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New Balance Has Plans for Added U.S. Manufacturing

Supply Chain Matters

Athletic and leisure footwear manufacturer New Balance has advanced plans to build the company’s sixth footwear manufacturing facility within the United States. Commenting on the Skowhegan facility expansion, Joe Preston, New Balance President indicated: “ Manufacturing has always been at the core of our company culture.

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What is the Hyperconnected Era & “The Internet Of Things” and What does it Have to Do with Manufacturing & Logistics?

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Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a collaborative blog post series about mobility in manufacturing & logistics along with Catavolt, who helps manufacturing organizations drive operational excellence with mobile apps. He later co-founded the Auto-ID Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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10 Greatest Supply Chain Management Books of All Time

Supply Chain Opz

Therefore, the challenge to establish ranking method is to find more economical data source and unbiased metric. Our personal observation is that scholarly articles cite books because most books present building block concept in supply chain management and citations usually appear in the literature review section.

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. Research from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in procurement shows that organizations without formal SRM programs report 121 percent longer supplier lead times.

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Top 14 Logistics and Supply Chain Management Training Programs and Courses in 2016

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2) Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management at Western Washington University. Below are presented some examples of such paid short courses related to logistics management that can be taken online, to find more opportunities consider searching them at ShortCourses or at AcademicCourses. Manufacturing System and Supply Chain Design.

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The Dangers of Counterfeit Parts in the Aerospace and Defense Industry Supply Chain

RFgen

Oversight is critical because sometimes companies defraud government contracts by including counterfeit parts in manufacturing orders. The New London Day, a Connecticut newspaper, recently reported Massachusetts resident Peter Picone was sentenced to 37 months in prison for trafficking counterfeit integrated circuits from China.

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The Dangers of Counterfeit Parts in the Aerospace and Defense Industry Supply Chain

RFgen

Oversight is critical because sometimes companies defraud government contracts by including counterfeit parts in manufacturing orders. The New London Day, a Connecticut newspaper, recently reported Massachusetts resident Peter Picone was sentenced to 37 months in prison for trafficking counterfeit integrated circuits from China.