Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 10, 2023
The company, headquartered in Stoughton Massachusetts, is now headed by Adam Franklin. This warehouse provides inventory storage for goods not yet ordered that will ship later. Without a dependable forecast on what would be bought, contract manufacturers could not do effective capacity planning or procurement.
Arena Solutions
MARCH 9, 2023
With this seamless connection between cloud-native CAD and PLM systems , all stakeholders in the product development process including engineering, quality, procurement, and supply chain partners are always working on the same version of a design.
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Supply Chain Opz
NOVEMBER 9, 2014
That said, implementing Lean concepts would undoubtedly be part of that strategy, for example, - Lean Warehousing : Many firms (both retailers and manufacturers) are now aggressively rolling out Lean in their warehouse operations. Eliminate Before You Automate : Automation is critical to large, efficient warehouse operations.
Enterra Insights
DECEMBER 15, 2021
If you don’t have time to watch the video, Stank and his colleagues describe the effect this way: “ The bullwhip effect is a business phenomenon first described in the early 1960s by Jay Forrester at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and more recently explored by researchers at Stanford University.
Supply Chain Matters
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Our prior full edition of this column was published on July 14 and featured news related to global battery manufacturer Panasonic and warehouse services start-up Flexe. Procurement sourcing and tail spend solutions provider Fairmarkit announced the completion of a $35.6 Expands C-Suite Amid Increased Technology Demand.
CH Robinson Transportfolio
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
My answer to this question for shippers procuring long-distance (outside of a given metropolitan area) dry van transportation, for both truckload and less than truckload (LTL), is that approximately 25,000 truck drivers are needed. How many more truck drivers are needed to balance demand for truck transportation with the supply of capacity?
NC State SCRC
AUGUST 31, 2021
Think of the film that came out a few years ago: “ The Perfect Storm “, which describes how a boat in Massachusetts was lost at sea. Structural steel right now has prices that are through the roof (literally, as steel beams are typically used for framing new DC and warehouse structures). What about steel?
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