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Ease the Burden of Labor Shortages and Increase Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

Organizations must use every means at their disposal to keep goods moving while at the same time preventing their most important resource – their talent – from jumping ship at an alarming pace. resigned from their jobs in durable goods manufacturing. Reroute orders to other warehouses and manufacturing locations.

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Planned Obsolescence in the Durable Goods Industry

Logility

To some extent durable goods manufacturers can predict aggregate demand based on the average useful life for their products. percent in May as demand for transportation equipment fell 1.0 Expanding Consumer Product Preferences and Resulting Explosion in Inventory. That followed a 1.0 percent in April.

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Planned Obsolescence in the Durable Goods Industry

Logility

To some extent durable goods manufacturers can predict aggregate demand based on the average useful life for their products. percent in May as demand for transportation equipment fell 1.0 Expanding Consumer Product Preferences and Resulting Explosion in Inventory. That followed a 1.0 percent in April.

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Is There a Third Option for SCM Executives Looking to Revamp their Supply Chain Management Operations?

Kinaxis

Many organizations with established SCM operations have been working with third-party logistics firms for decades, largely eliminating the use of in-house transportation fleets. A similar trend emerged in the electronics manufacturing sector. Today, starting up a high-tech manufacturing operation is economically unviable.

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Creating an analytics organization for supply chain

Supply Chain View from the Field

I’ve been leading a few calls for the International Institute of Analytics, as a faculty lead for the manufacturing group. analytics group noted that a lot of what they had done was in constraint management and inventory and demand. We are preparing for the Chief Analytics Officer meeting coming up in Chicago in June.

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Join BVL International at the North American chapter kickoff on August 12, 2013

Supply Chain View from the Field

However, the survey shows that costs are on the rise, greater than 8 percent on average in manufacturing industries. Two out of three respondents stated that their company’s logistics capability is negatively influenced by poor transportation infrastructure, which is a problem particularly in emerging markets. 4. Globalization.

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Supply Chain Collaboration – The New Way to Drive Value!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Supply chain collaboration is a hot topic today and no wonder: companies that collaborate effectively across the supply chain have enjoyed dramatic reductions in inventories and costs, together with improvements in speed, service levels, and customer satisfaction. Blog post and permission to publish provided by Milan Vyas.