Sun.Jan 06, 2019

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Top 6 Supply Chain Trends for 2019

All Things Supply Chain

The year 2019 has only just begun, so now would be a suitable time to look into the question of which supply chain trends lie ahead for the coming year.

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Manufacturing 101: 5 Things You Need to Know About Digital Transformation on the Shop Floor

RFgen

There has been a lot of talk about digital transformation in the manufacturing and supply chain industries lately. What is digital transformation? At its simplest, digital transformation is the digitization of processes, procedures, and workflows that were previously conducted by hand with paper and/or time and manual labor (like inventory control ).

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The Reality of Maintaining Spreadsheets for your Inventory Control

Unleashed

How you manage inventory and execute inventory control in your SME can mean the difference between a profit and a loss. If you find yourself with inadequate stock levels you will fail to meet customer demand, leaving your business at risk of losing sales and potentially customers. Any excess inventory stock costs money to carry and will also lead to waste and obsolescence.

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Camera Module: Common Quality Issues and Their Countermeasures

Insights Solutions Global

How to ensure the good quality of your products? The best way is to pay more attention on the manufacturing process. In this post we summarize common defects that may occur in the camera module manufacturing process.

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Reducing Global Lead Times To Improve Customer Experience At Becton Dickinson

Product lead time is crucial in the life sciences industry and represents a key consideration for customers’ purchasing decisions. For this reason, BD Biosciences aimed to optimize its global supply and distribution network to reduce delivery lead time to customers and optimize its global inventory. How was BD Biosciences successful in reducing global distribution lead times between 30% and 60% in addition to: Increasing agility to prioritize urgent and ad-hoc customer requests Increasing global

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How Can Better Inventory Management Grow Sales?

Unleashed

There are lots of ways to bolster your business’ sales — but for a product-based business, inventory management is arguably the most important one. After all, if your products aren’t being sold then you aren’t making money. Great inventory management complements your sales team’s ability to sell, boosts your customers’ loyalty, and plays a crucial role in your multichannel strategy.