Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
This ambitious initiative is set to transform various aspects of the supply chain, from manufacturing and job creation to research and development, infrastructure upgrades, and sustainability efforts. Teams and facilities expected to expand are in Michigan, Texas, California, Arizona, Nevada, Iowa, Oregon, North Carolina, and Washington.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 12, 2020
Only 29% of manufacturers easily manage total cost trade-offs. Total cost analysis is more difficult than it sounds and most technology implementations automated functional measurement systems (manufacturing or procurement), but leave the organization blind on the management of total costs. The reason? The result?
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Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
Supply Chain Improvement is based on the work that we completed with an Arizona State University Operations Research team to determine the Supply Chain Index. There are three reasons why: Vertical excellence—having the best manufacturing, procurement or transportation function—has not worked. ” Yes, I said.
Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 19, 2014
This work is based on a collaborative project with Arizona State University. My question for the Arizona State team was, “ How do I best define a technique that can represent the randomness of this pattern?” The data sets are quite different in both the mean, the range and the standard deviation.
Kinaxis
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
by CJ Wehlage The Supply Chain Insights annual conference was held on September 10-11, 2014 at the Phoenician in Scottsdale, Arizona. At the conference, Lora held a session, “The Math Behind the Supply Chain Index” with Dr. George Runger, Arizona State, and Abby Mayer, Supply Chain Insights. One of the best tours is the EMC factory.
Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 10, 2024
If there was a heat wave in the southwest, a logistics manager might say, “Joule, show me every refrigerated truck shipment in Arizona today!” Supply chain planning is frequently subject to a black box problem—users don’t understand the recommended manufacturing or inventory plan arising from an optimization run.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 16, 2014
The greatest gap is in the design of supplier and manufacturing networks. And, in our Digital Manufacturing Study. In contrast, the digital manufacturing study evaluates the rate of adoption of new technologies like The Internet of Things and 3D printing to change manufacturing strategies. We hope to see you there!
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