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6 Manufacturing Trends You Need to Know

Arena Solutions

The global manufacturing sector has seen an upswing, a technological renaissance of sorts. Since the start of 2012, more people graduating from college and universities are entering the engineering/manufacturing fields. The manufacturing sector has been severely impacted by this trend because production jobs are highly technical.

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

One of the goals of the conference was to challenge the audience to redefine work. In our research, we find that 72% of planners primarily depend on Excel and desktop analysis despite the rollout of advanced platforms for planning in 92% of manufacturers with greater than 5B$ in revenue. The solution was too black box.

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How To Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

As companies struggled to respond to increasing business complexity—a growing number of products, channels, and markets with regional preferences—few software applications were equal to managing channel complexity. Replatforming Current Planning Solutions. This week, I was at Informs Analytics Conference. Guess what?

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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

As of January 1, 2022, it was taking a company an average of 73 days to deliver goods to truck or rail carriers after booking with an ocean carrier and completing the cross-ocean journey, according to E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index. Brand loyalty is no longer the driver for consumer purchasing decisions.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Business continuity continues to be a risk for many retailers and manufacturers. When it comes to inventory and driving improvement in the face of variability, there are five issues: Poorly Implemented Advanced Planning Solutions. Definition of Form and Function of Inventory: Source Supply Chain Insights. My take away?

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This year the annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP26) was held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 13 November 2021. Also, tools have been developed to enable horizontal partnerships to reduce empty truck miles. degrees Celsius,” states the Climate Action Tracker.

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Who Should Be In The Winner’s Circle?

Supply Chain Shaman

On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. As I squeezed into the middle seat of a crowded conference room, I got the stare. When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. The reason?

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