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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This small island is currently in the middle of political tensions between the US and China and represents 90% of the most sophisticated chips, such as those based on gallium nitride and gallium arsenide, which are used in the defense and aerospace sector. Focus on right-sizing inventories. These are our weakest links.

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The Journey to End-to-End (E2E) Supply Chain Visibility Is Ongoing

Logistics Viewpoints

” E2E also means being able to see things when they are not in transit, such as raw materials upstream, inventory in a warehouse or yard, products in retail outlets, or shipments stuck in customs. Aerospace manufacturers have an average of 200 tier-one suppliers and 12,000 across all tiers.

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How to Become DFARS Compliant and Avoid Counterfeit Parts in the Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

RFgen

A naval ship at sea loses navigation abilities. We’ll also provide questions and strategies to help contractors improve systems and processes for combatting counterfeit electronic parts in the aerospace and defense supply chain. Does your inventory system have the capability to “quarantine” or isolate suspected counterfeit parts?

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Prescriptive Analytics for Supply Chain Optimization: 6 Powerful Use Cases 

ThroughPut

In the context of supply chain management, prescriptive analytics leverages raw historical data and performance data to determine the best probable courses of action, supporting supply chain decisions through network design, inventory and warehouse optimization, and supplier management.

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November Global PMI Reporting Reflects Some Stabilization

Supply Chain Matters

A continued subdued product demand environment and added caution reportedly led to a decline in overall purchasing activity, lower levels of inventory and improved supplier delivery times. Pre -and post inventory levels, however, fell at a weaker rate with European manufacturers reportedly being less aggressive in de-stocking efforts.

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Liebherr-Aerospace digitizes its supply chain with AirSupply

SupplyOn

AirSupply was selected not only because it meets all the functional requirements for transparent collaboration processes, but also because it is already used extensively by key players in the aviation industry such as the Airbus Group , Dassault, Safran and Thales. This avoids the error-prone and inefficient method of exchanging Excel lists.

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Labor Tensions Running High on Many Fronts as Peak Season Approaches

Intelligent Audit

As fall quickly approaches, shippers are busy preparing for the stressors of the peak shipping season. Last week saw prominent labor groups and businesses fail to come to agreements, implying that peak season may likely be interrupted by not one but two major strikes. Loomis Express Narrowly Avoids Strike.