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7 Supply Chain Challenges That Exist Today

4WL Consulting

3 Lean Production With constantly changing market trends and shorter product life cycles, companies are compelled to adopt a lean approach to manufacturing, where the goal of every production process is to create value for the end user, otherwise it should be eliminated.

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Key Manufacturing Takeaways from FocusConnect 2016

BlueYonder

Considering that the industry has largely concentrated on becoming cost-effective rather than lean, this means manufacturers must be prepared for change. The supply chain of the future. Supply chain segmentation in Europe.