Logility

MAY 2, 2012

Any time you want to optimize across an enterprise, whether it is inventory or product flows, you need to represent a logical representation of the supply chain. Some were designed to optimize manufacturing operations. Models designed for transportation problems typically struggle with manufacturing problems and vice versa.

Network Design Software 100

Network Design Software Network Design Network Optimization Supply Chain Design Software 100

Logility

MAY 2, 2012

Any time you want to optimize across an enterprise, whether it is inventory or product flows, you need to represent a logical representation of the supply chain. Some were designed to optimize manufacturing operations. Models designed for transportation problems typically struggle with manufacturing problems and vice versa.

Network Design Software 100

Network Design Software Network Design Network Optimization Supply Chain Design Software 100

ToolsGroup

MARCH 13, 2018

PwC’s recent survey of German manufacturers said that 85 percent of the spare parts providers assert that 3D printing will play a dominant role in their business. how to segment your inventory portfolio to determine which spare parts in your supply chain are best suited for 3D printing versus other approaches.

Supply Chain Planning Software 180

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning 180

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

When it comes to the management of inventory in value chains, frustration abounds. Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” Inventory is the culmination of many business decisions. Tracking Progress.

Inventory Reduction 150

Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Inventory Management Software 150

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

I find in my Supply Chains to Admire research that 96% of companies (when compared to their peer groups) are unable to drive improvement while delivering higher performance year-over-year on a balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). The term “AI” is overused.

Supply Chain Design Software 283

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Analytics Software Optimization Software 283

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2018

A slight change within a function–in sourcing or manufacturing, or along the chain–can greatly impact the outcomes of cost, customer service, or working capital. Today’s supply chain—with greater outsourcing, global manufacturing, and complex bill of materials–requires synchronization of the links.

Optimal Sourcing 169

Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain 169

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 17, 2015

I am deep in research analysis of a couple of efforts (wrapping up our first year of supply chain planning benchmarking for ten clients, writing reports for the Supply Chain Insights newsletter and finishing some work with a couple of manufacturing clients) that are all telling me the same thing: companies are feeling supply chain pain.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Inventory Management Software Supply Chain Software 150

Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

A China Plus sourcing stance has become ever more important as is longer-term alignment to government induced supply chain policies and legislation initiatives for deemed critical materials. Bloomberg reported in November 2022 that shipments of motor vehicles, computer parts and boats, manufactured in Mexico and destined for U.S.

Predictive Analytics Software 52

Predictive Analytics Software Resource Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Manufacturing Procurement 52

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Forty years ago as a chemical engineering student, I learned the tedious craft of chemical plant design. Getting good at factory design is a merit badge of sorts for the chemical engineer. Getting good at factory design is a merit badge of sorts for the chemical engineer. In this position, we designed real-world plants.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain 150

Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

By Q4, major European manufacturers were exploring alternative sources to produce energy-intensive products such as chemicals and fertilizers, with the U.S. In April, economists at Goldman Sachs indicated that supply chain resilience had become a top-of-mind topic for manufacturers and retailers. seen as a likely alternative.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Strategy 52

Unleashed

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It’s become even more important that businesses navigate multiple supply chains with food manufacturing software. While tracing the origin of a food source and viewing transparent information about its manufacturing process has certainly grown over recent years – there’s no doubt the pandemic has sped up consumer demand for this.

Food 93

Food Trends Industry Industrial 93

EHS Sustainability Knowledge at Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

With more than 70,000 chemicals currently in common use – and 1,000 new chemicals coming into use every year – maintaining and managing their effective, appropriate and responsible use is a challenging task. Cost, process, regulatory and safety issues converge to making chemical management a critical, complex and cumbersome activity.

Chemicals 45

Chemicals Sustainability Demand Planning Software Inventory Reduction 45

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

But alternative models are emerging, including distributed manufacturing enabled by robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and 3D-printing, distributed intelligence brought about by the internet of things and distributed labor enabled by the internet and mobile devices. Companies can clearly make a dent. Organizational models.

Supply Chain Software 100

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Modeling 100

DynaSys

JANUARY 13, 2021

Large scale chemical plant explosions have caused revenue-impacting delays globally several times in recent years. In manufacturing, capital investments in new machine tools and materials handling equipment. This places the focus on supply and inventories (see Takeaways section below). Normally they are also one dimensional.

Supply Chain Planning Software 62

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Strategy 62

GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

When you choose a company to transport your freight or to supply you with the materials you need to manufacture a product, you are putting your hard work and reputation in their hands. It measures the cost incurred by an organization to manufacture a quality product. Cost of quality. On-time and complete shipments.

Procurement Analytics 120

Procurement Analytics Metrics Quality Supply Chain Planning Software 120

RFgen

AUGUST 14, 2017

These counterfeits featured markings normally found on legitimate parts from “approximately 35 major electronics manufacturers, including Motorola, Xilinx, and National Semiconductor.” With the correct part numbers and manufacturer’s markings, these counterfeits can be surprisingly difficult to identify and catch.

Aerospace 52

Aerospace Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 52

EMERGE App

MARCH 11, 2021

Inventory is the store or stock of goods. And in this post, you’re going to know the type of inventory exists. Four Types of Inventory. There are four types of inventory : work-in-progress, finished goods, raw material, and MRO goods. Subassemblies assemble or manufacture the end product. Raw Materials.

Inventory Reduction 52

Inventory Reduction Inventory Inventory Management Software Manufacturing Procurement 52

ThroughPut

MARCH 3, 2020

A few weeks after my contact with a Samoan leader who explained how medication throughput was a problem with the measles outbreak, I posted on LinkedIn about how turning a blind eye to epidemics and following an isolationist policy against our fellow human beings would only hurt when it impacted corporate industrial supply chains.

Florida 52

Florida Supply Chain Planning Software Japan Supply Chain Planning 52

Enterra Insights

MARCH 31, 2021

My reasoning is simple, regionalized supply chains place manufacturers closer to consumers and reduce transportation costs. Raju, Senior Vice President, CL, Chemical, Pharma & Food Sector at Avvashya CCI Logistics, this movement towards regionalization remains unabated. ” According to V.

Supply Chain Software 100

Supply Chain Software Pharmaceutical Global Supply Chain Optimization 100

Unleashed

JULY 11, 2021

Sustainability certifications help consumers identify whether or not a product or manufacturer is sustainable. Consumers are often disconnected from understanding or thinking about how products are manufactured, harvested, transported and of the resources required for their production, and sale.

Sustainability 98

Sustainability Manufacturing Procurement New Zealand Waste Reduction 98

BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Perform segmentation to curate clusters based on value proposition, manufacturing strategies, fulfillment choices, inventory policies down to customer, product and market intersections to carry forward stratification of demand and replenishment streams. Conduct a comprehensive network design and optimization exercise.

Supply Chain Planning Software 62

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Disruption Modeling 62

Arkieva

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

When it comes to inventory optimization , companies often have to play a delicate balancing game to ensure that they have optimal levels of inventory. If your forecast numbers are too high, you run the risk of holding costly excess inventory and reducing available cash on hand. in multi-echelon inventory optimization.

Optimization Software 60

Optimization Software Inventory Reduction Modeling Supply Chain Optimization 60

Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 6, 2018

This element concentrates on setting policies and procedures and training workers in warehouse employee safety. Hazard Communication : OSHA makes special reference to chemical burns when information about these hazardous materials isn’t properly communicated about the workforce. Enforce a Strict Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) Policy.

Warehousing 65

Warehousing Buyer Training Purchasing Training Material Savings 65

6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

All of the above (and other down-stream KPIs and processes) are heavily influenced by the accuracy of a demand forecast: if the demand forecast is much more accurate, a company is more likely to have the right product, in the right quantities in inventory and will have less of the products in inventory that is not required.

Supply Chain Planning Software 96

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Strategy 96

GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 23, 2018

This element concentrates on setting policies and procedures and training workers in warehouse employee safety. Hazard Communication : OSHA makes special reference to chemical burns when information about these hazardous materials isn’t properly communicated about the workforce. Enforce a Strict Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) Policy.

Warehousing 237

Warehousing Buyer Training Purchasing Training Material Savings 237