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Reimagine Supply Chain of the Future – agile, resilient, and balanced – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

“When the world changes around you, and when it changes against you, what used to be a tailwind is now a headwind — you need to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn’t a strategy.”. This year (2020) when they cancelled the Tournament, they stand to get 144 mil $ from Insurance company.

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Navigating the Journey from Cost to Value

Supply Chain Shaman

The gap shown in Figure 1 is from a research study completed in 2020 before the declaration of the pandemic. In my research, I find that during the period of 2013-2020, most of the variability in supply chains was self-induced. The focus on a marketing-driven strategies and IT standardization. You might say, how so? The answer?

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6 Manufacturing Trends You Need to Know

Arena Solutions

The global manufacturing sector has seen an upswing, a technological renaissance of sorts. Since the start of 2012, more people graduating from college and universities are entering the engineering/manufacturing fields. The manufacturing sector has been severely impacted by this trend because production jobs are highly technical.

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History Repeats Itself Without Supply Chain Leadership

Supply Chain Shaman

Frank, the line manager for manufacturing, dominated the meetings. The high-efficiency machine project was approved by Fred, the Corporate Controller. Despite goals to improve agility and resiliency, functional metrics for manufacturing efficiency continually throw the supply chain out of balance.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

The fall ritual precedes the dropping of the ball on Times Square to ring in 2020. I find senior executives love to throw around superlatives like customer-centric, agile, efficient and responsive but lack the understanding of how the words translate to supply chain strategy in the real world. It is all consuming. Background.

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ERP Aids Your Sustainability Initiatives

QAD

Sustainable manufacturing refers to the ability to manage manufacturing operations “in an environmentally and socially responsible manner,” according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. In their 2020 sustainability report, Whirlpool announced record low levels of energy and water intensity in their plants.

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How Can Manufacturers Manage Disruption and Improve Productivity?

Logility

How can manufacturers manage disruption and improve productivity? By using advanced analytics for manufacturing, to understand the valuable information concealed within the data they already have! Therefore, manufacturers must continually look for new ways to improve the productivity and profitability of their operations.