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2021: Manufacturing, a Year in Review

QAD

QAD CMO Carter Lloyds described shipping delays, energy issues/sustainability challenges and the Carbon Bubble as three major industry disruptors affecting manufacturers. Lack of real-time communication between the manufacturing enterprise suppliers, third-party logistics providers and consumers. Automotive. More disruption.

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Let’s Talk About Automotive Jobs and Electric Vehicles

QAD

The industry needs to have that open conversation about automaker jobs – now, so says QAD’s Vice President, Automotive and Mobility, Tom Roberts in his recent article, “ An Honest Conversation, About Jobs and Chips ” in Embedded Computing Design magazine. The Automotive Labor Pool. Vertical Integration of the Supply Chain.

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Uncovering the Promise of Artificial Intelligence

QAD

Because manufacturers are constantly pressured to increase productivity, deliver quality products, delight customers and achieve greater profitability and sustainability, they are turning to new technologies such as artificial intelligence. Manufacturers face four main challenges from achieving the promise of artificial intelligence.

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European startups secure over EUR160 million of investment capital

Supply Chain Movement

Over the past couple of years, 53 European logistics-related startups have secured over EUR160 million worth of venture capital between them, according to research by Supply Chain Media, publisher of the Dutch trade journal Supply Chain Magazine and the quarterly pan-European magazine Supply Chain Movement.

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Business growth through supply chain management

Supply Chain Movement

Up until recently, I’d never even heard of these two manufacturers (of consumer electronics and cars, respectively). www.linkedin.com/company/supply-chain-magazine. But I was positively in awe of the excellent presentations by the supply chain directors of the Turkish companies Vestel and Tofa?. martijn.lofvers@supplychainmedia.nl.

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What are the main 3PL Services?

The Logistics of Logistics

These firms facilitate the movement of parts and materials from suppliers to manufacturers, and finished products from manufacturers to distributors and retailers. Among the services which they provide are transportation, warehousing, cross-docking, inventory management, packaging, and freight forwarding. Visibility.

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What are the main 3PL Services?

The Logistics of Logistics

These firms facilitate the movement of parts and materials from suppliers to manufacturers, and finished products from manufacturers to distributors and retailers. Among the services which they provide are transportation, warehousing, cross-docking, inventory management, packaging, and freight forwarding. Visibility.

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