Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Teradyne , a supplier of semiconductor testing equipment, pulled manufacturing worth about $1 billion out of China last year, a Teradyne spokesperson said on Monday, after U.S. A factory in Suzhou was the company’s main manufacturing site for its semiconductor test equipment, which it subcontracted to Flextronics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 1, 2022

Eisenhower was a military officer and statesman. The organization with deep manufacturing “roots” automated factories and trucks but did not align make, source, and deliver together. As a result, the river of demand becomes dirty and turbulent as demand flows through the organization to procurement.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 10, 2020

From a manufacturing perspective, logistics management software facilitates effective planning of the supply chain itself and implementation of the final delivery to the end consumers. Before the 1950s, logistics was perceived in purely military terms. This includes the final customers or groups of businesses.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 10, 2020

From a manufacturing perspective, logistics management software facilitates effective planning of the supply chain itself and implementation of the final delivery to the end consumers. Before the 1950s, logistics was perceived in purely military terms. This includes the final customers or groups of businesses.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 10, 2020

From a manufacturing perspective, logistics management software facilitates effective planning of the supply chain itself and implementation of the final delivery to the end consumers. Before the 1950s, logistics was perceived in purely military terms. This includes the final customers or groups of businesses.

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EC Sourcing Group

JANUARY 11, 2021

There are many different stops within that supply chain along the way, such as procurement and procurement management. Within the procurement of goods, there are many processes as well, such as sourcing and the role of reverse auctions in strategic sourcing. What is our sourcing strategy?

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DiManEx

MAY 4, 2020

We have scaled up capacity to produce thousands per day through our network of Additive Manufacturing partners. Face shields, masks and ID holders for the Dutch military and police. The Dutch Army is supporting the Netherlands’ civil authorities in the fight against COVID-19, including deploying military doctors across the country.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

Just as manufacturers and distributors were starting to climb out of the ‘COVID hole’, they’ve been knocked back in. Now, the greatest risk they face has shifted to the regional instabilities due to military conflict and the geopolitical and economic uncertainties it has created.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The increased geo-political tensions involving influential global nations is more and more spilling over into supply chain sourcing and business policy dimensions. Our readers may recall that Foxconn is a designated manufacturer to build the next models for premium U.S. based EV automaker Fisker.

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Synovos

OCTOBER 16, 2023

We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans, and military families contribute to our business and our country.” “RS RS Integrated Supply was introduced by RS Group in 2022 after combining Synovos and IESA, two procurement and supply chain management companies. million customers.

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Exiger Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The implications are urgent for supply chain, compliance, manufacturing, and risk management leaders, as China is the world’s dominant supplier of the critical mineral. Organizations should assess how reliant they are on Chinese-sourced antimony and related products. In the case of antimony, this risk is high due to China’s dominance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. Walmart added new functionality that lets sellers purchase shipping labels for domestic orders on its marketplace. Help us deliver your mail safely by keeping your dog secure and out of the way before your carrier arrives.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Ukraine does not have the military might to stop the invasion. These rising prices can cut into the profits of manufacturers, distributors, and retailers who are reliant on this form of energy for powering their facilities. Oil, gas, steel and metal products account for other everyday items purchased from the two countries.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2023

Organizations then convert those demand forecasts to the associated quantities of raw materials to purchase, goods to be manufactured, or finished products to ship. Increasingly, forecasts are being improved by leveraging outside data sources rather than merely relying on a company’s internal historical shipment data.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In military operations, there is a notion called “the fog of war.” In military circles, professionals try to overcome the fog of war by increasing their situational awareness. Supply chain professionals, like military professionals, often find situational awareness an elusive goal. I like that term. Close this gap.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 3, 2023

The utility that manages the main grid may be able to buy excess solar generation and may provide attractive power purchase options if the microgrid has a battery that can provide ancillary services, like frequency regulation, peak shaving, voltage control, power factor control, black start, or demand response.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 2, 2019

Sun Tzu, the famous Chinese general, military strategist, writer, and philosopher who lived in the 6th century BC, wrote, “The line between disorder and order lies in logistics.” He was hired as a purchasing agent and was directed to obtain some procurement training at a local certificate mill.[1]

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Historically the term Logistics was created and used in reference to the Military. The organized movement, deployment and replenishment of goods, equipment, food, soldiers, supplies, ammunition for Military operations were considered Logistics. In healthcare logistics has been on display for everyone to see during the pandemic.

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RFgen

JANUARY 17, 2018

While the military was the primary industry driving primitive AR experimentation for decades, AR development has branched out to broader commercial and consumer applications within the last 10 years as well. AR headset technology will eventually mark a clear advancement for the manufacturing industry.

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RFgen

JANUARY 17, 2018

While the military was the primary industry driving primitive AR experimentation for decades, AR development has branched out to broader commercial and consumer applications within the last 10 years as well. AR headset technology will eventually mark a clear advancement for the manufacturing industry.

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Savi

MAY 28, 2020

Portable deployment kits (PDKs) are among the key military asset-tracking products available. The newly released, cutting-edge Savi PDK III gives military warfighters and first responders a lighter and leaner logistics footprint in even the most austere, hostile environments. Manufacturing plants were shutting down.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Who Manufactured the Pagers and Radios? The hand-held radios, or walkie-talkies, are reportedly IC-V82 radios manufactured by the Japanese firm ICOM. According to Brussels-based military and security analyst Elijah Magnier , Israel would have needed access to the supply chain of the devices to embed an explosive trigger.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 3, 2019

The type of contract of interest in this report is for Development and Manufacture contracts in the Aerospace and Defense industries. These contracts include the overall aircraft contract from the governments for military and subcontracts for commercial (civil) aircraft systems originating from public/private companies. Mitigation.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2021

Does it refer to the global central procurement of raw materials and components, or the centralized control of transport (which may or may not be performed by a logistics service provider)? And then there is the misleading association with military command & control centres for managing disasters or crises.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 2, 2024

defense sector faced new geopolitical challenges and placed a strong emphasis on modernizing the military, resulting in robust demand. Companies—particularly in Aerospace and Defense‚ are being forced to better assess their sourcing strategies from low tiers. In Aerospace and Defense, this action means creating additional sources.

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Resilinc

MAY 3, 2022

Specific ideas include everything from sponsoring student competitions in machining and welding to attracting military veterans to work in DIB industries. And the DOD promises to use its procurement and contracting power to “ diversify domestic and allied supply chains to support the on-shoring and ally-shoring of critical supplies.”.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 16, 2023

One day in August 2022, a group of military and defense strategy experts gathered in Washington, DC, to play a game that simulated a Chinese amphibious invasion of Taiwan in 2026. and its allies, “significantly reducing American technological, economic, and military advantages,” writes Matheny.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides readers with our further update on commercial aircraft manufacturer Boeing ’s ongoing labor strike and subsequent labor talks. Preparation involves procurement of long lead time raw materials such as metals, castings, engineered components and other material. All rights reserved.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

As a global conference, exhibition and networking experience, we attract some of the biggest oil and gas companies and top-performing engineering, procurement and construction firms, all groups who are eager to capitalize on the benefits of Breakbulk Americas and connect with new supply chain partners. Key Takeaways: Breakbulk Americas.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 19, 2018

Accessing what’s beyond our globe has become an accepted source of socio-political promotion. The space industry was born from military-related needs during and after World War II, and evolved into a commercially beneficial industry for governments and accredited companies all around the world. Space Logistics and Supply Chain.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

This type of software is used by businesses to plan and oversee routine operations, such as supply chain management, manufacturing, services, project management, customer relationship management, risk management, compliance, accounting and procurement. It has proven to be particularly useful for companies in the manufacturing space.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Full disclosure, Pierfrancesco and I were fellow supply chain analysts at IDC’s Manufacturing Insights business many years ago. Elastic is depicted in the notions supply sourcing that can either expand or contract in response to geopolitical risks as contrasted with dependency on a singular country or region.

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

So military logistics was really interesting because it’s big scale stuff. It was far more fascinating than military logistics, so within a few years I decided to leave and headed out to Australia and worked for a consulting company for two or three years. I said, “that’s fine, I’ll take that one”.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The Defense Department released an urgent report last Friday outlining how its supply chains are alarmingly reliant on China and other potential military rivals for essential materials. The origin of many of these weaknesses is the fact that our leaders have neglected our vital manufacturing sector for too long. How can the U.S.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 30, 2020

Automotive manufacturers are remobilizing to produce ventilators. That there are people who serve in the military and in healthcare that do far more honorable and impactful things, that I do not. Our constraint is not our ability to help global manufacturing at scale, but to help global manufacturing in time.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 15, 2021

Polaris, which manufactures a wide range of vehicles including motorcycles, snowmobiles, ATVs, and agricultural vehicles, deployed ToolsGroup’s supply chain planning software to optimize spare parts inventory in its complex European distribution network against the high target service levels that its customers expect. Go to www.SDCExec.com.

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Exiger Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The concept of supply chain diversification involves reducing reliance on a single supply source and tapping into different market opportunities and technologies to enhance competitiveness. Recent political, health, or environmental events have caused supply disruptions due to a high dependence on a single supplier or regional source.

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