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Leveraging the power of ERP to optimize inventory management

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

On the supply side, constraints such as large manufacturing batch sizes and supplier delivery lead time force organizations to hold some raw materials or components in stock to deliver products to customers.

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What Conversations Does Your VSM Drive?

The Lean Thinker

They were competing with one another for a place in the production queue. He was an hourly associate whose nominal job was to pull the paperwork, match it up with raw material, and stage the work package into the production queue. There is an icon in the middle of the map. Here is a close up: This is Jim. Respect for people?

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[INFOGRAPHIC & VIDEO] A 2D Explainer of Rapid Prototyping & Additive Manufacturing in 3D Printing

GlobalTranz

In manufacturing, rapid prototyping is used to create a three-dimensional model of a part or product. In addition to providing 3-D visualization for digitally rendered items, rapid prototyping can be used to test the efficiency of a part or product design before it is manufactured in larger quantities. Functional Principle.

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Easier pharmaceutical packaging with optimised supply chain

Logistics Business Magazine

Pharmaceutical manufacturers face numerous challenges ranging from decreasing batch sizes and increasing item diversity to massive time and cost pressure. Increasing customisation and more and more therapy and dosage forms are causing the variety of pharmaceutical industry products and variants to rise rapidly.

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How To Survive The Decline in Warehousing Capacity

Blue Grace Logistics

As manufacturers are unable to identify the lead time for deliveries, they are creating a buffer stock scenario where they can meet demands. An additional cost angle is involved with the pick and pack operations that are required for e-commerce multi-product order fulfilments. Batch Size and JIT.

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New design for SSI Cuby shuttle system

Logistics Business Magazine

To meet the increasing demands of modern warehousing, SSI Schaefer has optimised and re-designed its proven SSI Cuby shuttle system in both technology and design. The product offers high performance as well as reliability and impresses with an excellent price-performance ratio. New design for 2021.

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Optimize Inventory, Minimize Costs with Log-hub’s New Inventory Optimization App

Log-hub

Next, they define service level targets and any constraints, such as Minimum Order Quantities (MOQ) or batch sizes. Users can also factor in supplier constraints like Minimum Order Quantities (MOQ) and reorder batch sizes to create tailored inventory strategies.