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ERP’s Response to Advances in Additive Manufacturing

QAD

When we think about 3D printing and additive manufacturing (AM), there’s plenty of “geek talk for even the nerdiest of engineers around topology optimization, powder bed fusion, laser sintering, isotropics, and the latest composite materials,” according to QAD Director of Industrial and High Tech, Glenn Graney in a recent article in ERP News.

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Rivian’s Q2 Production and Delivery Performance Impresses Wall Street

Supply Chain Matters

Improved Operational Performance Earlier this month, EV automotive and parcel van start-up producer Rivian Automotive announced that in the latest quarter, the EV maker produced 13,992 vehicles at its manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois and delivered 12,640 vehicles during the same period. and Europe.

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Ooh, Scary Stuff, Kids. Tales from the Supply Chain Crypt.

Kinaxis

The reason: Illinois produces about 90% of sugar pumpkins each year. But when Mother Nature (in the form of heavy rains) hit Illinois hard, half of the crop was wiped out. Predictions warned that only those who got to the store weeks before Thanksgiving would find canned pumpkin. A pie-making crisis was inevitable.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

At the beginning of the year, the global chip shortage had become so dire that large industrial companies were taking scarce chips out of washing machines to plug them into industrial modules. I read an article earlier this week that broke it down pretty succinctly. The largest U.S.

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Expert Tips to Develop Your Logistics Strategy

The Logistics of Logistics

He explores the increasing importance of innovation and investing in a good supply chain management system and careful pre-planning to mitigate potential negative consequences from supply chain disruptions. Tips From Logistics Experts.

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Rivian’s Missed 2022 Production Performance and Executive Turnover

Supply Chain Matters

The company whose headquarters are in Irvine, California, utilizes a former Mitsubishi Motors automotive assembly production facility in Normal, Illinois , geared to produce upwards of 150,000 vehicles annually. The difference, however, is that mainstream industry stalwarts may or may have not benefitted from the case study of Tesla.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up: March 4 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The new plant was to supplement the existing Normal, Illinois assembly facility and was being geared to supplement production for upwards of a further 150,000 vehicles annually, achieving a strategic goal to have a mass market EV line-up similar to Tesla. Yesterday, the company indicated in a filing with the U.S.