Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

Depending on what ongoing aircraft inspections discover, resources may have to be allocated toward needed changes in production quality checks. As Bloomberg noted in its reporting, Spirit has struggled with past quality issues, financial challenges and reported production worker turnover. All rights reserved.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Quality Management approach to ensure successful commercialization and compliance. An approach to quality management that’s focused on the product record can help teams work more efficiently and ensure successful commercialization and compliance. to share their insights. Second, component shortages.

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QAD

JUNE 29, 2023

We all know that quality isn’t free. But if you want to pay for it at the lowest possible cost, you build quality in from the beginning. When you identify a quality issue during production, you’ve already invested in that nonconforming product. So why doesn’t everybody do it?

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Arena Solutions

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Every company has more on the “to do” list than resources. And, if you are a medical device company, one of these projects will be a quality management system (QMS) solution to meet the compliance requirements of FDA, EU MDR, and ISO at scale. Importance of Quality Management System Timing Drivers. What does this mean?

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

There are many resources behind every supply chain — including people, production equipment, transportation assets, and more — and they’re often linked and dependent on each other. The more resources involved, the more complexity there is to efficiently plan and schedule those resources in a smart and synchronized manner.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The ISO 9001:2015 standard provides a framework for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continually improving a quality management system that enhances customer satisfaction and drives operational excellence. We are happy to announce BR Williams has been an ISO 9001 Quality Management Certified Company since 2002.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Business owners and managers are facing difficult decisions concerning where to cut spending while trying to maintain the same quality and service levels that their customers expect – or better. Saving your precious time, money, and resources is necessary, but how do you know where to make the suitable adjustments? Save Money.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 5, 2016

To help you become successful, we have put together 50 online resources that you will definitely find helpful. Resources: Data.gov 2. Resource: Google Public Data 3. Resource: Pew Research Center 4. Resource: ArcGIS Open Data 5. Resource: Think with Google 6. Resource: Commodity Flow Survey 7.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 7, 2024

The goal was to understand the nature of any workforce shortages they were facing and the impact of resource constraints on their operations and business success. While there are structural issues (see Resource Shortage: Is the Pandemic Masking a Much Bigger Problem for Supply Chains in the Future? is not a ‘good news’ story.

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ChainPoint

JUNE 30, 2022

Because all the technical stuff aside, data quality is one of the foremost challenges in supply chain management and arguably in business in general. Garbage in, garbage out is such an expression. One that has acquired more relevancy in the age of big data and is only becoming more relevant. For good reasons. And how do you get good data?

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OptiProERP

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Most manufacturers look to streamline systems, reduce production costs, and increase profitability without sacrificing product quality. Often, the quickest and easiest way to cut costs is by accepting minimum quality levels or reducing employees. Saving on operational costs is one of the biggest goals for manufacturing companies.

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Arena Solutions

JUNE 5, 2023

Quality and Regulatory Alignment for Audit Readiness Full transcript below: Wendy Levine Welcome to today’s webinar, exploring “Quality and Regulatory Alignment for Audit Readiness.” So, Arena is a cloud-native system that controls product lifecycle as well as your quality processes.

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Pivot88

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Success in business, whether it is manufacturing of apparel or footwear or any other product, is directly proportional to quality. Focus on quality usually creates a better brand image and increases success in business. Compliance Paves Way for Quality. Did You Say Hindrance? Pivot88 Has a Solution.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Generative AI and LLMs have potential benefits but face challenges such as data quality across large data sets and ethical implications with bias, fairness, and transparency. To ensure successful integration, they should create a plan with timelines, resources, and evaluation metrics (refer Figure 2).

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ThroughPut

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

As a plant manager involved in strategic operational decisions for manufacturing or supply-chain management , your primary focus would always be on ensuring that the final output of your plant is in compliance with internal and external quality standards. So, how far would plant managers need to go to get accurate Quality of Operations data?

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Freightos

APRIL 15, 2024

More Resources Home The Red Pill: The (Slow Yet Steady) Revolution in Global Freight Digitization Eytan Buchman April 15, 2024 Dive deeper into freight data that matters Learn More The March 26th Francis Scott Key Bridge allision feels shocking.

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MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 16, 2021

Insights and resources for learning managers and educators on creating and nurturing communities. These communities support learning during their host education programs, and live on to function as dynamic professional resources for practitioners. He manages learner communications and engagement strategies.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

When you’re a food and beverage manufacturer, there’s no business more serious than quality control. Consumer safety and quality control go hand-in-hand for the food industry in a way that most other industries don’t have to deal with. An FDA-licensed food manufacturer must have detailed and rigorous quality control procedures.

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My Office Apps

JANUARY 16, 2024

Start Your Year with Cloud-Based ERP: The Ultimate Guide to Operational Excellence Begin your year on a transformative note by embracing the power of Cloud-Based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Cloud-Based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a cutting-edge approach to managing core business functions using cloud computing.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 18, 2023

Planning and What-if Analysis: Manufacturers can simulate resource allocation and capacity planning by creating virtual models that accurately represent the manufacturing processes and resource requirements. This helps optimize product designs, reduce the need for physical prototypes, and accelerate the overall engineering cycle.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

If we can draw a comparison between Thanksgiving dinners and procurement, they are essentially an every day example of why supplier quality management is important. A quality fit can help a procurement team create top-line growth and customer satisfaction. The input of a supplier’s quality is indicative of a customer’s satisfaction.

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QAD

JUNE 27, 2023

The objective is to improve various aspects such as cost, quality, cycle times and technology for the mutual benefit of both the manufacturer and the supplier. Globalization and other factors have imposed financial pressures on supply chains, compelling suppliers to do more with fewer resources while keeping costs low.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Indeed, agriculture accounts for 72% of global freshwater withdrawals, but like all natural resources, fresh water is not infinite.” The FAO staff explains: “ Rapid population growth, urbanization, economic development, and climate change are putting the planet’s water resources under increasing stress.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 4, 2024

Starting from the need for a one-off product to be fit for purpose off the production process – this implies a focus on quality to ensure the product(s) are delivered as per design. Managing varying resource availability while meeting customer orders requires effective planning and scheduling.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Quality management (QM) ensures products are delivered to a specific quality standard and that processes maintain those standards. To be effective it requires not only investment in time and resources but also support from the top floor to the shop floor. It can also help to reduce costs, rework and scrap.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Check out Supplier Quality Management: Drive Value By Safeguarding Value! It has a quality defect.” ” I responded, “Is that actually a quality defect? Quality is a measure of conformance to a standard, and we have no standards.” Subscribe Here! Email Address. Certainly the item was mis-labelled.

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RFgen

APRIL 19, 2016

The brands with a consistent track record of accurate information will appeal to modern consumers wanting the best quality for themselves and their families. Companies must do everything in their power to deliver the quality consumers expect. The post Organic Food: Offering Quality Through Information appeared first on RFgen.

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RFgen

APRIL 19, 2016

The brands with a consistent track record of accurate information will appeal to modern consumers wanting the best quality for themselves and their families. Companies must do everything in their power to deliver the quality consumers expect. The post Organic Food: Offering Quality Through Information appeared first on RFgen.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2024

A robust supply chain has strong and reliable components, such as infrastructure, equipment, technology, and human resources, that can withstand shocks and stresses. Redundancy is the ability of a supply chain to have extra or alternative resources and options to cope with disruptions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 9, 2022

Analyses, configurations and resources are our main parameters to tweak the system. They might also affect the technologies or resources. Each process required in the warehouse – from goods-in to quality control intervals to replenishment – is then finely adjusted through configuration. Everything is prepared.

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ModusLink Corporation

APRIL 22, 2024

Skilled workforce trained in the latest assembly techniques and quality standards. Quality Assurance Across Borders: Stringent quality control protocols enforced throughout the global supply chain. Compliance with international quality standards and regulatory requirements.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 22, 2020

In today’s disruptive manufacturing environment, the need for agility is front and center – whether ramping up production or changing production priorities while still ensuring consistency and quality. Important aspects impacting effectiveness is the MOM solution’s ability to enable standardization, with efficiency and repeatability.

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 30, 2023

A decision is only made when resources are irrevocably allocated to the execution of the decision. They are uniquely positioned to be in the room with decision makers to provide scenario’s with explainability and trust and therefore contribute to decision quality. A forecast is an insight or a foresight, a plan is an intent.

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OptiProERP

APRIL 9, 2024

This stage involves scheduling resources, allocating the workforce, and coordinating tasks to fulfill the order efficiently. Collaboration between production, procurement, and logistics teams is essential to optimize resource utilization and minimize lead times. Production Planning Upon receiving an order, production planning kicks in.

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QAD

JUNE 1, 2023

The panel session title at this year’s INTERPHEX event was “Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) lessons learned – How do you improve efficiency without compromising quality and compliance?” Both Dan Matlis of Axendia and I were in strong agreement. Related Article “ Are you Ready?

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