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National Logistics Day 2024

Enterra Insights

Admittedly, the term “trade” has often meant to exploit; nevertheless; most people understand that logistics is what makes the world go round. The staff at Mecalux explains, “Logistics has played a crucial role in the development of humanity throughout history. Logistics can helps reduce costs. 3] They are: 1.

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National Logistics Day 2023

Enterra Insights

The staff at the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) note, however, that the logistics industry plays an “out-sized — and often underappreciated — role … within the greater transportation ecosystem.”[1] These advancements demonstrate how logistics connect the world — and always have.”[2]

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5 Future Applications of the Industrial Internet of Things in Manufacturing & Logistics

GlobalTranz

Additionally, overall maintenance costs have dropped by 30 percent, and predictive maintenance has reduced machine-specific failures by 70 percent, reports Louis Columbus of Forbes magazine. Source Forbes Magazine). Previous applications of the IIoT in manufacturing have led to a savings of 12 percent across the industry.

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Study Shows Two-Thirds of Companies Yet to Execute Digital Transformation in Supply Chain Planning

ToolsGroup

Our services help clients develop the right supply chain strategy for their business challenges and implement the process and technology solutions to improve Demand/Supply Planning, Procurement and Sourcing, Logistics and Warehousing, and Reverse Logistics business performance.

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The Internet of Things and the Supply Chain: Serious or Just Flirting?

Enterra Insights

She writes, “Sustainability, ethical sourcing, corporate responsibility, brand safety and product integrity are vast, complex, down-the-rabbit hole [supply chain] concerns. “IoT enables supply chain logistics to connect vehicles, equipment and devices to obtain approximate real-time status updates of a shipment.

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Trends 2019: Manufacturing

Enterra Insights

Jesper Bennike, CEO of GateHouse Logistics Company, notes, “A gamut of new Industry 4.0 4] Louis Columbus, “ Top 10 Manufacturing Trends For 2019 ,” IQMS Manufacturing Blog , 29 November 2018. [5] ”[1] Those arguments still hold. Manufacturing trends. the fourth industrial revolution).

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The loopPFEP Process

Loop Supply Systems

This process we have developed is defined by Planning Segments : The Point of Use , Supply Sourcing , Supply Logistics , and Plant Logistics. We will have two members from our team attending this course and workshop in Columbus, Indiana. For each of these segments, detailed process steps have been defined.