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How to Improve Manufacturing Floor Data Collection

GlobalTranz

To log, track and trace everything’, your vision of a better manufacturing floor. Here’s how you can improve manufacturing floor data collection, long-term. A key component of any manufacturing process is data collection. However, are you starting to outgrow your manufacturing floor data collection system ?

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Manufacturing Blogging – great idea or waste of time?

GlobalTranz

We work with a lot of manufacturing companies and one of the questions we get most often is 'Why do we need to blog'? Often followed by 'How do we blog for manufacturing'? So now we know what a blog is but why is manufacturing blogging a great idea and not a waste of time: To Help People. A word about what a blog is.

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The One Key Shift in Your Supply Chain and Procurement Strategies that can Drive Better Business Continuity and Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

In today’s dynamic and unpredictable business environment, companies face various challenges such as changing consumer demands, global uncertainty, and the impact of natural and man-made events. The purchasing of products at companies can be looked at in terms of two major dimensions: supply risk and impact on production (Figure 1).

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How to Sustain a Lean Culture in Manufacturing & Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

The Flex CEO, and board members are corporate leaders of this competitive event. While Kaizen events and continuous improvement (CI) projects provide breakthrough results, these are often not sustained. These metrics would, of course, be aligned and are updated every hour. They call it a continuous journey that never ends.

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Supply Chain Data Visibility Paramount as Industry Lurches into Next Chapter

IoT World Today

Supply chains will survive COVID-19, of course, but not without interim pain and structural change. We can’t operate the way we have,” said Milind Balaji, a senior supply chain manager at an East Coast manufacturer of toilet tissue, diapers, pulp and other products. ” Milind Balaji, senior supply chain manager, manufacturing.

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Qualcomm’s Answer to the Chip Shortage and Digital Transformation Strategy

Logistics Viewpoints

In May, I attended the Kinaxis Kinexions event in San Diego, CA. As Brent mentioned in his introduction, it has been a challenging few years for semiconductor manufacturers. Brent pointed out that Covid created small interruptions for many companies in terms of sourcing semiconductor chip materials.

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The (Internet of Things) IOT Supply Chain Benefits Now Coming Clearer

GlobalTranz

Most manufacturing processes heavily rely on the use of machinery. However, over the course of several months, this slight change in pressure could cause permanent damage to the machine, or it may cause additional problems for other aspects of the manufacturing process. IoT and Machine Functionality. Automated Data Transfers.