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Sustainable Manufacturing: Processes & Solutions Guide

Unleashed

Sustainable manufacturing is about product creation that doesn’t deplete natural resources or harm the environment. Implementing sustainable practices in your manufacturing operations not only protects valuable resources but can lead to financial savings and increased brand reputation. What is sustainable manufacturing?

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The Remedy for Inefficiencies in Contract Manufacturing

QAD

Our health care industry depends on the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, and they, in turn, depend on contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) for their outsourced manufacturing. Like other manufacturers, CMOs lose efficiency due to the ongoing effects of disruption on their operations.

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Inventory Optimisation: How Much Stock is Right for Your Company?

Logistics Bureau

Among the universal challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed upon the supply chain management profession is the question of inventory, specifically, “how much is enough?”. It wasn’t long ago that businesses were asking, “By how much can I reduce my levels of inventory?”. Let’s Start with Safety Stock.

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Megatrends Shaping Supply Chain Innovation

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

With uncertainty a guarantee in the year ahead, leaders are realising the need to adopt applications that will improve visibility into demand and inventory, as well as tools that can help them model and simulate “what if?” Do you know where the manufacturing facilities of your suppliers (and their suppliers) are physically located?

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2024 Supply Chain Economic Update

American Global Logistics

It came in at less than 2 percent, below the Fed's guideline. With that, let’s turn to and analyze PMI-Manufacturing. Key Economic Indicator #5: PMI-Manufacturing The S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI for December 2023 decreased to 47.9 Flash US Manufacturing Output Index. Flash US Manufacturing PMI.

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The COVID vaccine is a utility, and what we need is a global vaccine visibility system

NC State SCRC

The vaccine should be considered in the context of a utility – because if it does not flow between countries, the lights will go out on the global economy. How do we create a commons that allows all parties in the supply chain – manufacturers, suppliers, and regulators – to work effectively together to achieve this goal?

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COVID-19 and Ukraine Conflict Global Supply Chain News Capsule March 23 2022

Supply Chain Matters

After a three-day stoppage of rail operations impacting transcontinental shipments of key commodities and manufactured goods, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference have reached a settlement calling for final and binding arbitration of differences. million containers or approximately 4 percent of global trade.

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