Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2024

Medline is a medical supply manufacturer, distributor, and solutions provider. And through that, we’ve invested more than $2 billion back into our manufacturing footprint, our distribution footprint, and technology and systems to make sure that we’re continuing to be very resilient.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

Medical Device Manufacturer. The most common reporting relationship in the supplier organization is to a leader of supply (focus on logistics, distribution, materials sourcing and customer service). The focus has been on sourcing and managed costs. Published by Supply Chain Insights in January 2013. The problem is us.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

One of my insights from doing the industry analysis for the Supply Chains to Admire each year is that smaller and less well-known companies outperform larger and better-known manufacturers. The analysis is biased toward large process-based manufacturers in the Gartner network. Is this success? I don’t think so. Learning Stalled.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2013

It will be launched during a webinar on April 25, 2013 and through a series of reports that will run in our May newsletter and throughout the summer. Selection of our Global Summit speakers: On September 11-12, 2013, we will be holding our first Global Summit. They will be digitally shared through Amazon, iTunes and other sources.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 24, 2015

Supply chain management in manufacturing is by no means a simple process, but the United States is learning from past mistakes and they're poised to start playing a little catch-up in the manufacturing world due to their expertise. Government Weighs In on Supply Chain Management in Manufacturing. The Numbers Are In.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 6, 2014

Zhongron supplies aluminum alloy wheel hubs to another company, Citic Dicastal Wheel Manufacturing Co., As I wrote back in May 2013, if you want to create socially responsible supply chains, you have to develop a more granular and detailed understanding of your supply chains. which is a supplier to General Motors (GM).

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 18, 2017

What makes or breaks a new technology in manufacturing? Mostly, manufacturers demand technologies that can boost their output without causing an additional strain on resources, and the final five technologies changing manufacturing in 2016 did just that. In other words, some manufacturers continue to resist the trend.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Notice how the water turns from blue to brown in Figure 3 with the lack of demand translation capabilities within the enterprise for manufacturing and logistics. Orchestration enables companies to effectively manage trade-offs between source, make, deliver and sell.) We source this data from Y charts. Mistake #5. Measurement.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

“The idea of the value chain is based on the process view of organizations, the idea of seeing a manufacturing (or service) organisation as a system, made up of subsystems each with inputs, transformation processes and outputs. ” Institute for Manufacturing, 2013. __. Tipping points are fascinating to watch.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2014

Because he had reduced his buffers—both inventory and manufacturing—and had built a push-based supply chain using a forecasted demand signal, he was failing in many markets. Instead, you book the biggest conference room in the building and invite a cross-functional team to review what happened in 2013.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

Cross-functional team, part standardization, back-up suppliers, dual-sourcing, supplier collaboration are the basic foundation that is tried and true. Since Cisco outsources most of their manufacturing activities, this method may not work if youre a manufacturing company and youre in the impact zone. best of supplychainopz.

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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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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

In our work on the Supply Chains to Admire report , we tracked the progress of manufacturing, retailing and distribution companies for the period of 2006 to 2013 and 2009-2013. Performance of High Tech and Electronics Supply Chains for the Periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. Third Phase: 2013-future.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

At Rockwell this includes all processes end-to-end except for manufacturing. In his role, Ernest owns strategic sourcing, materials planning, customer care, and logistics operations globally. From a manufacturing perspective, products vary significantly in complexity. Ernest Nicolas joined Rockwell Automation in 2006.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Globally ten percent of jobs are in manufacturing, while 37% are associated with supply chain management. The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. For Llamasoft it is sourcing rationalization and risk management network design. Reflection. The supply chain career is new.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Continuing Disruptions in Transportation and Sourcing Materials After the pandemic, retailers are faced with new challenges and disruptions due to global conflicts, trade restrictions, and now recessions. In 2013, Target experienced a data breach that exposed the personal information of 40 million customers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

At Rockwell this includes all processes end-to-end except for manufacturing. In his role, Ernest owns strategic sourcing, materials planning, customer care, and logistics operations globally. From a manufacturing perspective, products vary significantly in complexity. Ernest Nicolas joined Rockwell Automation in 2006.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

It’s getting harder for product manufacturers to compete successfully in today’s global economy. However, accepting the status quo is no longer feasible with the shift to remote work practices and more design and production steps being outsourced to contract manufacturers and sub-tier suppliers. The use of file-based CAD software (e.g.,

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

They would ask how social can impact their supply chain source, make and deliver processes. Which would lead them to implement text mining/sentiment analysis as a core project for 2013 into their business intelligence systems. Last month, I was at a chemical manufacturer, and the Chief Supply Chain Officer walked me to the elevator.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 22, 2017

by Alexa Cheater From designing, sourcing and manufacturing, to distribution and consumption, your supply chain is at the heart of your customer satisfaction levels. trillion in cash according to a 2013 US Working Capital Survey. It has become a competitive weapon that could help you win the consumerism war.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

in 2013, rising costs are pushing for more efficiency, whether by cutting operating costs with improved technology. Shorter product lifecycles, fluid sourcing (a’la Aliababa ) and more transparency means agile supply chains that change often. By 2013, over 33.7 Anticipatory Package Shipping , 2013.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

The next big disaster of 2013 could be the Category 5 Typhoon Usagi that is set to hit Taiwan, Hong Kong and China Mainland this Sunday. From a US import manufacturer perspective, it may be good enough to assume periodic natural disaster disruptions and develop climate adaptation supply chain contingency plans.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JUNE 21, 2013

Tom founded the International Institute of Analytics which runs the conference, and I work with him and his team as a lead faculty for the “Manufacturing Analytics” track of IIA. Given this genomic data and complex large unstructured data sources, a new role called the Data Scientist began to emerge.

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Demand Solutions

JUNE 1, 2020

The second problem is in the manufacture of these clothes. Catastrophes like the fire in a Bangladeshi factory that killed over 100 workers, or the factory collapse in 2013 that killed over 1100 workers, are not only awful for the people involved, but can seriously impact the supply chain. But that’s not the only source of waste.

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ivalua

MAY 28, 2014

This is an especially important message for manufacturers’ supply chain organizations. In sourcing, successful manufacturers exploit all available information and analytics to make informed, strategic decisions in support of future success. Mobile: Sourcing professionals use more mobile technology all the time.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 5, 2017

In 2013 the Demand-Driven Institute redefined the term “demand-driven,” giving it a very different meaning than the Demand-Driven Value Network concept defined by AMR Research in 1996. 2) Demand-Driven Manufacturing. I am also featuring a paperless manufacturing case study from Agco using Proceedix at the Summit.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2015

According to reports on 3DPrint.com and the Wall Street Journal , Amazon filed for a patent in Novmeber 2013 titled, “Providing Services Related to Item Delivery via 3D Manufacturing On Demand.” Here’s the abstract plus a drawing from the patent : Methods and systems can be provided for providing items manufactured on demand to users.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 15, 2015

The post was inspired – one might say provoked – by discussions I’d had with several manufacturing and logistics companies. And so, in September 2013, I wrote: ‘Getting the most out of your ERP investment will require a change of focus. For most of us, Tesla Motors is an innovative American manufacturer of electric cars.

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Freightos

MARCH 3, 2015

Marketplaces such as Alibaba’s Tmall, caters to suppliers and manufacturers. Technology Trend 2: 3D Printing or Additive Manufacturing. The UPS Store (@TheUPSStore) July 31, 2013. In 2013, UPS became the first logistics provider to offer 3D printing services at select UPS Stores. Why is this important?

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 1, 2018

In fact, the Drug Supply Chain Security Act of 2013 , passed by Congress, mandates pharmaceutical supply chains implement an around-the-clock, real-time, and accurate way of monitoring product location in manufacturing and transport by 2023, reports Innovation Enterprise. Blockchain validates information.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Giving information for customers to become more aware and concerned about how products are sourced and manufactured, and what the possible long-term risks are when it comes to ingredients will build long-term trust in Walmart’s brand — a key psychological component when it comes to product sales. Impact to Industry.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2015

Supply Chain is just one of our five main categories we are covering all this week, which consist of: Logistics, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Freight, and Transportation. We have already covered the top logistics blog posts and the top manufacturing blog posts by the most views those blogs in those categories have received in 2015.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

This was an important and emerging new technology, one that would produce manufactured sapphire to cover the face of all of Apple’s new iphone products. GT’s 2013 revenue was down 66% from two years earlier.” First consider the type of supply arrangement this represented. billion in market value.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

restaurant industry made in 2013. The retailer started dealing directly with manufacturers in the 1980s, giving suppliers the job of managing inventory in its warehouses, the Arkansas Business article said. About 81% of Walmart merchandise passed through those centers in 2013, the website said. May 22, 2013. gartner.com.

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

“There is a revolution happening because we are now able to program physical, synthetic, or biological materials to change shape, change property, compute and self-assemble,” said Skylar Tibbits, at the MIT Technology Review Emtech conference, October 9th, 2013, on the MIT campus.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 22, 2022

A good example would be the Rana Plaza Tragedy of 2013. When we buy any smartphone, we go with features and the company, and we have no clue where it is manufactured, when it is manufactured, and the battery shelf-life. NFTs supply a sole source of truth. At such a time, NFTs will prove their worth.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

Used as a one-to-many data model for sourcing and procurement by companies like IBM, Cisco Systems, Dell, Motorola, Seagate, and Vodafone , there is much promise; but in the last five years the Company, plagued by execution issues, encountered problems. There is greater dependency on third parties for manufacturing and sourcing.

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