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ToolsGroup Strengthens Leadership Team with Eric Austvold as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)

ToolsGroup

Known for promoting teamwork and driving revenue growth, Eric recently led a $100M Process Manufacturing unit at INFOR, a top global SaaS ERP provider. He holds a BS in Applied Mathematics from The University of Wisconsin-STOUT. Those interested in pre-scheduling a meeting with them are invited to book it here.

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The Power of Purchase Order Collaboration: A Game-Changer in Managing Direct Spend

Logistics Viewpoints

By fostering collaboration across all stakeholders, including suppliers, manufacturers, and logistics providers, companies can enhance visibility, streamline processes, and proactively address disruptions. Make to Order: Here, products are manufactured based on specific customer orders.

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Active Supply Chain Design: A Key Imperative for De Risking Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

Management practices such as lean manufacturing and just-in-time inventory management, along with globalization, have made tremendous impact on cost and service, but have accentuated risk. Lean manufacturing also focused on managing these operational risks, especially within the four walls of the enterprise. are most exposed to risk?

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The Future of the Trucking Industry: What it Means for Manufacturing

USC Consulting Group

In 2018, Wisconsin-based trucking company manager Boris Strbac told The Washington Post that “people don’t respect truck drivers. For starters, trucking is essentially the lifeblood of manufacturing logistics. How Trucking Impacts Food Manufacturing Supply Chains. Manufacturing Logistics, Supply, and Demand.

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Outage Raises Potential Medical Isotope Shortage

Exiger Perspectives

based TC-99m generator manufacturers and their known customers. based TC-99m generator manufacturers and their known TC-99m customers over the last five years, via DDIQ Analytics. Wisconsin-based SHINE Technologies Inc. This graph from DDIQ Analytics shows a ~44% jump (from 2022 to 2023) in federal contracts awarded to U.S.-based

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Nine Key Steps to Enabling Resilient Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

Nari holds a master’s degree in Manufacturing Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai. He has published numerous thought leadership articles, whitepapers, blogs and delivered dozens of webinars during his career.

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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.