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synchrono

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

In 2010, Gartner estimated that manufacturers outsourced about 70% of the products they make to other manufacturers. So, it only makes sense that, for most manufacturers, implementing modern demand-driven or pull-manufacturing techniques will require collaboration with many partners across the entire supply chain.

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Logility

JUNE 30, 2022

Today’s supply chain is challenged by the impact of what would appear to be two disparate challenges: constant supply chain disruptions, and what’s been dubbed “The Great Resignation.” resigned from their jobs in durable goods manufacturing. How Labor and Talent Shortages Affect Supply Chains.

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Kinaxis

MAY 15, 2017

It’s transforming from design and manufacturing companies into design and product companies. These new fab-less companies are working with foundries to manufacture wafers, instead of fabrication centers. Here are a few other challenges the semiconductor supply chain has to face. Customer-specific requirements.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 17, 2023

the industrial AI Supply Chain Decision Intelligence pioneer, today announced the launch of its ThroughPut.AI Supply Chain Decision Intelligence solution, Powered by Snowflake. PALO ALTO, CA, October 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — ThroughPut Inc. , Our collaboration with ThroughPut.ai With the ThroughPut.ai

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Digital Twin from Infor Nexus Drives Supply Chain Agility for Molex. The fact that most manufacturers struggled to achieve supply chain agility during COVID is not news. The Molex Supply Chain. The Molex global supply chain is complex. Keys to Success.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Today’s businesses run on increasingly complex tech stacks, which require a unified, simple integration and automation solution – without which it becomes a daunting challenge to achieve holistic supply chain visibility and actionability. Leveraging Tray.io ThroughPut.AI ThroughPut Inc Tina Jacobs pr@throughput.ai

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Today’s businesses run on increasingly complex tech stacks, which require a unified, simple integration and automation solution – without which it becomes a daunting challenge to achieve holistic supply chain visibility and actionability. Leveraging Tray.io ThroughPut.AI ThroughPut Inc Tina Jacobs pr@throughput.ai

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QAD

MAY 18, 2023

The automotive industry is undergoing a massive technological transformation toward vehicle electrification and the shift presents huge opportunities for manufacturers that do business in the US, especially since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022. What’s in the Inflation Reduction Act’s New Clean Vehicle Credit?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 28, 2021

This includes port data, social media, news, event and weather (SNEW) data, weather data (to some degree), traffic data, and other available sources to provide an accurate ETA to warehouses, stores, and end consumers. Transportation visibility is clearly not only for trucks.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

However, I can’t recall writing a general guide about exploiting outsourcing opportunities to improve your supply chain. To date, most of our content has covered topics related either to logistics or manufacturing outsourcing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2021

This includes port data, social media, news, event and weather (SNEW) data, weather data (to some degree), traffic data, and other available sources to provide an accurate ETA to warehouses, stores, and end consumers. This will be especially important when a COVID-19 vaccine is manufactured and distributed. Capacity Fluctuations.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 18, 2021

The sudden onset of Covid-19 only reinforced what supply chain professionals had already realized: uncertainty is the only real certainty. In their time lean manufacturing and just-in-time were game-changing concepts. A new hyper-focus to meet customer expectations is creating pressures upstream in the supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The transportation execution and visibility systems (TES) market has seen significant growth over the last few years due to a variety of factors, including the growth of e-commerce, the strong ROI tied to these solutions, the rise of control towers and visibility requirements, capacity fluctuations, and the expansion of ecommerce.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Returning containers is an ongoing issue resulting in some manufacturers investigating a return to break-bulk shipping (container free). Variability increased during the pandemic and there is no good system for visibility. The supply chain leader’s number one responsibility is reliability. So what you might say?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

Even before the pandemic, global supply chain were fragile thanks to factors such as the US-China trade war, less efficient shipping routes and a huge drive to cut costs by consolidating loads. Just as manufacturers and distributors were starting to climb out of the ‘COVID hole’, they’ve been knocked back in.

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