Enterra Insights

APRIL 13, 2023

He explains, “A survey by bargain retailer Ollie’s found that 54% of consumers feel it’s a compliment when someone calls them cheap. And a recent survey from job site ResumeBuilder found 61% of companies expect more staff cuts in 2023. .”[2] Nevertheless, she observes, “Retailers are more on edge.”

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USC Consulting Group

MARCH 27, 2023

What’s on the road ahead for consumer goods manufacturing? Here are some trends affecting the consumer goods manufacturing industry today: Consumer Goods Manufacturing Trends Challenges remain on the road ahead, but the ride is getting smoother. Supply chain woes. Geopolitical instability. No, it’s not over yet.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

As 2022 kicks in, the manufacturing sector is being shaped by technological change and the Covid-19 pandemic. Digital, connected and smart systems are on the rise, while at the same time manufacturers face challenges such as the ‘Great Resignation’ and clogged-up supply chains – as well as increasing demand for sustainable products.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported, “The food-at-home (grocery store or supermarket food purchases) CPI increased 1.1 According to Meyersohn, “Food manufacturers and grocers have faced higher costs for commodities, labor, transportation and other expenses during the pandemic. In November, the U.S. ”[6].

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BlueYonder

APRIL 7, 2020

Restrictions on leaving the house, widespread closings or limitations of local and big-box storefronts, and exhausted e-commerce channels struggling to fulfill rapidly increasing demand levels have impacted retailers, manufacturers, and consumers alike. To better understand the consumer perspective, Blue Yonder surveyed over 1,000 U.S.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Learn more: The Ultimate Manufacturing Guide: SME Manufacturing Explained What is mass customisation? It’s a manufacturing process for customising goods at scale while keeping unit costs low – a middle ground between standardisation and personalisation. What about mass customisation in software?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

GEON Performance Solutions purchases plastic pellets and add plastic compounders to make products of different strength, resilience, and flexibility. In one article , Mr. Sorenson points out that IBP works better for small manufacturers than large ones. To begin the journey, GEON needed a better supply chain planning tool.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

Lockdown of cities and manufacturing plants have significantly impacted many industries’ supply chains. But the COVID-19 crisis, has required rapid operational solutions to unforeseen roadblocks. Quick solutions to employee shortages, remote working, and to ensure health and safety across the company need to be deployed.

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Clear Spider

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Shorter trend cycles, rising costs of goods, and high demand for seasonal products like candy, costumes, and decorations are all haunting manufacturers and retailers globally. In this blog post, we cover the strategies businesses need to keep their supply chains lean and agile during this frightful season.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The artist explains: “This work attempts to bring out certain forms and structures by combining organic materials (earth, plants, vegetables, fruit, fish) and manufactured products (a pair of shoes, pigments used to colour the layers). Source: Deloitte CPO Survey 2018. Digitization vs. Digitalization.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 4, 2022

How could a manufacturing business that bends, cuts and welds metal benefit from Cloud ERP? According to the recent SYSPRO global research survey, an enormous 82 percent of Fabricated Metal Manufacturers experienced supply chain and material handling disruptions over the past twelve months.

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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. Too often, organizations invested in solutions that offer little more than knee-jerk reactions, resulting in net losses. There are Also Commercial Reasons.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 9, 2021

.”[5] He goes on to discuss “highlights from half a dozen recent reports aimed at showing what might be next for shoppers, retailers and manufacturers.” Still, in a reflection of the dominant role price sensitivity is playing in purchasing decisions, nearly 87% said they buy store brand items to save money.”

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Unleashed

AUGUST 20, 2023

If a manufacturer has to wait an extra day for raw materials to arrive, they might lose a customer. In manufacturing, for example, lead time refers to the amount of time it takes for a product to move through the entire production process , from when the initial order or request was made to the final delivery. Let’s dive in.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 15, 2018

However, books will say that service is actually a lifeline of any business and it usually goes beyond customer satisfaction surveys. In the B2B (business-to-business) environment such as enterprise software, the customer acquisition cost is extremely high. The reason is that the acquisition process is very long.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 22, 2020

This blog is based on an article that recently ran in the Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Procurement, “ Supply chain agility: An imperative in an unpredictable world.”. The COVID-19 pandemic has only confirmed what we already knew: modern supply chains must be built on a foundation of extreme agility and responsiveness.

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Unleashed

APRIL 18, 2022

The company is now able to purchase from multiple local Scottish sources, as well as import from overseas if required, which has made their supply chain more resilient – and made their business more stable. Risk management is central to all manufacturing production strategies. ” What are the benefits of supply chain resilience?

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

As I noted earlier, semiconductor manufacturing requires very specialized knowledge, and Taiwan engineers possess the “secret sauce” of knowledge. As noted, Chinas has already tried to hunt talent from TSMC to build up an identical capability, and also purchased agreements for materials from key TSMC suppliers.

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synchrono

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Market Research (TMR) just released the results of a survey conducted in the first two weeks of February, 2017. The respondents were all discrete manufacturers and all held VP or C-level titles. The universe of completed surveys totaled 401 and inquired about the highest priorities for manufacturers today.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” Advanced Planning Systems(APS), focused on projects in lean and flow, and driven maturity programs for Sales and Operations Planning. These efforts are not enough.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Understand online consumer behavior via Think With Google Google has provided lots of data for you to understand what, when, why and how customers make online purchase via the interactive data. Commodity Flow Survey is one way to understand supply chain of every industry in the United States. Resource: Commodity Flow Survey 7.

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ThroughPut

MAY 16, 2024

Powered by data analytics and advanced technologies, every stage of the supply chain can be critically analyzed, starting from procurement to distribution to identify and prioritize improvement opportunities. This opens up avenues to save procurement, transportation, inventory, and warehousing costs. What is Supply Chain Optimization?

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ThroughPut

APRIL 6, 2020

Supply chain optimization is a key component of the manufacturing supply chain process, helping companies control their input costs to be able to provide effective goods or services to their customers. It also evaluates the various possibilities such as the best plants to manufacture the required product lines.

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Requis

MAY 22, 2020

In the 1990s, purchasing managers were focusing on how to beat up their suppliers in order to buy cheaper. Meanwhile, salespeople for suppliers were trying to work around procurement. For example, if we’re manufacturing something in China there are labour costs, the costs to ship, plus tariffs. I disagree.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 2, 2020

Supply chain optimization is a key component of the manufacturing supply chain process, helping companies control their input costs to be able to provide effective goods or services to their customers. It also evaluates the various possibilities such as the best plants to manufacture the required product lines.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 4, 2015

Editor's Note: As a third party logistics company with a focus on better Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) freight management, we have several shippers who are in the manufacturing industry. We relay on guest bloggers and the expertise of others for manufacturing best practices. His 5 golden metrics center on performance management.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 5, 2016

However, the economy is on the mend, and the need for immediate cost savings and lean solutions is starting to take the backburner to how 3PL Logistics Companies could benefit shippers through long-term relationships. Client Needs of 3PL Logistics Companies. They get lost or misplaced. They get damaged. They get forgotten.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It’s no secret that manufacturing companies around the world are rethinking their supply chain strategies. Many operations turned to lean manufacturing to take any inventory out of their pipelines that could put their supply chain on the line. Australian reshoring strategies for advanced manufacturing .

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

I am a manufacturing gal by training. When you think about the product lifecycle from cradle-to-cradle through the moments of truth of purchase, usage, and disposal, what are the opportunities to improve corporate social responsibility? Help drive a cross-functional understanding of demand latency as waste through lean programs.

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FLEXE

AUGUST 29, 2016

75% of shoppers said whether the store will pay for delivery “greatly impacts” their decision to buy a product online, according to a June survey by consulting group AlixPartners. In the above example, the shipper’s current strategy is to drop ship from the manufacturer, taking an average ground parcel time of 3.9

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ShipBob

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The goal of logistics planning is to build a lean and cost-effective logistics operation that can achieve service levels at all times and withstand supply chain disruptions. When you have a strategy for executing your logistics, you won’t be tempted to panic and settle on a more costly solution for the sake of convenience.

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USC Consulting Group

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Leading the way — and defying the odds — are manufacturers. Yet with COVID-19 and product shortages still a reality, some manufacturers are wondering what they can do to improve their supply chain resiliency to prepare for present and future disruption. Don’t just rely on what your MRP screen is telling you about supply timing.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 18, 2021

In their time lean manufacturing and just-in-time were game-changing concepts. Supply chain execution is required to distinguish between the high runner purchases and the slower-moving products customers are willing to wait for. They would consider more automation, contactless solutions, transparence/greater trust (e.g.,

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RFgen

JANUARY 23, 2020

Complementary solutions can enhance mobile barcoding software, optimizing operations throughout an enterprise. Because of this, many have already begun implementing mobile data collection solutions like mobile barcoding. Also Read: Manufacturing 101: 5 Things You Need to Know About Digital Transformation on the Shop Floor ».

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RFgen

JANUARY 23, 2020

Complementary solutions can enhance mobile barcoding software, optimizing operations throughout an enterprise. Because of this, many have already begun implementing mobile data collection solutions like mobile barcoding. Also Read: Manufacturing 101: 5 Things You Need to Know About Digital Transformation on the Shop Floor ».

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 18, 2021

In their time lean manufacturing and just-in-time were game-changing concepts. Supply chain execution is required to distinguish between the high runner purchases and the slower-moving products customers are willing to wait for. They would consider more automation, contactless solutions, transparence/greater trust (e.g.,

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FLEXE

AUGUST 29, 2016

75% of shoppers said whether the store will pay for delivery “greatly impacts” their decision to buy a product online, according to a June survey by consulting group <a href="[link] Consumers have come to expect free delivery, and more than that, they expect delivery to be fast.</p> </p> .</p>

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