IQMS

MARCH 27, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed manufacturers to rapidly shift gears, from addressing work-from-home policies to managing extreme swings in demand and uncertain supply chains. In the process, it has highlighted an aspect of manufacturing ERP that is not as visible in more normal times— business continuity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Just as the saguaro is both nursed by and supports life in its ecosystem, it behooves supply chains to invest in their ecosystems, both suppliers and employees. It may feel like stormy times for supply chain right now, but not all rain is bad. Invest in your ecosystem. cm) in its first ten years.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

This week, the company announced a reversal in manufacturing and supply chain strategy, as well as a major turnabout. The company will henceforth outsource the manufacturing of its stationary exercise bikes and treadmills to a Taiwan based contract manufacturer. Background. Business Model.

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Kanban Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Just as drivers can be too early, they can also be too late, whether it’s due to traffic or equipment malfunctions. The 3PL then performs final delivery at the new appointment time. In addition to standard warehousing operations, your third-party logistics (3PL) provider may be able to handle additional value-added services.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This week, global automaker Toyota indicated that the company would nearly double its investment in a planned battery production facility being constructed in the state of North Carolina. The automaker is reportedly increasing its investment in this facility by $8 billion, on top of the $6 billion already planned.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 30, 2024

His context was that the goal for meeting global carbon neutrality targets along with the global availability and carbon emitting impact of electrical charging stations to support such a transition did not seem feasible from a timing and infrastructure perspective.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

He has lost approximately $182 billion since November 2021, as estimated by Forbes, although other sources suggest that it could actually be closer to $200 billion. Frozen dairy manufacturers reduce packaging footprint. World records are such an interesting thing. Well, this week, a new record has been broken.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Rebecca Brinkley, Director of Marketing and Communications at the American Gear Manufacturers Association, writes, “As the last of the baby boomers round their way up to 60, companies are slowly realizing that their retiring leadership is leaving gaps in intelligence and historical knowledge that threaten the future.”[1]

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In his current role, he is accountable for several strategic functions, including corporate engineering; capital and infrastructure strategy; corporate real estate; risk management; operations research and global procurement. Number 1 : I was and remain naturally curious – about the industry, emerging trends and sources of value.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 22, 2024

We do so in the lens of supply chain management and manufacturing. According to a published report by The New York Times , the FAA’s audit: “ explored how well Boeing’s employees understood the company’s quality control processes.” Interviews reportedly conducted with six engineers and scored by auditors yielded a score of 58 percent.

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Kanban Logistics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Just as drivers can be too early, they can also be too late, whether it’s due to traffic or equipment malfunctions. The 3PL then performs final delivery at the new appointment time. What’s important to understand, however, is that many 3PLs are capable of a wide array of warehouse services in addition to the basics. Cross docking.

Warehousing 52

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Kanban Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

It’s made up of two powerful words that, when combined, serve to eat up lots of your time. For many manufacturers, pre -assembly of component parts is also required during the production process. This assembly can take up a lot of time (as well as inventory space and manpower). Imagine that you are a manufacturer.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 26, 2018

They include: Real-time Big Data and advanced analytics; mobility; the Internet of Things (IoT); social media; additive manufacturing (aka 3D printing); and drones/autonomous vehicles. Real-time Big Data and advanced analytics. Disruption is generally anathema in supply chain circles. ”[4]. ” Internet of Things.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

In the manufacturing arena, we are at the beginning of an industrial revolution labeled Industry 4.0 revolution is well and truly underway and is redefining traditional manufacturing processes once and for all. revolution is well and truly underway and is redefining traditional manufacturing processes once and for all.

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Kanban Logistics

JULY 23, 2020

Walk into the manufacturing sites of many large companies and you’ll observe a finely tuned inbound logistics operation, with parts and raw materials arriving at the factory for that day’s production requirements. Here are some of the ways that 3PLs can help smaller plants take advantage of logistics services in the manufacturing industry.

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Requis

MAY 22, 2020

He is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and US federal agencies, and a speaker with focus on the fields of strategic sourcing, supply market intelligence, and supplier development. In the 1990s, purchasing managers were focusing on how to beat up their suppliers in order to buy cheaper. Highlights from the conversation.

Data 52

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list. This complexity is occurring in many forms.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 27, 2022

I helped to set the stage by providing an overview of the disruptions occuring in manufacturing, ports, transportation, carriers, and the resulting increases in material, labor, and transportation costs. ” That is the sign of a great set of discussions from experts in my opinion! Our second speaker was Rob Johnson, PhD.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Since graduating from the NC State Jenkins MBA program in 2006, Joydeep Ganguly has risen through the ranks at Biogen Idec – the world’s oldest independent biotechnology company and the largest biotech employer in North Carolina. Supply chain has a big focus on the currency of today’s theories being implemented here.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Hurricane season has rolled through and there’s just a few weeks left. Hurricanes are expected to stay the course inside the cone 60-70 percent of the time. They monitor the storm in real-time. The control tower constantly updates with information from local stores, news sources, Red Cross and local contacts.

Puerto Rico 57

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

After spending some time with Donna Williams, it’s clear that once she puts her mind to something, she succeeds. She started running just two years ago and since then she has run six half-marathons. I conduct and lead business process design sessions for retailers and manufacturers for JDA’s Category Management solution.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

After spending some time with Donna Williams, it’s clear that once she puts her mind to something, she succeeds. She started running just two years ago and since then she has run six half-marathons. I conduct and lead business process design sessions for retailers and manufacturers for JDA’s Category Management solution.

Military 40

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2022

Drennan struggled to obtain a driver’s license from the Railroad Commission in charge of regulating motor-freight at the time, allegedly because of her hearing loss, though Drennan believed it to be related to her gender. As a young woman, she started the Drennan Truck Line with her husband in 1928. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Hurricane season has rolled through and there’s just a few weeks left. Hurricanes are expected to stay the course inside the cone 60-70 percent of the time. They monitor the storm in real-time. The control tower constantly updates with information from local stores, news sources, Red Cross and local contacts.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In addition to cutting the need for outsourced manufacturing, this move could give the company a leg up on the competition by making it possible to get products in the hands of consumers faster. Adidas @adidas Adidas is expected to move nearly 20% of its production to more automated factories by 2023 , many of them potentially proprietary.

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Murano Corporation

JANUARY 19, 2016

which combines Cloud Computing, Big Data and Analytics, Horizontal and Vertical System Integration, the Internet of Things, and Cybersecurity to interconnect manufacturers and their customers and suppliers in an extended supply chain. It introduces the much-awaited convergence of digital and physical components in the manufacturing world.

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Kanban Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Parts Procurement. It can than perform “just in time” delivery of these materials as they are needed or on a pre-determined schedule. The way that vendor-managed inventory (VMI) works is simple: the 3PL procures the materials, stores them, manages the inventory, and invoices you only for the parts you need, when you need them.

Aerospace 52

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 18, 2023

Today’s executives may want to give this old adage a closer look because empirical data continues to underscore just how important culture is to the performance of a firm. The study concludes that its…. Supply Chain Metrics!?!? – Why should managers who work outside of “Supply Chain” care about this study?

Analytics Software 40

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Freight Plus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

To give you a little more color, we have been moving some volume out of Southern California to North Carolina. The PMI hit 56 in August, which indicates increased domestic manufacturing levels, which have a direct impact on both Truckload and Less-than-truckload capacity. . . and last week, it shot up to 5.69. Ocean/Air. .

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Freight Plus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

To give you a little more color, we have been moving some volume out of Southern California to North Carolina. The PMI hit 56 in August, which indicates increased domestic manufacturing levels, which have a direct impact on both Truckload and Less-than-truckload capacity. . . and last week, it shot up to 5.69. Ocean/Air. .

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