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. Manufacturing raw materials.

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ThroughPut

MAY 9, 2024

They are more reliable, tune in well to volatilities and help build the necessary trust between the manufacturer and the final customer. A resilient supply chain has great visibility and the agility to shift sourcing, manufacturing and distribution activities around fairly rapidly.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 6, 2020

Supply chain optimization is a key component of the manufacturing supply chain process, helping companies control their input costs to be able to provide effective goods or services to their customers. It also evaluates the various possibilities such as the best plants to manufacture the required product lines. Inventory control.

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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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ThroughPut

APRIL 2, 2020

Supply chain optimization is a key component of the manufacturing supply chain process, helping companies control their input costs to be able to provide effective goods or services to their customers. It also evaluates the various possibilities such as the best plants to manufacture the required product lines. Inventory control.

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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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ThroughPut

JULY 6, 2021

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 methods. Historical data method.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Greg recognised that the wholesale, distribution, and manufacturing sector was in desperate need of more streamlined process management when it came to supply, production, inventory, and sales. It acts as a central source of information for each link in the supply chain – aiding the humans behind those links.

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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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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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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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RFgen

JUNE 8, 2023

devices, and more—providing a single source of truth. Collaboration with other software systems, like manufacturing execution systems (MES) and warehouse management platforms (WMS) to handle more sophisticated supply chain operations. Meanwhile, industrial manufacturers may want shop floor data collection.

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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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Precoro

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Spend analysis is a crucial part of the broader business practice of spend management because a clear picture of the company's expenditures is essential for fact-based decisions in strategic sourcing and supplier management. If the answer to any of them points to problems, it might be time to explore other sourcing options.

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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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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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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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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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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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AB&R

DECEMBER 10, 2018

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RFgen

JANUARY 18, 2024

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. Conduct demos, engage with vendor representatives, and ask detailed questions.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 25, 2024

Additionally, you can keep track of the availability of essential resources and other factors that may have a direct or indirect impact on your manufacturing processes and overall supply chain. Mitigating these issues involves fostering a culture of collaboration, integrating data sources, and staying attuned to market changes.

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 22, 2024

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. Using live demos, we were able to demonstrate to our executive team how to fix these pain points. Sources cited: [link] [link]

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

In this post, Bram Desmet outlines the three main categories of supply chain complexity — Planning/Sourcing/Making/Delivering, Processes/People/Tools/Analytics, the impact of fast changing technology, increasing market speed and turbulence, attracting and developing talent. Supply Chain Complexity 1 – Plan/Source/Make/Deliver/….

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