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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. Background The Council of Supply Chain Resilience met for the first time this month. What is supply chain resilience?

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What is Supply Chain Decision Support? Are We Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic?

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply management. Supply chain management. Supply chain planning. When deploying enterprise decision support applications, there are many implementations and lots of hype but few clear and consistent definitions. My Point of View (POV): current processes and technologies are insufficient.

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Digital Transformation in Defense Manufacturing: The DoD’s New Digital Engineering Instruction

Arena Solutions

The DoD mandate requires new defense acquisition programs to implement digital technologies and practices for the development and sustainment of defense systems beginning in 2024. It primarily focuses on six acquisition categories: Major Capability, Middle Tier, Software, Defense Business Systems, Urgent Capability, and Service.

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Procurement Analysis: a Game Changer for Purchasing Strategically

Precoro

With the global market expansion and deepening supply chain complexity, the roles of procurement leaders have evolved from tactical to strategic. Nowadays, procurement departments not only focus on the day-to-day buying operations but also search for the most efficient ways to go about them. How often do purchases happen?

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Using Technology to build Sustainable Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Sustainability is definitely coming of age in Asia. However, there is now a growing appreciation that going green correlates with increased profit as demand for products with sustainable credentials grow and Asian companies get set to move up the value chain. As driving greater sustainability is a key factor in reducing risk.

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How Manufacturers Can Take Control of Inventory with RFID Technology

QAD

Manufacturers may not think they have much in common with the retail companies beyond producing the products that stock store shelves, but there could be a lot to learn from the latter as the manufacturing headwinds of the last few years carry into 2023. What is RFID Technology?

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ERP Security in Manufacturing: Safeguarding Data and Operations

OptiProERP

In this tech-driven world, data is the driving force for every business, many of which use Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. ERP software is a complete business management suite integrating data and business functions across sales, finance, accounting, purchasing, production, and other departments.