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. was more expensive, New Balance Chairman , Jim Davis provided a strong commitment to localized manufacturing.

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 11, 2018

They had previously been relying on dropshipping from their manufacturers, but that left them with little flexibility to improve their delivery promise. Get the PDF of Lull’s case study >> Challenges to Order Fulfillment. They turned to FLEXE. By the Numbers: 51% reduction in delivery times—from 3.5

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2024

Working in partnership with Blue Yonder, I’m confident we’ll get there,” according to a Transportation Manager, Kimberly-Clark ( read the case study ). With this new tool, manufacturers, retailers and logistics service providers (LSP) can benefit from Blue Yonder optimization tools via integration to their existing TMS.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2018

In attendance are manufacturing representatives from BASF, BerryGlobal, Corning, Covestro, Grace, Evonik, Intel, Monsanto, and Smith’s Detection. Technologists and manufacturers working together to try to define multi-tier processes to redefine B2B. There is an active group in Europe and North America. The reason?

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Locus Robotics

JUNE 26, 2020

Since 2014, LogiMed has served as the largest gathering for medical device and diagnostics supply chain heads in North America. This is the only forum that brings together Heads of Supply Chain from both manufacturing and providers to share best practices, benchmark, and learn from peers. See Case Studies Learn More.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Companies like ELIX Polymers and Fresenius Medical Care North America have chosen SC Navigator because it makes powerful prescriptive analytics accessible and allows them to quickly answer very specific questions about their business. Browse case studies to see how leading companies across industries make use of the technology

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Covering wide ground on manufacturing. At the manufacturing track, the speakers covered various topics on production optimization, from constraint-based planning to analytic adoption to an insightful firsthand account of Quintiq’s business operations-supporting capability. Did you attend Quintiq World Tour Philadelphia?

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Bristlecone

OCTOBER 29, 2020

For one manufacturing client, a recent diagnostics assessment identified key opportunities in supply chain planning process improvements, logistics optimization and reporting enhancements. Read Case Study. Recent highlights include: Go-lives across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Process Design.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Companies like ELIX Polymers and Fresenius Medical Care North America have chosen SC Navigator because it makes powerful prescriptive analytics accessible and allows them to quickly answer very specific questions about their business. Browse case studies to see how leading companies across industries make use of the technology

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 26, 2022

This week, in conjunction with General Motors reporting of Q2-2022 financial performance, the auto maker disclosed that it had secured strategic supply agreements to support one million electric powered vehicles in North America by 2025. or North America presence. Some Broader Context.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JULY 26, 2018

Engineering & Manufacturing (E&M) companies are advancing their business models to focus more on providing services and capability to their customers, a practice known as “servitization.” Service type activities already make up from one-third to more than one-half of manufacturing employment in some industries. Description.

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Synovos

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They were a new company that had taken over an existing manufacturing plant and lacked the infrastructure needed to keep the facilities in good working order, whether that was buyers to order parts or an accounts team to manage the purchasing process. It’s a juggling act between the finance and manufacturing side of the business.”

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 15, 2022

The saga of fitness hardware and services provider Peloton Interactive took yet another turn last week with an announcement of the pending closing of the company’s owned North American warehouses and the shedding of field customer support teams, along with other moves. That charge has now resulted in an $800 million restructuring plan.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Sharing this story is the goal of this case study. Given the level of industry maturity within pharmaceutical manufacturing, Novo Nordisk has a strong foundation in manufacturing. We also have strong manufacturing culture and high focus on “Lean” initiatives. We are not as mature as CPG or Food/Beverage.

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QAD

MAY 16, 2019

Adoption of advanced technologies ( machine learning , smart manufacturing, China 2020, digital transformation) to increase performance and efficiency. QAD provides training on behalf of AIAG and Odette in North America, Eastern Europe and Asia/Pacific. Strengthened requirements in Chapter 6: Supplier Interface (e.g.

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 9, 2014

by Trevor Miles I’m on my way back from Tokyo where I attended our user conference, Kinexions Tokyo , in Japan, just 5 weeks after our Kinexions North America user conference in San Diego. In both cases we had about 50% increase in attendance over last year. Buffalo Technologies. • Dow AgroSciences. Schneider Electric. •

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RFgen

AUGUST 18, 2021

In order for manufacturers to handle product recalls without causing severe disruption to operations, they need to have strong data collection procedures in place. Read RFgen-Toyota case study ». Toyota Data Collection Offers Lessons for Operational Resilience. This has proven true for Toyota.

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Supply Chain Movement

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

This is an end-to-end Supply Chain transformation and a shift in the way that Diageo gets its brands from its own and third party manufacturing facilities to bars, restaurants, hotels and retailers, both directly or through a network of distributors. 30 | Case study: 3M doubles its truck load factor.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

I am currently collecting case studies in supply chain leadership for my next book Supply Chain Leadership Matters to publish in 2016. Emmanuel has been working in Supply Chain for L’Oreal for over 20 years, starting in France followed by 10 years in New York where he led the Supply Chain for L’Oreal North America.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2020

It adds that while all its manufacturing partner sites in that country have reopened, they are ramping up more slowly than expected. In the United States , automotive stocks have fallen as manufacturers General Motors, Ford, Toyota, and Fiat Chrysler scramble to find parts and Moody’s Investor Service forecasts a drop of 2.5%

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

The following five mini case studies explore a few high-profile companies that have managed to sustain their supply chain cost-reduction efforts and keep expenses under control. In 2014, Deere & Company was listed 80th in the Fortune 500 America’s ranking and was 307th in the 2013 Fortune Global 500 ranking.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

The Normalcy Index calculated weekly by the Economist projects that North America is 67% of the way back to normalcy from COVID, but globally, it is lower at 50% with many flare-ups. The Port of Shenzhen –a central manufacturing and export hub including the Yantian terminal that handles 25% of all U.S. A Need to Rethink Work.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 26, 2013

Industrial Manufacturing. Case Studies. |. In my current project about a year ago, North America region Supply Chain Planners were having major concerns related with flawed planning resulting from incorrect or no Source of Supply (SoS) for receipt elements such as Purchase requisitions &/or Planned orders.

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RFgen

AUGUST 10, 2023

You may also like: Schwing America: Global manufacturer of construction equipment replaces aging software, gains mobile barcoding and advanced warehouse capabilities. Michelle Winery: Award-winning Washington winemaker digital transforms warehouse operations with mobile barcoding and license plating.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 5, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Case Studies. |. Michelin presented how they replaced 1000s of their local applications by Maximo in their 70 manufacturing plants. They have worldwide operations and have implemented the solution in north America and moving to Europe and then South East Asia. Automotive.

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Provenance

AUGUST 13, 2018

The clean energy technology sector achieved considerable growth with China’s low REE prices and advances in manufacturing technology , growth that some associated with low environmental and social sustainability standards. These credits can then be purchased directly by manufacturers. This is referred to as chain of custody.

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Supply Chain Network

APRIL 12, 2013

Case Study: SHI & AGCO Conquer The Buyer’s Dilemma & The Seller’s Struggle. a multibillion-dollar global provider of technology products and services and the largest Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) in the United States, and AGCO, a leading global manufacturer of agricultural equipment.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

” Just as Blockbuster missed the online movie experience and Kodak failed to monetize digital printing, company boards struggle with the thought “Will their story be framed in the next Harvard Review case study of a company that missed the digital pivot?” ” The tension within an organization is growth.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 7, 2017

Then the packed halls had a lot of business user case study presentations. 3-D Printing: localization of manufacturing through the sharing of digital images using additive manufacturing. I know that the discussion within manufacturing organizations are political. Consultant presentations dominate.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2024

Drizly currently delivers beer, wine and spirits in states where it’s legal, and partners with retailers across North America. This year, the case competition is asking participants to explore how to increase the supply of recycled-content polyethylene terephthalate (rPET). million customers. is working with The Coca-Cola Co.

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