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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

Logistics Viewpoints

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. Supply chain visibility often means “where’s my stuff,” or the ability to trace parts in transit from the manufacturer to the final destination. What is supply chain visibility? Agility to act on transparency.

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What Lessons a Table Fable Teaches About Supply Chain Orchestration

Logistics Viewpoints

The issue wasn’t poor planning – they had the inventory. Multiple calls only muddied the waters, but a few things became clear: inventory was in the warehouse, but my order for it was stuck. Once a return was triggered in the system, information flows failed. In February 2022 I ordered a lovely midcentury modern table.

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The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Amgen built a new biomanufacturing plant in Singapore that uses 70% less carbon than traditional facilities. Similarly, increasing the efficiency of planning and reducing waste will lay a firm foundation for greener sourcing, manufacturing and delivery. Buffering creates waste.

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Better Ways to Address Trade-Offs with Supply Chain Optimization

Logistics Viewpoints

Malcolm McLean, a trucker from North Carolina, was tired of waiting. Operational innovations like the invention of containers led to the huge growth in global value chains, and today 95% of manufactured goods move on ships. Why supply chain optimization matters. If you’re a business leader, why do you care about better math?

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Wake-Call for Added Resiliency Within Healthcare Supply Networks

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides added information and perspectives related to last week’s natural disaster involving a U.S. Pfizer drug manufacturing facility. Background On July 19, a devastating tornado with reported winds of upwards of 150 miles-per-hour devastated an area in eastern North Carolina. and other countries.

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Latest Advances and Applications in the Internet of Things (IoT) Technology

DELMIA Quintiq

In a relatively simple application, Cary, North Carolina is using the IoT to track the condition of its traffic lights. Manufacturing and Healthcare. The IoT has already begun to transform manufacturing. These come in the form of diagnostic information about the car. Smart Cities. Connected Smart Cars.

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The Power of the Network: ERP vs. Spend Management

Logistics Viewpoints

GEP and the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Supply Chain Resource Cooperative surveyed supply chain, procurement and IT professionals across a range of industries to gain insight into their priorities and strategies regarding supply chain resilience and optimization. Alex Zhong, Director Product Marketing at GEP.