Enterra Insights
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
“Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat.” That opening line of a traditional Christmas carol is normally sung after … Continued. The post Is it too late to Ramp Up the Supply Chain for the Holiday Season? appeared first on Enterra Solutions.
BlueYonder
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
In our third blog we considered scheduling in the context of a manufacturing planning process; now, let’s explore how both planning and scheduling enable the execution of a plan, noting their respective roles and analyzing their interdependencies. We plan/schedule to help us execute: to do the right things at the right times in the right ways to efficiently achieve an objective.
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Material Handling & Logistics
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
"While the progress has been terrific, the criticality of supply chain CSR remains extremely high, and there's a lot of room for all businesses to grow and improve," said Pierre-Francois Thaler, co-CEO of EcoVadis. EcoVadis, a platform for environmental, social and ethical performance ratings for global supply chains, has published the first annual edition of its Global CSR Risk and Performance Index.
BlueYonder
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
In our third blog we considered scheduling in the context of a manufacturing planning process; now, let’s explore how both planning and scheduling enable the execution of a plan, noting their respective roles and analyzing their interdependencies. We plan/schedule to help us execute: to do the right things at the right times in the right ways to efficiently achieve an objective.
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Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format. To better understand the factors behind the decision to build or buy analytics, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey IT, software development, and analytics professionals on why they make the embedded analytics choices they do.
GlobalTranz
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
Risk permeates supply chains. The best-laid plans to avoid as many risks as possible often fall on deaf ears in supply chain management, but supply chain executives who take the time to understand the greatest threats can successfully position their companies to overcome such risks. Also, risks can range from working with entities outside of a given company, such as third-party logistics providers ( 3PLs ), to changes in the expected movements of a product, otherwise known as scope change risks.
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MIT Supply Chain
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
Innovations such as mobile communications, prediction algorithms and machine learning have arrived in the multi-billion-dollar quality inspection and supplier compliance industry. The impact will be transformational for the industry, which has been slow to adopt new technology. Companies (clients) that use inspection and supplier compliance services to inspect and evaluate suppliers’ production lines will benefit […].
Consumer Goods Logistics
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
Within the logistics industry, it is now widely known that there are not enough truck drivers to meet the transportation demands of the economy. What is less commonly known, however, is that labor pool challenges extend into other logistics arenas, particularly warehousing. In this blog post, we’ll look at warehouse worker retention and what you can do to keep your operation staffed.
Material Handling & Logistics
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
Trump’s executive order could strengthen the effects of rising prices and wage costs. Cowboy hats, fire trucks and baseball bats—these were some of the products put on display at the White House during the “Made in America Week” this past July. While this was mainly a symbolic, PR-motivated show to celebrate American manufacturing, recent policy initiatives by President Trump’s administration are aiming to reshape the supply chains of federal agencies and companies across many sectors.
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