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2024: Planning for Success Amid the Uncertainty

Logistics Viewpoints

Sourcing and procurement comes in close second at 88 percent, followed by innovation at 87 percent. Other critical functions include order management, manufacturing, and product development. With the continued challenges facing supply chains, that is no surprise.

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Microgrid Economics – Microgrids Growing Faster Than Larger Grids

Logistics Viewpoints

The utility that manages the main grid may be able to buy excess solar generation and may provide attractive power purchase options if the microgrid has a battery that can provide ancillary services, like frequency regulation, peak shaving, voltage control, power factor control, black start, or demand response. and India at 12.5

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Supply Chain KPIs & Metrics: Our Top 24 for Manufacturers

Silvon Software

In fact, such KPIs are so crucial right now that the supply chain analytics market is expected to reach nearly $17 billion by 2027 as companies ramp up their supply chain performance management initiatives. Here are 24 that Silvon has used with clients across various manufacturing industries to help them drive better supply chain performance.

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Sustainable procurement: Everything You Need to Know

Precoro

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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Effect of Working With CNC Machines on your Supply Chain

SCMDOJO

CNC machining is also known as just machining and is used extensively in manufacturing and industrial applications. How CNC Machines Are Changing Manufacturing as We Know It. Thanks to CNC machine technology, traditional manufacturing supply chains are gradually disappearing. What does the Research Say? Lower costs.

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National Barcode Day 2023

Enterra Insights

3] Since those tagging techniques are costlier alternatives for manufacturers, the lowly barcode will probably be around for a little while longer. The advantage of more sophisticated techniques is that they can provide much more information than 1D barcodes. .”[5]

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TSMC Plans for First European Based Semiconductor Chip Plant

Supply Chain Matters

TSMC to Construct its First European Chip Fabrication Facility Industry leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) announced this week that the Taiwan based producer will construct its first European based chip facility that will be located in Germany.