The Network Effect

AUGUST 25, 2014

As a result, when tragedy strikes like an earthquake affecting Japan or flooding rains overwhelming Bangkok, automakers and electronics manufacturers are unable to identify which of the suppliers upstream in their value chain may have been impacted.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 31, 2023

This approach to supply chain management is a child of Lean Thinking – a business methodology that originated in Japan in the late 1980s. Ideal product flow efficiency is achieved by optimising inventory control , minimising supply chain interruptions, and eliminating downtime. But what does that mean when it comes to tangible results?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

Geopolitical changes encompass alterations in international relations, trade policies, tariffs, or regulations. For instance, during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Toyota’s robust supply chain resilience allowed it to quickly recover and restore operations.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 13, 2020

In the manufacturing sector, efforts to embrace Industry 4.0 Adnan Seric, a Research and Industrial Policy Officer at UNIDO, and Deborah Winkler, a Senior Consultant and Principal at Global Economic Policy LLC, explain, “Industry 4.0 ”[1]. technologies are also gaining momentum. Industry 4.0 ”[7]. .”[8]

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights select June and Q2-2022 global manufacturing and supply chain indices, with the data indicating increased headwinds and challenges in the months to come. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. Global Wide Production Activity. Select Regional Highlights.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2023

With the closing of the third quarter, the numbers once again signal added contraction in global manufacturing output as product demand levels weaken. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. The reported September PMI reported value 49.1 value reported for August.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 3, 2020

A few weeks after my contact with a Samoan leader who explained how medication throughput was a problem with the measles outbreak, I posted on LinkedIn about how turning a blind eye to epidemics and following an isolationist policy against our fellow human beings would only hurt when it impacted corporate industrial supply chains.

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 29, 2014

In this series on global fashion retail we have discussed about network design and inventory location in Chapter 1, stores replenishment in Chapter 2 and sourcing and manufacturing lead times in Chapter 3. Chapter 1 of this global fashion retail series was about network design and inventory location. Talent development.

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MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 15, 2021

In the first stage of the pandemic, many automotive manufacturers reduced their orders, anticipating a downturn in vehicle sales. hit Japan and devastated factories there. The management team prioritized full-sized trucks over small trucks because the larger vehicles were both more profitable and had smaller retail inventories.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A survey conducted earlier this year by IDC Manufacturing Insights across Asia Pacific manufacturers found that organisations are currently focusing ESG efforts related to environmental sustainability on the following (1) : Energy efficiency requirements of products and operations. Sustainable Transformation Requires Digitalisation.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

With governments in crisis management mode, policy priorities pivoted on Saving Lives and Livelihoods. In a highly globalised and integrated world economy, China plays a pre-eminent role as a manufacturing heavyweight – the factory of the world representing 17%-20% of world GDP. SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION—Respond, Recover and Regrow.

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Unleashed

APRIL 15, 2020

All product-based businesses need to track the value of their inventory – and this goes double in a period of dramatic upheaval. The value of your inventory has likely changed thanks to the Covid-19 crisis, and you should consider revaluing it before you make any major business decisions. What is inventory revaluation?

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Over the years, various methodologies have emerged to address this need, including lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and the integration of both known as Lean Six Sigma (LSS). – Operational improvements (reduction of lead time, increase in productivity, and reduction in work-in-process inventory, etc.).

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Unleashed

APRIL 3, 2020

All product-based businesses need to track the value of their inventory – and this goes double in a period of dramatic upheaval. The value of your inventory has likely changed thanks to the Covid-19 crisis, and you should consider revaluing it before you make any major business decisions. What is inventory revaluation?

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Precoro

JUNE 21, 2023

GAAP helps policy boards regulate accounting within the business environment. Accounting policies and assumptions in areas such as inventory valuation methods, depreciation methods, and criteria for estimating fair value. Measuring assets (like property and equipment) and liabilities (loans and obligations).

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 13, 2021

Just-in-time inventory policies, driving suppliers to carry all the burden of just-in-case inventory. The upshot of all this is the result of now we very brittle supply chains, now inherently susceptible to massive disruption – even by a single event – such as the tsunami event in Japan. High Responsiveness.

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ThroughPut

MAY 31, 2022

Capacity and inventory buffers: Building buffer capacity is the simplest way to build supply chain resilience, whether by way of maximizing productivity or building inventory to ensure that stockouts never happen – while at the same time ensuring that overstocking and wastage are never an issue.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

Importantly, flexible supply chains cut costs and improve cash flow, in part through a 10% to 40% increase in inventory turns. China trade war has already put regionalization of manufacturing back on the table. When Toyota pioneered lean production in Japan back in the 1970s, its suppliers facilitated this by being colocated nearby.

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Bristlecone

MARCH 31, 2020

Increasingly, businesses are driven by the need to improve productivity, minimize costs, reduce inventory and drive up asset utilization. Super-efficient supply chains with accurate forecasting and well-managed inventories worked fine until the virus hit us. Take a close look at inventory management policies.

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RFgen

JANUARY 29, 2017

The parts for their iconic iPhone are created by a number of different manufacturers. For example, the LTE modem is produced by Qualcomm and the battery by Huapu (both located in China), and the display is created from Ashai in Japan. That’s where inventory management solutions come into play.

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RFgen

JANUARY 29, 2017

The parts for their iconic iPhone are created by a number of different manufacturers. For example, the LTE modem is produced by Qualcomm and the battery by Huapu (both located in China), and the display is created from Ashai in Japan. That’s where inventory management solutions come into play.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

And since COVID, I would say getting in and out of countries like China is an ever-increasing issue that I don’t see going away anytime soon with the current policies that they have. This is where good specifications, good records, good documentations, manufacturable designs, all are needed and come into place.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 11, 2020

Japan postponed the Summer Olympics that day. For many manufacturers, the coronavirus pandemic proved to be an excessive stress test. Ted Stank, professor of supply chain and logistics at the University of Tennessee, notes, “There are a lot of issues that play into [whether a manufacturer can easily pivot]. India put 1.3

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 11, 2019

As the global environment is shifting based on political debates, EU/British negotiations, tariffs driven by the Trump administration, as well as the sudden shifts in country-level policies, supply chain executives and planners are working to plan for future uncertainties. These are the hardest to affect at a trade policy level.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Meanwhile, it appears that the Trans-pacific Trade Partnership (TPP) will move forward without the United States ; Japan just completed a trade deal with the European Union ; Brexit negotiations remain contentious ; and the World Trade Organization’s role and relevance are being challenged. What is TESCM?

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Vinculum

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

China stands first in the global ranking of the e-commerce sector, and India grabbed the ninth rank, and Japan is in tenth place in the e-commerce ranking. The manufacturing sector grabs 100% FDI for the growth and flourishing of the market, which will help in the rise of the economy in an unpredictable manner.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

“If you have a tsunami and part of your supply chain is knocked out, as happened a few years ago, you have better info about where parts are,” he said, referring to the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Japan in 2011. companies that move manufacturing operations overseas? Alexa, How Much Inventory Remains at Store X?”

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Resilinc

APRIL 5, 2022

Companies, especially tech companies, are questioning the orthodoxies of the past 50 years [especially] seeking out the lowest-cost manufacturer, no matter how distant, and never carrying surplus inventory or parts.”. and its allies), the shuddering impacts of the pandemic have heightened the pressures. economy relies on. “I

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In this Q&A, Guinto discusses America’s supply chain vulnerabilities—including China’s policy of civil-military fusion—and the strategies he believes are necessary to enable the Department of Defense, its contractors, and other federal agencies to build more resilient and secure supply chains. Can you speak more about that?

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