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How to Boost Productivity in Supply Chains

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Productivity is a deceptively simple concept. For a supply chain, as for other functions, productivity is the ratio of what you get out to what you put in. It is at this point that differences between productivity and cost control appear. Cost reduction and productivity overlap, but they do not coincide.

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Digital Product Passports: A Game Changer for Global Compliance

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As businesses face tighter regulations on product safety, sustainability, and ethical sourcing, Digital Product Passports (DPPs) are becoming crucial for navigating these challenges. DPPs provide a streamlined, digital way to document a product’s lifecycle, making it easier to ensure compliance and improve transparency.

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How Blockchain Technology Powers the Foundation of Digital Product Passports

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One promising application that is emerging in the Supply Chain and Sustainability space is Digital Product Passports (DPPs). Blockchain can serve as the backbone for tracking and managing product information throughout its entire lifecycle. Driven by regulations and a thirst for data transparency.

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What is Internal Logistics: Importance, Elements and Examples

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What is Internal Logistics: Importance, Elements and Examples | Image Source: Google Images. We talk about logistics to refer to the set of processes and operations that allow the development of the flow of materials and products throughout the supply chain. For example, the operations manager. What is internal logistics?

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Top 5 Barriers to Supply Chain Network Design Adoption and How to Overcome Them

Speaker: Brian Dooley, Director SC Navigator, AIMMS, and Paul van Nierop, Supply Chain Planning Specialist, AIMMS

You may have recently had M&A activity, about to roll out a new product line or need to cut costs. Paul and Brian discuss how to tackle these obstacles, outline steps you can take to begin the journey and share examples of how running what-if scenarios can help you get the answers you need more quickly. It's easier than you think.

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Elon Musk Ensures that Product Development is Not Siloed

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The profession has not yet managed to integrate product development into core decisions in a meaningful way. One thing that makes Musk distinctive is his hands-on approach to product design. At both Tesla and SpaceX, Musk put the design engineers in charge of production. You can’t hand it off to someone else.

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OTTO Motors Commits to Production Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

I attended because of Rockwell Automation’s recently expanded presence in production logistics due to its acquisition of OTTO Motors. First is safety without compromising productivity. OTTO Motors’ Production Logistics Value Drivers OTTO Motors’ business is focused on production logistics – as opposed to warehousing and fulfillment.

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Real-Time Trackers: A Welcome Labor Solution for Logistics

Key Learnings: How real-time tracking solves common bandwidth challenges and allows teams to increase productivity. Real-life case study examples of how real-time tracking helped two leading logistics providers overcome the challenges of the growing labor shortage. Why streamlining data simplifies the logistics role.