GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2014

We’ve already listed the top 10 manufacturing blog posts and the top 10 supply chain blog posts last week. When a manufacturer’s product normally moves through the supply chain network, it is to reach the distributor or customer. Any process or management after the sale of the product involves reverse logistics.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items. 28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 31, 2023

The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Salim Shaikh , who leads Blue Yonder’s Automotive Industry Strategy, during a recent Blue Yonder Live and webinars that we prepared for jointly. This is the exact word that used by Kelly Bysouth, the chief supply chain officer at International Automotive Components (IAC).

Automotive 113

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

Do you know where the manufacturing facilities of your suppliers (and their suppliers) are physically located? Which parts are manufactured at each location? Supply chain mapping is key to ongoing innovation. Then it’s about mapping the supply chain. Do you track the history and frequency of disruptions?

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

When you choose a company to transport your freight or to supply you with the materials you need to manufacture a product, you are putting your hard work and reputation in their hands. The next posts in the series will break down metrics and issues to consider in SQM by industry and conclude with a case study on the application of SQM.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 24, 2023

The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Salim Shaikh , who leads Blue Yonder’s Automotive Industry Strategy, during a recent Blue Yonder Live and webinars that we prepared for jointly. I have not seen that in the past 25 years being in the automotive industry. Can we get the supplies from an alternate source?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

The average manufacturing company’s supply chain organization is 15 years old. The supply chain is a complex system with finite, and non-linear relationships between supply chain metrics that drive balance sheet results. We find that companies can improve one, but not two of the metrics. A Look at History. Resiliency.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Supplier Collaboration: Fundamental to Elevating Manufacturing Performance Supplier relationships are at the heart of manufacturing performance. That’s why supplier collaboration—that consistent, trusted, and responsive interaction between supplier and manufacturer—is pivotal to manufacturing success.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During In our program, cost avoidance, while desirable, does not count towards the metric. Our approach simply breaks accountabilities and goals across the areas of Manufacturing, Logistics/Network Optimization and Ingredients/Packaging. What have you learned?

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IQMS

JULY 2, 2018

72% of manufacturers say real-time monitoring is essential for streamlining and making inventory reconciliation more efficient. 72% of manufacturers say real-time monitoring is essential for streamlining and making inventory reconciliation more efficient. Real-Time Monitoring Is At An Inflection Point.

Manufacturing Procurement 71

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Manufacturing systems and regulatory compliance are considered to be very complex, coupled with the limited number suppliers due to the high barriers to entry. Moreover, the aircraft manufacturers have to do whatever it takes to win the order long before the commencement of production.

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QAD

AUGUST 12, 2021

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. Sustainability Objectives for Manufacturers. Where Does ERP Come into Play with Manufacturer Sustainability Efforts?

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QAD

JULY 28, 2022

It encourages us to continue meeting with automotive industry experts about supply chain issues that resonate with so many listeners. Episode #6: Electrifying the Automotive Supply Chain. With three decades of hands-on automotive experience, Paul Eichenberg , Chief Strategist, Eichenberg Consulting, L.L.C.,

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 98

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

The company is a B2B Supply Chain Operating Network supporting the automotive and aerospace industries. The majority of manufacturing and retail companies want better performing supply chains. The processes are largely batch, using data with great latency (orders and purchase orders). My time on the European continent is busy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2016

The source data for the analysis is public reporting of balance sheets and income statements. Check out their performance by plotting year-over-year metrics at the intersection of two ratios and look at the patterns. In the analysis of the Supply Chains to Admire, we use PTBV as a proxy metric of value.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 6, 2013

It senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time latency to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing functions. When this happens, there is greater balance between metric trade-offs and resiliency in year-over-year improvements in corporate performance.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Supply chain efficiency is the cornerstone of success and involves the effective management of processes, resources, and technologies from procurement to production, transportation to warehousing. In the automotive sector, manufacturers are simultaneously reducing inventory costs and delivery times.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

automotive industry was battered in 2022, with its sales dropping about 8% from 2021 to 13.7 YOY in 2022, a metric due partly to its robust sales of mid-size pickups, according to CNBC. What caused this rocky year for car manufacturers? million vehicles, a sales total not seen since 2011. GM was an exception with U.S.

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Precoro

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In today's competitive market, where it's not all about cost savings, tracking procurement performance and aligning it with business goals and objectives is a must-have. So how do you measure the effectiveness of procurement operations within your organization? What Are Procurement KPIs, and Why Use Them?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Manufacturing. Supply chain management is the backbone of manufacturing. These delays were most prevalent in the manufacturing, construction, and trade sectors as a result of supply chain disruptions. But with the use of SCRM software , manufacturers can reach a new level of efficiency and visibility within their supply chains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

I am a manufacturing gal by training. While traditional supply chain processes evolved from functional excellence definitions for source, make and deliver from the inside-out; to make the digital pivot and become more market-driven, companies need to define new supply chain processes outside-in. What drives my passion? Bio-engineering?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Today manufacturers must continually look for waste reduction, process improvement and supply chain efficiency to meet competitive pressures and their customers’ cost reduction requirements. What role will energy play in the long-term strategy for manufacturers? Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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QAD

MARCH 9, 2023

Instead, geopolitical, inflationary and environmental forces have created new challenges for manufacturers and their supply chain partners. Supply chain planning is more important today than ever before and there’s good news: Manufacturers have options for mitigating global supply chain risk and keeping costs in check.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

New manufacturing data has revealed which industries and nations are leading the way in the post-pandemic economic recovery – and the tactics they’re using to beat supply chain disruption. We did this by analysing four key metrics: The average value of total stock on hand – reflecting the volume of goods held (plus impacts from inflation).

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

As we traced the process that could exist using channel data, the conversation changed… DuPont served two primary markets–automotive and the building industry. While the macroeconomic signals trigger market downturns, to meet Wall Street expectations, manufacturers usually push products into the market.

Supply and Demand 150

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

Lockdown of cities and manufacturing plants have significantly impacted many industries’ supply chains. fashion, automotive, spare parts, airlines). The white appliances manufacturer in Turkey, Arçelik, re-organised its manufacturing place in a limited time to be able to initiate ventilator production.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 13, 2023

ICON 2023 is Blue Yonder’s annual customer conference and premier supply chain event, where practitioners and decision-makers exchange insights about their transformation journeys If you are in the manufacturing field, why should you attend this year’s event? Terence: Why should manufacturing companies attend ICON?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Hadoop is an open-source software framework written in Java for distributed storage and processing of large data sets on computer clusters. While the rest of the world was deep in a recession in 2008, and manufacturers were struggling with payroll decisions and layoffs, Hadoop innovation was in full swing.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Resilinc CEO Bindiya Vakil recently contributed a WEF Agenda article in which she urges procurement and supply chain managers to adopt a new mindset as they seek to build more resilient supply chains in the aftermath of the pandemic. The inability to get a $5 semiconductor chip has brought the automotive industry to its knees,” she wrote.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

In 2008, the company manufactured 2.5% PCA’s customers were larger food manufacturers. The manufacturers sourced the peanut butter primarily on cost. There is no focus on payment based on outcomes or purchase at the point of consumption. of the nation’s processed peanuts. It was not adequate.

Pharmaceutical 150

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 26, 2016

The source data for the analysis is public reporting of balance sheets and income statements. Check out their performance by plotting year-over-year metrics at the intersection of two ratios and look at the patterns. In the analysis of the Supply Chains to Admire, we use PTBV as a proxy metric of value.

Pharmaceutical 110

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BlueYonder

APRIL 1, 2014

Without a shared set of metrics between the commercial and operational teams, it is extremely difficult to get alignment between them. Examples of shared metrics include customer service levels, inventory turns, sell-through forecast accuracy, total landed cost, and overall profitability of the business. Agile systems.

Supply Chain Planning Software 85

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BlueYonder

APRIL 24, 2023

One of the greatest benefits of today’s advanced digital solutions is their ability to ingest enormous volumes of data from across the supply chain — as well as from external sources — and apply those insights to course-correct the entire network as conditions change.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 30, 2020

Automotive manufacturers are remobilizing to produce ventilators. Our constraint is not our ability to help global manufacturing at scale, but to help global manufacturing in time. The Defense Production Act has been invoked to meet PPE demand in the United States.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Surprising demand in automotive for car replacement. ” At the other end of the continuum is the argument that “ Forecast error is the most important metric to improve.” I also worked in manufacturing during the period of 1978-1992 trying to plan demand. What are they seeing? One thing is clear. Moving Forward.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 13, 2023

New manufacturing data reveals the small to medium manufacturing sector remains in recovery mode, with global performance largely mapping to local economic conditions. New Zealand manufacturing, meanwhile, is at an historic inflection point, with stagnant performance in multiple sectors.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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QAD

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The discussion dove deep into the state of the medtech supply chain and manufacturing. For example, in some areas where we have a single-source supplier, we’ve had to increase collaboration with that partner and better understand their risk mitigation strategies. Here we are today, 18 months from the start of the pandemic.

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