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Manufacturing Connect Seminar 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Manufacturing Connect Seminar 2016. Join us at the event to: Hear from Marc van Pruijssen, Director Supply Chain Europe & Russia, Amway how today’s leading companiesare tackling inventory planning, replenishment and order fulfillment challenges in an omni-channel world to achieve competitive advantage. Date: 25 May 2016.

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Lean versus EOQ? What’s best for your organization?

Kinaxis

While each approach has its merits, the two concepts present some conflicting advice. EOQ attempts to optimize lot size by balancing manufacturing cost ( Fixed + variable costs) with things like inventory holding costs and capacity utilization. Lean relies on minimization of, among other things, lot sizes, inventory and waiting.

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MODEX 2020 is here. Are You Ready?

PINC

From 150 illuminating educational seminars to 950 exhibits of next-generation technology and equipment in action, MODEX lets you see what’s coming — and take advantage of it to power your supply chain for years to come. Additionally, our CEO, Matt Yearling, will be presenting an exciting educational session on Wednesday, March 11th.

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Central Planning Engines: Lessons from Leibniz

Arkieva

I had the unique opportunity to attend the Dagstuhl Seminar “Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Supply Chains” , which focused on managing the end to end supply chain or demand supply network, as Intel refers to it. This presentation alone was worth the airplane time. Which Solver for the Central Planning Engine?

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RELEX Shares Vision for Unified Retail Planning at its 5th Annual UK Space & Supply Chain Forum

RELEX Solutions

The Forum provided an opportunity for RELEX to present its vision of a fully unified retail planning solution bringing together supply chain, space and workforce planning to increase operational efficiency. Two customer presentations followed. We now know that we have the right range, in the right space, at the right time.

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How to Secure Your First Supply Chain or Logistics Job

Logistics Bureau

However, some of them are better than others for gaining the essential all-around supply chain knowledge that will not only help you identify where you would like to specialize going forward, but will also boost your value to your employer and present opportunities for advancement. Inventory Controller/Manager. Supply Chain Analyst.

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First RELEX Live London Focuses on The Science of Retail

RELEX Solutions

The results, he said, spoke for themselves; “Better availability, less inventory! Presentations from both RELEX’s Head of UK Operations, Tom Charlton , and CEO Mikko Kärkkäinen , noted growing concern about the environment. That’s a big thumbs up in the supply chain world.”. Harry Da’Silva, Majestic Wine. Michael Duus, COOP.