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HWI Unleashes Continuous Innovation

Logistics Viewpoints

Run” will include using the platform for inventory optimization and to support interesting internet-of-things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) projects. They also have 20 sourcing locations across North America from which they can ship make to stock products. HWI employed a crawl-walk-run methodology.

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Supply Chain Leadership Series VI: Pam Heminger, Senior Vice President of Procurement & Planning, Caterpillar

NC State SCRC

During her 24 years at Honda of America, she helped implement many of the supply chain best practices that have now become renowned, including cost modeling, supplier development, supplier quality assurance, lean manufacturing, and many others, which evolved under the original North America leadership of Dave Nelson.

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How a digital transformation can maximize the value of your meat supply chain

DELMIA Quintiq

While advanced innovations and developments like the Internet of Things (IoT) reach each industry and change the way we work together, the requirement for business transformation is rising. Beef, poultry and pork producers from Europe and North America all share a similar challenge: how to get the most value out of an animal.

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How to Handle Spare Parts Inventory Management (& Who Benefits from What)

Unleashed

Inventory management is one of the most practical applications that maximise the capability of existing programs, diving into the nuts and bolts of a manufacturing operation. What is spare parts inventory management? There are a few terms in spare parts inventory management to unpack.

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Has Driverless Supply Chain Planning Already Arrived?

ToolsGroup

You can’t predict when an air conditioner is going to break down, but with Internet of Things (IoT) data streaming from the AC unit, Lennox can diagnose impending failure points and contact the customer to arrange a service visit, enhancing the customer relationship and balancing their workload.

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10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic!

Supply Chain Game Changer

And with less manufacturing output there were fewer container ships leaving Asia full of goods meaning activity in ports in North America and Europe would slow down rather quickly. Mission Critical and Strategic Inventory Positioning. Shortly thereafter the tsunami of infections overtook Europe. Italy locked down the country.

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Trends and Predictions 2020: Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Internet of Things (IoT): Supply chains will understand the state of things and take action. “Spurred in part by the Internet of Things, supply chains are increasingly integrating data from sensors, GPS and weather patterns to see events and witness scenarios as they occur. Prediction 2. ” Prediction 3.