Arena Solutions

JUNE 4, 2024

ABI Research’s detailed study reviewed and compared 19 QMS providers to offer an unbiased assessment and ranking. The solution comes with a wide range of pre-configured dashboards and templates to support rapid value creation for customers and can effectively scale with manufacturers’ growth.” -ABI Click here to download the report.

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Arena Solutions

JUNE 13, 2024

I’m Amy Bryson, Contributing Lead Editor of Smart Manufacturing Magazine. This presentation is sponsored by First Resonance, a software company that has developed a modern factory operating system used by next-gen manufacturers building satellites, rockets, electric vehicles, and robotics. Rob Pakalski is CEO of Datum Source.

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EC Sourcing Group

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A Request for Proposal (or RFP as it is more commonly known) is one of the most important pieces in sourcing and procurement and the overall supply chain. However, this can be a tedious process if you’re still sourcing using spreadsheets or haven’t made your procurement process digital quite yet. Construction Materials.

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Precoro

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

After all, a clear picture of the company's procurement process is necessary to develop a sustainable future strategy and to avoid pitfalls that hold your business back. Spend analysis involves spend visibility , spending review , and procurement process improvement. The answer is simple: spend analysis.

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Saleswarp

MARCH 20, 2023

A sustainable supply chain integrates environmentally friendly practices throughout the entire process, from sourcing raw materials to product delivery. Customers are increasingly concerned about the environmental and social impacts of the products they buy, and they’re willing to pay a premium for products that are sustainably sourced.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

This enables you to better understand your purchasing needs, instantly, without having to perform a manual count of every item first. Unleashed also automates repetitive manual processes involved in the management of goods, from populating a purchase order to reporting on multiple sales channels. Who is Unleashed software for?

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Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

A new study by the SupplyChainDigest analyzing the main components of working capital: Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO), and Days Payables Outstanding (DPO) revealed an uptick in DIO. New Study Shows a Rise in US Company Inventories. Source: Commerce Dept. Source: SupplyChainDigest.

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Locus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

A legacy enriched by global outreach in sourcing, manufacturing, refining, logistics, and more, one of the reasons for FKS Group’s diverse business growth is its strong commitment to logistics and infrastructure and a profound understanding of regional market dynamics. The result? Delays and tangible customer dissatisfaction.

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Arkieva

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Image source: Amazon website. While Gartner predicts that by 2018, retailers engaged IoT partnerships with major manufacturers will gain a significant market share from competitors, it’s still unclear if IoT order buttons will cause a direct increase in demand at the initial stages.

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ThroughPut

JULY 6, 2021

Do you remember the time when the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns were announced across the world, followed by the panic purchase of essentials to the point where supermarkets and grocery stores were left with empty shelves? Reshaping the manufacturing world to meet new demands. Historical data method.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 7, 2022

For example, a Deloitte e-commerce study has predicted that the global online retail volume is expected to grow at a rate of 15% till 2023. Reshaping the manufacturing world to meet new demands. Most manufacturers prefer to leverage analytics data over traditional forecasting and time series techniques. Demand sensing method.

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Arkieva

JULY 25, 2016

While demand seems to be on an uptick for manufacturers especially in the consumer goods industry, an increase in online shopping could also lead to a scarcity in the availability of distribution centers in the near future. Source: Multichannel Merchant. Source: Supply Chain Digest. Source: Journal of Supply Chain Management.

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Vanguard Software

JUNE 22, 2021

Stakeholders in manufacturing, logistics, transportation, supplier management, marketing, human resources, and finance all play critical roles in both stable and disruptive times. Fountain Tire Case Study. Download Case Study. To learn more about Vanguard Predictive Planning , request a demo today. Register Now.

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RFgen

JUNE 8, 2023

After all, if products are not properly traced, accounted for, and utilized, there are far-reaching effects across the product life cycle, from procurement to delivery. Food suppliers, for example, hold a significant portion of operational revenue in their purchased but unused inventories, necessitating improved inventory control procedures.

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synchrono

JANUARY 8, 2018

Many manufacturers saw it as a way to reduce inventory levels and costs. For the supplier, VMI was a win, too, because it allowed them to lock in the manufacturer’s business. But VMI came with inherent risks to both the manufacturer and the supplier. Demand-Driven Manufacturing Technology Makes VMI Easier.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 22, 2016

Source: Wall Street Journal. A new report by SupplyChainDigest: “Supplier Integration in an Outsourced Supply Chain World: A Benchmark Report,” showed a growing trend in supply chain outsourcing among manufacturing companies. Source: Arkieva Supply Chain Blog. Source: Supply Chain Shaman. Source: CBR.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 27, 2021

Consumers will continue to want low prices mostly during the recession, and manufacturers won’t be able to accelerate prices despite high manufacturing costs. Manufacturers will face the pressures of operating in limited budgets with high efficiency along with capital constraints. Emerging Supply Chain Trends.

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ThroughPut

MAY 24, 2024

Unlike traditional inventory optimization, which typically focuses on single locations or stages, MEIO considers the entire supply chain network, including suppliers, manufacturers, distribution centers, and retailers, to achieve efficiency and cost-effectiveness. What Industries Should Use Multi-Echelon Inventory? Optimization?

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

And what that often means is finding a second source, finding other options, another alternative. This is where good specifications, good records, good documentations, manufacturable designs, all are needed and come into place. There’s joint development in manufacturing where there’s some combination of both.

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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. My struggle is that open source software–Apache Foundation’s work with HADOOP and Spark–is moving quickly.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 16, 2016

In the process, try to seek help from independent sources. After looking at the software in demos, it is hard for teams to discern differences and rationalize what software attributes are the most important to drive success. The Criteria Manufacturing Companies Use to Make Decisions for Supply Chain Planning Software.

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Unleashed

MAY 6, 2019

Manufacturers shouldn’t be missing out on Australia’s largest manufacturing showcase. Held in Melbourne, National Manufacturing Week is the largest gathering of industry leaders and players down under. It’s the place to be for the manufacturing community to learn, be inspired and connect with each other.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 17, 2017

In the supply chain, manufacturers have been increasingly focused on customers, with demands for customer centricity spawning the release of individualized products, as well as, creating an entire supply chain process that is customer focused. Cyber Security. Digital Transformation. Autonomous Supply Chain.

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Alloy

APRIL 30, 2021

I was amazed by the demo that showed how Alloy, as an end-to-end unified platform, gives customers super power-like abilities to analyze metrics on products they’re selling across the globe in just a few clicks. Alloy collects supply chain and retailer data from many different kinds of sources, so it was quite challenging.

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Alloy

APRIL 30, 2021

I was amazed by the demo that showed how Alloy, as an end-to-end unified platform, gives customers super power-like abilities to analyze metrics on products they’re selling across the globe in just a few clicks. Alloy collects supply chain and retailer data from many different kinds of sources, so it was quite challenging.

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 8, 2024

So, creating Yook and the vision that we have with it is to empower manufacturers to effortlessly track and reduce their product carbon footprint just came naturally from that understanding that we need a different way to enable this for organizations and to really leverage data to drive decarbonization. On to next.

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Turvo

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Another study by the EPA, titled Fast Facts on Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emissions , noted that “according to the Inventory of U.S. Leading brands, manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, and 3PLs have focused Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) plans with the technology to cut waste and reduce emissions.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 25, 2024

On the other hand, demand planning turns these forecasts into actionable plans, considering aspects like inventory levels, production schedules, and procurement. Demand Sensing Method Demand sensing is an efficient method of demand planning that uses machine learning to capture real-time variations in purchase behavior.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Last week, I spoke at Quintiq’s World Tour event in Philadelphia , which featured several customers talking about the supply chain puzzles they faced — in manufacturing, logistics, and workforce management — and how they are working to solve them. Source: Quintiq. billion and annual labor costs in excess of $7.3

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AB&R

DECEMBER 10, 2018

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RFgen

JANUARY 18, 2024

By hosting on cloud servers, businesses can avoid the costs associated with purchasing and maintaining physical servers. Unified Data Source: With a centralized database, cloud ERP ensures that all employees are working with the same information, reducing discrepancies and enhancing overall data accuracy.

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 22, 2024

PLM, like any major purchase whether for personal or business, requires time invested. Engineering brings its design; manufacturing brings its bill of materials (BOM); the quality team brings its SOPs, quality processes, work instructions, and manuals; marketing brings its marketing strategy.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

After a couple of quick questions about the product that she had purchased, it was obvious to me that the product itself had the right features. Supply Chain Complexity 1 – Plan/Source/Make/Deliver/…. For anybody who wouldn’t know, Supply Chain is a complex domain because it studies the interactions in a complex and networked system.

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