GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

As we close the year of 2015, we want to take a look at some manufacturing trends for 2016. We look at 6 core areas that manufacturing companies will take a long look at as they gear up for a successful 2016. E-Commerce for Manufacturing. Manufacturers will seek custom (or specifically tailored) e-commerce solutions.

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RFgen

JANUARY 16, 2020

The ISM index of manufacturing activity hit its lowest level since the Great Recession in December 2019, indicating industry contraction. Manufacturers can offset the effects of outside pressures and meet evolving challenges with strategic implementation of technology solutions. Reduced on-hand inventory by 10%.

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RFgen

JANUARY 16, 2020

The ISM index of manufacturing activity hit its lowest level since the Great Recession in December 2019, indicating industry contraction. Manufacturers can offset the effects of outside pressures and meet evolving challenges with strategic implementation of technology solutions. Reduced on-hand inventory by 10%.

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RFgen

JANUARY 16, 2019

As inventory volumes increase, warehouses still using traditional manual-entry processes are at risk of becoming overwhelmed. Too many warehouses continue to use outdated inventory management processes for handling large quantities of material. Manufacturing date. Inventory status. Part numbers. Serial numbers.

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MIT Supply Chain

JANUARY 19, 2022

Even though companies have their hands full dealing with today’s uncertainties, they are well-advised to start thinking about how to prepare for a downturn that could compare to the 2008 financial crisis. Manufacturers and their suppliers follow a similar pattern of behavior. precipitously.

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 12, 2014

by John Westerveld Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #6 Not effectively managing inventory. A bad decision can result in missed orders, significant inventory, or scrapped materials.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 13, 2023

But for anyone harking back to the last major recession in 2008, the stakes are far different this time around for consumers and retailers.”[4] ”[4] On a more positive note, Lacy points out that retailers are better equipped to deal with a downturn than they were in 2008. The reason, she explains, is digital technology.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Over the years, various methodologies have emerged to address this need, including lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and the integration of both known as Lean Six Sigma (LSS). – Operational improvements (reduction of lead time, increase in productivity, and reduction in work-in-process inventory, etc.). Hoerl, R.W.,

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Automotive manufacturers must contend with a global supply chain footprint spanning multiple time zones and dozens of countries. Solution: Work toward end-to-end supply chain visibility with insight to planned and current demand, inventory, capacity, constraints and supply at any desired level of the product hierarchy.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Such measures include communicating with suppliers and customers , using demand shaping to overcome inventory shortages, seeking additional suppliers, and building more onshore facilities. 49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. Intel ).

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QAD

JUNE 8, 2021

The Guardian stated : “The technology industry faces a growing shortage of semiconductors and other high-tech components following a failure to invest in new manufacturing facilities during the recession, experts have warned.” Insufficient inventory visibility throughout the supply chain. Are We Really Learning from Our Mistakes?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

The average manufacturing company’s supply chain organization is 15 years old. In our analysis, only one out of ten companies successfully improves operating margins and inventory turns at the same time. The period of 2007-2008 was the great recession. Historically, the traditional supply chain focused on improving costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Given low inventories and dwindling spare capacity, the oil market cannot afford large supply disruptions,” said UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo in a Reuters article. These rising prices can cut into the profits of manufacturers, distributors, and retailers who are reliant on this form of energy for powering their facilities.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

A new study by the SupplyChainDigest analyzing the main components of working capital: Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO), and Days Payables Outstanding (DPO) revealed an uptick in DIO. New Study Shows a Rise in US Company Inventories. This and much more, in your Monday supply chain briefing from Arkieva.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

Restaurants, bars find suppliers’ inventories are running dry. This was part of the reason the company missed its 2008 goal to reduce aircraft emissions by 20 percent by the end of 2020. FedEx invests $2 billion in sustainability initiatives. Porsche calls on its suppliers to use 100% renewable energy. Rob Spilman Jr.,

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It starts back in 2008. From February to May ocean carriers blanked a record number of sailings on China-US lanes – first as China’s manufacturing was closed and then as COVID-19 impacted the US economy. Businesses whose inventories ran down slowly since March started restocking. And it can be fixed.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 2023

Since our inception in 2008, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group has annually published a series of supply chain management focused predictions. Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J. Morgan Manufacturing PMI® which began 2022 at an expansionary conditions value of 54.2, Background. a 30-month low.

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RFgen

AUGUST 30, 2024

Moreover, the lack of real-time visibility into inventory often results in workers spending excessive time walking through large warehouses searching for stock, increasing both physical and mental stress. Inventory control specialists They focus on tracking and managing warehouse inventory levels.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

It starts back in 2008. . From February to May ocean carriers blanked a record number of sailings on China-US lanes – first as China’s manufacturing was closed and then as COVID-19 impacted the US economy. . Businesses whose inventories ran down slowly since March started restocking. And it can be fixed. It worked. .

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Unleashed

APRIL 20, 2020

The last global recession was in 2008, leading some economists to believe the next one is overdue. The health of manufacturers is a good indicator of the health of the economy. A PMI score above 50 means manufacturing is growing. Global manufacturing data shows the pandemic impact: US manufacturing PMI fell to 48.5

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synchrono

DECEMBER 4, 2017

The global economic recession that started in 2007/2008 hit the manufacturing sector hard. In February of 2009, The Economist even published a piece called The Collapse of Manufacturing. The auto industry, like many other manufacturing sectors, was awash in excess capacity. Demand-Driven Manufacturing can help.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 28, 2017

The 2008 downturn hit suppliers extremely hard, putting some out of business. If you’re building products customers don’t want, you have money tied up in inventory and marketing programs, and have to work harder to try to move vehicles. David describes inventory as “… dead money, it’s not making money, it’s costing money.”

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QAD

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

In a world where the future could go in so many different directions, how are auto manufacturers to survive, let alone thrive? And just as OEM auto manufacturers are partnering to get ahead, automotive suppliers are doing the same. That’s why manufacturing companies need to be agile enough to effectively respond to change.

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Vinculum

AUGUST 30, 2022

Such a process helps manage accounts, inventory, supply chain, project management, operations, and other relatable processes to run the business significantly. Epicor deals in providing Manufacturing solutions. As per the report, manufacturing companies top the list for accessing ERP software. It provides two industry-.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides a side panel supplementary update to our prior posted blog highlighting the latest reported September and Q3 global and regional PMI indices that indicate manufacturing contraction has begun. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 18, 2013

Back in 2008, just before the U.S. auto manufacturing market melted down, I was conducting value stream mapping workshops at tier one suppliers (Magna, TRW, Yazaki, Johnson Controls, etc.). In lean consulting, you would often find excess inventory, rework, over processing and other wasteful practices inside a warehouse.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

Since the inception of this blog in 2008, Supply Chain Matters has provided perspectives and takeaway thoughts from each annual report. GDP level, and a level not seen since 2008. Our perspectives stem from an outside-in end-to-end business process, management and cost adsorption lens vs. that reflected by logistics industry media.

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 30, 2017

Not soon afterward, independent research companies like Vision Chain/Orchestro (now e2Open), R3, Retail Velocity and Retail Solutions, Inc (RSi) began acquiring direct POS data from hundreds of retailers and reselling the data to the consumer products manufacturers. These are aptly named Demand Signal Repositories or “DSR’s.”

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Resilinc

JANUARY 19, 2022

Toyota’s competitive edge in supply chains was developed over a decade as it focused more on risk management and security of supply and less on efficiency and minimizing inventory costs. Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany is Volkswagen’s HQ and site of a massive manufacturing complex.). Recession and Fukushima prompt focus on resiliency.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 18, 2022

Toyota’s competitive edge in supply chains was developed over a decade as it focused more on risk management and security of supply and less on efficiency and minimizing inventory costs. Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany is Volkswagen’s HQ and site of a massive manufacturing complex.). Recession and Fukushima prompt focus on resiliency.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 17, 2022

Toyota’s competitive edge in supply chains was developed over a decade as it focused more on risk management and security of supply and less on efficiency and minimizing inventory costs. Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany is Volkswagen’s HQ and site of a massive manufacturing complex.). Recession and Fukushima prompt focus on resiliency.

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Unleashed

APRIL 1, 2020

This coronavirus-induced downturn is unlike the 2008 recession, where the economy was active but the credit markets were frozen, as Vox’s editor-at-large Ezra Klein points out. Review existing inventory management systems. Review existing inventory management systems. Focus on inventory management. Invest in technology.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 29, 2020

Books We Recommend - Purchasing Book - Six Sigma Books - Operations Management Book - Inventory Control Book - Lean Books - International Business Book Last review and update: January 30, 2020 Obsolete and out-of-print books are not included. Editor's decision is used to finalize the list of the best books. - & Tang, C.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 6, 2020

Demand has been ravaged, there have been extensive disruptions to manufacturing supply chains, and a financial crisis is already underway.” This year’s fall in output would be far more severe than the last recession, when the world economy contracted by less than 1 percent between 2008 and 2009.”

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JUNE 22, 2016

Feeding America is a national human services agency that distributes food donated by large food manufacturers (such as Kraft) to a nationwide network of food banks (Figure). At each food bank, 20% of the foods is provided by Feeding America and the remaining 80% is donated by the local food manufacturers and distributors. In the U.S.,

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BlueYonder

APRIL 20, 2023

We have had a lot of start and stop motions on sustainability topics ever since 2008. There are constantly new statistics around it, but the human capital element will continue to be at the forefront of anything and everything we do within the logistics industry, both for retail and manufacturing. That is number one.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Collaborate with stakeholders in finance, sales, manufacturing, etc., Stakeholders often balk at supporting supply chain risk mitigations, such as building buffer inventory and engaging secondary suppliers, because they fear these will add costs and undermine efficiency goals. Anticipate and answer objections.

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