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Manufacturing Connect Seminar 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Manufacturing Connect Seminar 2016. URL: jda.com/manufacturing-connect-2016-scm. Register for the seminar >>> Date: 25 May 2016. Venue: Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Organisation: JDA Software. Creating a Seamless Digital Supply Chain.

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Contracts, Cancellations, and Closures: Persistent Trends Leave a Pre-Peak Season Logistics Industry on Edge

Intelligent Audit

Speaking at a recent event in Las Vegas, Patton said, “ This business model is hurting to a degree where my company individually has to see change from FedEx Ground,” according to reporting from SupplyChainDive. So the shortage will continue, but for some sellers, the problem will be too much inventory.”. Container Imports Remain High.

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5 Engagement Strategies in Managing a Relationship With a Transportation Management 3PL

GlobalTranz

Strategic Logistics: 8 Steps to Controlling Inventory Flow & Driving Warehouse Efficiency. Your expectations for your business as a manufacturer or distributor are to improve production, satisfy your customers, and grow. What happens in the event of a disaster? Set Expectations at the Beginning. Constantly Think About Risk.

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26 warehouse pros reveal the most important factors to consider when moving to an automated warehouse

6 River Systems

Rupy Sawhney is the Heath Fellow in Business and Engineering at the University of Tennessee, combining both fields through his knowledge of lean manufacturing, the optimization of production without a drop off in quality or worker health. Rupy Sawhney. The latter question is especially pertinent for B2B environments.

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10 Issues Keeping Manufacturers and Distributors Up At Night for 2015

GlobalTranz

As we get settled into this new year, we thought we’d share observations from conversations we’ve had with manufacturers and distributors recently. In fact, in order to combat these ever pressing issues and competition, we recently shared our insights on trends for 2015 facing manufacturers and distributors on the Cisco-Eagle Blog.

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The Long Tail of the Supply Chain: Part 2 - Pareto is Dead

ToolsGroup

In the recent Consumer Goods Technology (CGT) web seminar entitled “ Driving Results Despite Item Complexity ”, one slide quoted her as saying previously,“If the products have a skewed distribution and it is your desire to meet a higher service level, then the deterministic technologies of APS and ERP are not designed to meet your needs.”.

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3 Key Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization Challenges and How to Overcome Them

Arkieva

When it comes to inventory optimization , companies often have to play a delicate balancing game to ensure that they have optimal levels of inventory. If your forecast numbers are too high, you run the risk of holding costly excess inventory and reducing available cash on hand. in multi-echelon inventory optimization.