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Manufacturers Should Focus on This Most Critical Component for Manufacturing Operations Excellence

GlobalTranz

We conclude this two part series about manufacturing operations excellence by consultant Chuck Intrieri, by outlaying why manufacturers should focus on a critical component that will help sustain manufacturing operations excellence for years to come. What is Driving Sustainable Manufacturing Operations Excellence? Work centers?

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23 warehouse pros reveal the best ways for warehouses to control & reduce fulfillment costs

6 River Systems

Every warehouse strives for efficient order fulfillment. There are many factors that can impact costs, from warehouse replenishment practices to the warehouse equipment deployed to support the fulfillment process. ” Meet Our Panel of Warehouse Pros: Nate Masterson. Dave Masterson. Nate Masterson. MapleHolistics.

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Top Supply Chain Articles of 2015

GlobalTranz

I took our line of fasteners: bolts, nuts screws and washers and put them in one location in the Warehouse. No Purchase Orders were used. However, one thing that should come to mind is the prowess of the retail giant's supply chain excellence. Lean Inventory: Using Lean Initiatives To Manage Inventory.

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Supply Chain Optimization Explained

ThroughPut

Note that supply chain optimization goes beyond just maximizing the overall supply chain performance in terms of material delivery excellence. This opens up avenues to save procurement, transportation, inventory, and warehousing costs. This helps improve the overall operational efficiency of the supply chain.

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It’s About Time for a new “World Class Supply Chain” Paradigm

NC State SCRC

To drive centralized buying I had to dive down into the Bill of Materials and do a cross-tab. This was the first intelligent database system at the time that allowed me to look at a “deck” of the current buy for a commodity group for our production buy.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

While traditional supply chain processes evolved from functional excellence definitions for source, make and deliver from the inside-out; to make the digital pivot and become more market-driven, companies need to define new supply chain processes outside-in. How easy is it to buy from your company? Bio-engineering? Customization?

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Navigating Automotive Disruption: Eliminate Bottlenecks in your Supply Chain and Lean-out Operations to free-up Working Capital for R&D

ThroughPut

Further joined with other data sets, including manufacturing data, maintenance data, and recall data, such connected “Internet of Things” (IoT) sensor data generated from many vehicles individually can enable better operations, planning, and predictive maintenance, across entire models, makes, fleets and geographies.