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Molex Prizes Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

The fact that most manufacturers struggled to achieve supply chain agility during COVID is not news. Molex has more than 80 manufacturing facilities around the world supported by an 18,000 strong supplier eco-system that provide raw materials, electronic components, and services. The Molex Supply Chain. Keys to Success.

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Carbon Mitigation Actions; For The Planet, And for the Pocket

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Geo thermal Power Station in Iceland. Our fossil fuel-driven logistics systems have been working the earth hard, and there is just as much need for actions to mitigate the wear and tear that is being done and to ensure our home planet can continue to sustain us. M achines are built to last ! Planet earth is similar.

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Mass Customisation: What It Is and How Companies Are Using It

Unleashed

Learn more: The Ultimate Manufacturing Guide: SME Manufacturing Explained What is mass customisation? It’s a manufacturing process for customising goods at scale while keeping unit costs low – a middle ground between standardisation and personalisation. Mass customisation does what it says on the tin.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 28 – September 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

LevaData to Transform Strategic Sourcing for Global Procurement and Supply Chain Leaders. Iceland Gets On-Demand Drone Deliveries (BloombergTechnology). The real-time freight visibility space has been heating up in recent years, with MacroPoint leading the way, along with FourKites and 10-4 Systems. Convey Closes $8.25

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Supply Chain Agenda of Hildur Gylfadóttir, Supply Chain Manager at Össur

Supply Chain Movement

Its range of prosthetic solutions, from artificial limbs and related products such as mechanical knees and feet and silicone liners to a complete bionic system, are designed to improve people’s mobility and bring a better quality of life to millions of people around the world. What is your responsibility regarding the supply chain? “I

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Supply Chain Movement 19 – Software & Leaders

Supply Chain Movement

This is an end-to-end Supply Chain transformation and a shift in the way that Diageo gets its brands from its own and third party manufacturing facilities to bars, restaurants, hotels and retailers, both directly or through a network of distributors. The aim is to grow in an even more sustainable and profitable way.

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Supply Chain Resilience Core Capacities

MIT Supply Chain

For example, the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in Iceland caused a primary loss of freight transportation capacity, but that loss also robbed many companies of supply capacity. Source: James B. The matrix describes the general nature of disruptions, and in most cases depicts mainly local impact areas.