GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Many off-shore manufacturers have returned to the U.S., Those changes, along with high costs of transporting materials and finished goods to and from overseas locations, make the value of reshoring likely to become a compelling financial reality for many manufacturers. Engineering isn’t disconnected from manufacturing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

A company can choose to maintain a high level of costly inventory to ensure short lead times, and a family can decide to live farther away from work and school but buy a bigger house. How easy is it to open and close distribution centers or move products across manufacturing facilities? But optimization is much more than that!

Supply Chain Design Software 178

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Logility

OCTOBER 25, 2018

When you boil it down, a product’s shelf life is very short and if you don’t sell it, that inventory will be discounted shrinking already razor thin margins. Good for someone that wants to buy Halloween candy for 75% off the day after Halloween, but not so great for the candy manufacturer or retailer. Notice I didn’t say ‘if’.

Supply Chain Planning Software 153

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Hurricane Harvey has struck a significant blow to the Houston, Texas metro area, home to the sixth largest import terminal in the world, as well as all of the shipping lanes in the Gulf Coast area. For manufacturing, those metrics are new orders, production, employment, supplier deliveries, and inventories of input materials.

Metrics 98

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

While lean manufacturing and just-in-time were game-changing concepts when they were introduced, agility and resilience must be taken to an entirely new level post pandemic. Most manufacturers have ranked increased transparency and collaboration as one of the key aspects permanently and positively impacted because of the COVID-19 crisis.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 268

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Resilinc

AUGUST 17, 2021

Even though supply disruptions have eased from 1) the worst days of the pandemic lockdowns, 2) Hurricane Laura and 3) the Texas deep freeze, Resilinc’s EventWatch continues to alert customers to a large number of potential disruptions related to polymer. In China, building up inventories is a trend that predated the pandemic.

Forecasting 62

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Turvo

MARCH 1, 2022

It is a new shipper-carrier collaboration approach to enhance supply chain visibility, reducing transit times, and inventory-carrying costs for retailers and suppliers while improving carrier asset utilization levels. . To tackle shipment-level concerns, retailers, manufacturers, and carriers are continually at odds with one another.

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E2open

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Report outlines approach to corporate purpose and sustainability, and the value it provides to clients’ ESG goals AUSTIN, Texas – Oct. Platform: E2open’s platform is already helping clients in four key areas: transportation, manufacturing, inventory and fulfillment, and partner networks. 10, 2022 – E2open Parent Holdings, Inc.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The Texas freeze and the power outages brought the world’s largest petrochemical complex to a standstill, forcing more plants in the Gulf of Mexico region to shut down than during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. For one of the high grade ethylene required, there is only one manufacturer in North America, who is in Texas (Eastman Chemical).

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In this Q&A, Chaturvedi shares his views on rebuilding American manufacturing, reshoring, nearshoring, and other topics of the moment in supply chains. Resilinc: What’s the current status of reshoring manufacturing? Texas has dropped from 2nd in 2020 to 13th in 2021. South Carolina is 11th after years as number one.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 10, 2018

In today’s data rich environment, companies are racing to employ advanced analytics and insights as the mechanism to drive sustainable competitive advantage, the same way that they used Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma quality capabilities to separate themselves from the competition. When : 16-17 September 2018.

Six Sigma 100

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Demand Solutions

DECEMBER 30, 2014

I’m not sure I’ve ever talked to a Demand Solutions customer who wasn’t at least tracking their inventory levels, overstocks, stockouts, and so forth. When measuring order fill rates, many manufacturer and distributors often fudge the numbers to make them look better than they really are.

Forecasting 190

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

This new behavior means that manufacturers and retailers need to anticipate consumer needs across channels with more accuracy than ever. To compete with Amazon, most retailers and manufacturers have had to dramatically shorten their own delivery windows. Navigating an Increasingly Challenging Logistics Landscape.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 187

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It covers every aspect of dealing with customer returns, including policy management, reverse logistics, customer service, returned goods inventory management , and developing strategies to reduce return rates. One paper from the University of Texas at Arlington suggests that lenience may yield better results than strictness.

Inventory Management Software 52

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Meanwhile, this large volume of expenses is directly related to 80 percent or a company’s working capital via inventory and accounts payable. Most of the problems surrounding the disconnect today relate to a mistrust between suppliers and manufacturers, reports Gerand Chick and Robert Handfield of Supply Chain Quarterly.

Manufacturing Procurement 120

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2016

2) Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management at Western Washington University. 3) OnCampus Texas. 3) OnCampus Texas. This program is developed by University of North Texas and it offers international students to complete one year course related to logistics. Manufacturing System and Supply Chain Design.

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BlueYonder

JULY 20, 2018

For the past eight years, I have been delivering lectures on supply chain management at the University of Texas at Dallas. Recently I had the opportunity to deliver a lecture on digital supply chains to my students at the University of Texas at Dallas. to reinvent, redefine and reimagine current business processes and practices.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

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ShipBob

OCTOBER 1, 2021

During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic , ecommerce businesses quickly discovered that their supply chains were not agile enough to keep up with sudden spikes in demand or major delays from manufacturers, carriers, or even at ports. Reduce inventory waste. 6 tips for lean supply chain management.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

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BlueYonder

JULY 20, 2018

For the past eight years, I have been delivering lectures on supply chain management at the University of Texas at Dallas. Recently I had the opportunity to deliver a lecture on digital supply chains to my students at the University of Texas at Dallas. to reinvent, redefine and reimagine current business processes and practices.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 30, 2021

These conditions were exacerbated by heavy winter storms that crippled Texas and the surrounding areas; however, conditions are leveling off somewhat. . “The markets with the largest gains this week in OTVI.USA were Laredo, Texas (12.07%) Memphis, Tennessee (5.37%) and Cleveland (5.08%). . and seems to be stable.

Freight 52

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 11, 2016

In this blog, Andy discusses the health of the manufacturing industry, manufacturing technology orders, and setting benchmarks for company performance. The State of the Health of The US Manufacturing Sector & Manufacturing Technology Orders. USMTO is managed by AMT, The Association For Manufacturing Technology.

Manufacturing Procurement 120

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ShipBob

MARCH 30, 2020

Ecommerce logistics refers to the processes involved in storing and shipping inventory for an online store or marketplace, including inventory management and the picking, packing, and shipping of online orders. Fulfillment is one of the most critical pieces of ecommerce logistics, which includes: Inventory management.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 90

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

ShipBob can only fulfill orders for CBD products from our US fulfillment centers that meet the following criteria: Products are manufactured by a US-based company. From that information, build a list of products that you know are legal for you to sell and stick with your regular inventory to avoid any legal mishaps.

How To 98

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

Several effects of this have shown up in the last year alone, with hurricanes, floods and wildfires damaging infrastructure and extreme weather conditions shaking up the global economy: The Texas Freeze in 2021 was the worst blackout in the history of the United States as the state shivered in temperatures 40 degrees below average.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 18, 2014

At the center of Atlas’ product line is Atlas Exchange, a secure document exchange providing a “connect-once, access-all” network, securely linking retailers, manufacturers, suppliers and logistics service providers. 36 healthcare-capable FSL sites will provide medical device manufacturers access to over 80 percent of U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 20, 2012

Here is the list: Supply chain technology implementations have reduced inventory. Here they are: The Lie of Inventory Reduction. Repeatedly, I heard that supply chain applications have saved costs, reduced inventory and improved customer service. ” I played three lies and a truth with the group. The reason? They did not.

Inventory Reduction 261

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The industry’s news cycle has pointed to increasing inventories of unsold EV ’s at dealer lots. Continuing vehicle price cuts across the board have taken a toll without corresponding manufacturing cost decreases. They further added to growing concerns that consumers have moderated on their desires to purchase an all-electric vehicle.

Price Reduction 52

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Recent inventory corrections have caused carrier volumes to stagnate, frustrating carriers and highlighting hopes for volume normaliza t ion in 2023. Despite carrier hopes, peak season 2023 is starting to look like a bust. YoY Volume Lapses Worry Air Cargo Companies.

Turkey 52

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BlueYonder

APRIL 11, 2014

This event brought teams of two to four students together to form Littlefield Technologies, a fictitious manufacturer of digital satellite system receivers. Uncategorized capacity forecasting inventory pricing' This year, I am especially pleased about a new event called the “ JDA 2014 Supply Chain Challenge.” Tushar Solanki.

Supply Chain Planning Software 72

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

” In the state of Texas they have an expression I think is fitting for the Elementum solution: It is, “Big hat, but no cattle.” One of the greatest opportunities to use sensor data is in the building of digital manufacturing strategies. The goal is to use shop-floor data to redefine maintenance.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 6, 2017

I’m sitting on my veranda in the hot Texas afternoon drinking my ice tea and mint leaves, turning the ribs every 8 minutes and reading my latest book. The hype around blockchain technology is growing because man continues to seek the next best thing. In fact, the W/D’s have that problem too; so, it is a universal issue.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Behind the scenes during the tumultuous disaster season of 2017, building materials manufacturers leaned heavily on dynamic digital tools to supply recovery efforts. The urgent phone call to the building materials manufacturer came as yet another hurricane was churning its way toward landfall during the record storm season of 2017.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 9, 2018

With additive manufacturing, do we need inventory? Or a hospital use additive manufacturing to produce/print organs for transplant? . ” Jamie Daigle, a faculty member at College of Business at Texas A&M University, agrees there are numerous benefits associated with an intelligent supply chain.

Supply Chain Planning Software 100

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

To demonstrate that classic (single time series demand input) optimization and stochastic (multiple time series demand input) optimization can yield substantially different results, we will analyze a network of a company A that has four manufacturing plants that need to service demand in every mainland US state.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The narrative was that raw material cost inflation indeed impacted the bottom line, along with some delays in the ramping up of the two newer factories, one being Austin, Texas and the other Berlin Germany. Profitability also did not meet expectations.

Report 40

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AB&R

JANUARY 10, 2019

In addition, several agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) require unique device identifiers (UDI) usually in the form of barcodes to contain information such as manufactured date and lot number to provide traceability. New Hampsire. New Jersey. New Mexico. North Carolina. North Dakota. Pennsylvania. Rhode Island.

Rhode Island 65

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Texas-based Commercial Metals Company, a manufacturer, recycler and marketer of steel and metal products, had a problem, according to Supply & Demand Chain Executive: They were expanding quickly, and needed to find a way to keep up with and continue to exceed client demand and expectations. Separate Labor into Segments.

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