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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

However, we don’t only talk about what we do well, we also like to talk about things that may affect manufacturing companies so we can be the maven to resources which are of value to our customers and the industry at large. This series’s aim is to educate on what we see coming down the pipeline in the world of manufacturing.

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Reflections, Thank-you(s) and Rethinking the Future

Supply Chain Shaman

Our current technologies built on relational databases– like Advanced Planning (APS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)– are not equal to the test. My first thank-you note is to the United States military. We are witnessing the redefinition of supply chain practices and technologies.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Interest Rates : The Federal Reserve in the United States is expected to raise interest rates this week , the first increase since cutting the rate to near zero following the Great Recession in 2008. percent in Q3 2015 compared to Q3 2014 in the United States). Of course, what happens in the U.S.

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Behind the Numbers of the SCRC Supply Management Index

NC State SCRC

Category managers have processes for mapping & engaging internal resources & stakeholders across functions. This was felt most drastically in the last few years, when such events as 9/11, the war in Iraq, the West Coast port workers’ strike, and increased regulatory and customs delays brought supply chain operations to a standstill.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Since bulks are the most trafficked commodities, maritime routes for bulks are influenced by the location of strategic mineral and oil resources. This is due in part to the chokepoints they cause in the flow of global freight as well as the fact that they give people access to resources and commercial activity more effectively.

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10 questions about supply chain optimisation

Supply Chain Movement

Holy See (Vatican City State). United Arab Emirates. United Kingdom. United States. United States Minor Outlying Islands. Although many companies have an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, their IT infrastructure is usually still fragmented. Guinea-bissau. Iran, Islamic Republic of.