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Leading Inventory Attack Teams with Richard Lebovitz

The Logistics of Logistics

He is a board member of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) and a contributor to the Forbes Technology Council , Manufacturing Today, WardsAuto , Supply Chain Brain, Industry Today, Aerospace Manufacturing and Design, ASSEMBLY , and more. Richard previously founded and led Factory Logic, Inc. acquired by SAP).

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Parts Are Not Parts

Supply Chain Shaman

A slight change within a function–in sourcing or manufacturing, or along the chain–can greatly impact the outcomes of cost, customer service, or working capital. Bonuses and incentives align with functions and are often counter productive to driving supply chain excellence. Let’s take a closer look at sourcing.

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Seeing Beyond the Firewall

Supply Chain Shaman

The company is a B2B Supply Chain Operating Network supporting the automotive and aerospace industries. In our research, discrete industries–aerospace, automotive, hi-tech, and semiconductor– rate themselves as performing better, being more proactive, and having greater alignment. In 2004 Compuware purchased Covisint.

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Experts Choice Of Top Online Logistics Resources

Freightos

So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. is one of the industry’s most respected logistics sources. Arabian Aerospace. Sourcing Innovation. This was the result. wsjlogistics.

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Summary of Development and Manufacture Contracts in the Aerospace and Defense Industries

NC State SCRC

Our third contract research paper is by James Wilkinson, focusing on aerospace contracts which typically entail a great deal of risk (as illustrated by the Boeing 737 MAX incident…). The type of contract of interest in this report is for Development and Manufacture contracts in the Aerospace and Defense industries. Description.

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How Manufacturers Can Take Control of Inventory with RFID Technology

QAD

They don’t have an internal power source, so range and data storage is sacrificed to gain cost efficiency and lifespan. The internal power sources in these tags sacrifice cost efficiency and lifespan to gain range, data storage and self-initiated broadcasting. This isn’t a task for an Excel spreadsheet.

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5 Key Strategies for Putting Quality First and Designing It from the Start

QAD

Those should include all aspects of the product’s life cycle, including dimensional characteristics, performance, durability, assembly, maintainability, serviceability, sustainability and sourcing. Recognized as the go-to fastening resource for virtually every industry from electronics to aerospace, the U.S.-based