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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

Manufacturing sites have been rationalized in terms of, “we don’t need five factories in this country, we only need three, then two, then we don’t need them at all, we’ll move them to China”. Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course.

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ERP Aids Your Sustainability Initiatives

QAD

Let’s cover just three areas where ERP drives greater sustainability: Responsible Sourcing – Manufacturing ERP systems support efforts to identify responsible, sustainable sources of materials. In other examples, you’ll find ERP provides the necessary insights and metrics, like OEE , to enhance production execution.

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Post-Pandemic Impermanence and 6 Actions to Take Now!

Supply Chain Game Changer

In many critical supply areas, such as biopharma, the now famous PPE, and high technology medical devices, not just calls, but screams for re-examining supply lines and explicitly, our reliance on China. With calls to shorten our supply lines and to become less reliant on China, comes tough questions. Not so fast…. Supplier Management.

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ICON 2023: Manufacturing’s New Tomorrow

BlueYonder

China tension were some of the biggest impacts manufacturers saw these past few years. This has led to the nearshoring redesign of supply network and manufacturers trying to figure out, “Where do I need to put my inventory” and “How do I think about sourcing of material and goods so that I can fulfill to my customers?”

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The 6 Greatest Challenges to your Supply Chain

DynaSys

Have plans to maintain your physical resources – property, plant, equipment and inventory stocks – as your human and financial resources. Ensure sufficient material and inventory stocks Plant and equipment integrity. How much ready inventory should you keep on hand to prepare for an upswing in made-to-stock orders?

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Two Indices of Supply Chain Activity Noting Supply Chain Volatility Trending

Supply Chain Matters

The authors specifically make mention of geopolitics along with the ongoing effects of the pandemic impacting many manufacturing regions in China. The authors point to the delivery time disruptions occurring in China , an increase in air freight costs from the U.S. Warehouse inventory levels are noted as remaining quite high.

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Reports of Easing Global Supply Chain Volatility in July

Supply Chain Matters

The overall takeaway from the July data was that global production momentum had begun to stagnate and in some regions such as the Eurozone, Taiwan, and to some extent , certain manufacturing regions of China, PMI values had reached contraction levels. . Warehousing and Inventory metrics continue to buoy the logistics sector.