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20 Manufacturing Blogs Every Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Distribution, and Logistics Professional Should Read

GlobalTranz

If you are a regular reader of the Cerasis blog, you know our goal is to educate and inform those in the manufacturing, supply chain, distribution, logistics, and transportation space with best practices, trends, and industry news so that we can create a community of people. 20 Manufacturing Blogs You Need to Be Reading.

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Logistics and Supply Chain – 1940 to 2040 with Jason Miller

The Logistics of Logistics

The department educates students to succeed in careers such as procurement, manufacturing, inventory management, warehousing, transportation, and customer service. In 1940, the iron skillet was manufactured in Wisconsin from iron ore mined from Michigan and Minnesota. The manufacturing process will be highly automated.

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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

In one article , Mr. Sorenson points out that IBP works better for small manufacturers than large ones. For example, a few analysts might be tasked with discovering how the profitability of an order is linked to the transportation costs associated with that order. Dean Sorenson concurs.

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A Recipe for Success: Best Practices for Supply Chain Integration

Talking Logistics

In helping them design the right solution, we reviewed where products are manufactured, used historical shipping data to determine where customers are, and pinpointed ideal distribution center locations. He gained his experience at market-leading companies in the transportation asset, software development and 3PL sectors.

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PepsiCo’s Massive, Complex, and Difficult Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Logistics Viewpoints

294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021. The company is using Blue Yonder for transportation management, Coupa’s Supply Chain Guru for network design, and FourKites ( see the webinar ) for transportation visibility in certain regions or departments to help with this.

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Is the Food Supply Chain Breaking?

Enterra Insights

MPR News reports, “The JBS pork company announced … that it would indefinitely close its processing plant in southwest Minnesota, just days after state officials announced that more than two dozen employees of the plant have tested positive for COVID-19.”[3] ”[3] Other plants have also had to close. Moving forward.

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3 Reasons Why You Need End-to-End Traceability for Vertically Integrated Manufacturers in the Supply Chain

RFgen

Vertically integrated manufacturersmanufacturers that own or control their suppliers, distributors, etc. When you mine raw materials, manufacture goods and ship finished products around the world, it can be hard to retain total transparency over your operations. Finally, it ships these products around the world.