Locus

JANUARY 9, 2025

Heres What Can Happen in The Coming Months Manufacturing Slowdowns: Major production hubs may face labor shortages, potentially causing factories to operate below capacity. Health-related absenteeism and operational challenges can disrupt output, leaving industries struggling to meet demand. Challenges for Businesses 1.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 10, 2024

The factory models can include how long it takes to set up a machine, how many units per hour can be made by the machine, how long routine maintenance takes, how many workers are needed, and the hours the plant works, among others. The ability to meet that demand can be less than expected. This would be a three-way tradeoff.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 30, 2023

A company with one factory and one DC, reorganizing the location and duties of the facilities, will have little opportunity to drive much in the way of payback from a network design solution. Scenarios are run, and the low-cost network that best meets customer service objectives is selected.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2019

Narrow Aisle Ltd, manufacturer of the Flexi range of articulated forklift truck-based intralogistics solutions, has announced a major investment strategy that it says will allow the company to significantly increase output at its UK production site over the next three years.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 9, 2015

Factory workers demanding better wages and working conditions are hastening the eventual end of an era of cheap costs that helped make southern coastal China the world’s factory floor. No more warehouses full of old and outdated goods, but a situation in which supply will truly meet demand and not only in theory.

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Trinity Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Many of today’s manufacturing trends are in line with the industry’s goals to improve processes, create more efficiency, and meet consumer demand. To combat the shortage, manufacturers are looking for ways to recruit and retain skilled talent, by raising wages and reskilling current talent to meet company needs. Industry 4.0

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 18, 2022

needs to evolve to meet industry 4.0 have disconnected digital initiatives that are often poorly aligned with the enterprise strategy and not focused on customer experiences. to meet the factory of the future. full visibility across the factory floor. The need to provide an effective industry 4.0 experience.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Ultimately, these raw materials must be obtained from suppliers and transported to the factory. Communications Strategy – The communications strategy is how a company decides to make a product available. Will it include multiple factories, regional distribution centers, and lengthy marketing advertisements?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 4, 2021

During the pandemic ERP kept industries in operation with its ability to sustain business operations through remote access to data, automated reporting, electronic data exchange, and real-time factory controls. ERP to drive business strategy and insights. Use ERP to improve operations and efficiency.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 21, 2022

Making the situation worse, trucking companies haven’t been able to hire back enough drivers to meet demand. T he goal is to have the minimum amount of inventory on hand (plus a safety stock) to meet demand. . For the business, it is a high-risk strategy for short-term gain with no upside if it fails. .

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 26, 2022

A fully-integrated ERP solution enables manufacturers to tackle the immense challenges they face by optimizing their business operations, meeting and satisfying customer demands, and increasing factory output without having to add additional headcount to meet these goals.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The pandemic halted many supply chains last year, closing factories and stores, and limiting manufacturing and distribution operations. The challenge is to be able to maintain enough warehouse facilities to meet this rapidly expanding market, and have distribution networks that are agile enough to address unpredictable and disruptive events.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

That can make it difficult to meet your delivery times unless you take proactive steps now to minimize the risk in your supply chain. Here’s an easy way to think about the regular and potential future disruptions that could impact your ocean shipping strategy, and what you can do to prepare for what comes next. Golden Week.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 18, 2022

needs to evolve to meet industry 4.0 have disconnected digital initiatives that are often poorly aligned with the enterprise strategy and not focused on customer experiences. to meet the factory of the future. full visibility across the factory floor. The need to provide an effective industry 4.0 experience.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Less need for specialized IT and shorter development cycles – The current supply of software engineers or coding specialists is unable to meet business demand, as we know experienced developers are hard to hire. Needs to fit in your long-term strategy – Manufacturers should focus on configuring solutions to meet their unique business needs.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Industries are facing the need to plan new strategies and invest more in technology to gain a stronger foothold. A B2B e-commerce strategy is therefore becoming increasingly necessary for manufacturing businesses that want to better sell their products or procure the necessary components for manufacturing them.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 17, 2024

At CES 2024, Hyundai conducted Media Day, highlighting their strategic theme “Ease Every Way”, a transformation powered by hydrogen and driven by software, which includes the new “HTWO Ecosystem” and “Software-Define Everything (SDx)” strategy. Currently, PEM electrolyzers are approximately 1.5

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CH Robinson Logistics

DECEMBER 15, 2021

However, with this year’s volatility, I was also given a front-row seat to a new level of hyper collaboration – including individuals going out of their way to help each other, more strategy sessions between shippers and forwarders, and continually leaning into historical data and current market insights to find smarter solutions.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Manufacturers Can Re-evaluate Factory Processes. . Since the skills gap reflects changes in how manufacturers operate, it represents the opportunity for manufacturers to re-evaluate their current factory processes, including a wide, diverse group of job positions, explains ThomasNet.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 12, 2022

If asked about their work, many procurement managers will say they are ensuring orders are placed properly, that they are controlling the stock and making sure that there is stock on hand so that the factory doesn’t stop. This meets all their key performance areas. This is typically done by forecasting based on historical data.

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CLX Logistics

MAY 14, 2024

By incorporating these elements, firms can enhance operational efficiency, reduce risks, and meet customer expectations. Moreover, SCV is not just about tracking—it’s about gaining actionable insights to help businesses anticipate needs and adjust strategies accordingly. What is Supply Chain Visibility?

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

Automotive logistics provider GEFCO has opened what it calls its Innovation Factory. The initiative represents a milestone in the Group’s innovation strategy and aims to promote new ideas and creativity in GEFCO teams around the world.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 19, 2022

Although it’s easy to attribute these difficulties to the Covid-19 pandemic, there is far more to the current crisis than first meets the eye. While the short-term plans focus on safety stocks throughout the supply chain (in most cases, the priority to keep the factories fully operational remains). Factors affecting the supply chain.

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ShipLilly

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The coming months are going to be a real test of the shipping industry in terms of how it can manage capacity and coordinate to meet the needs of customers. Chinese factories are facing challenges of meeting excessive orders that are way beyond their current capacity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2021

At last month’s Blue Yonder Icon virtual summit, Harish Lade, Vice President of Supply Chain at Asian Paints participated in a discussion with Vinod Mathur, Senior Director Strategic Services at Blue Yonder, and Shri Hariharan, Vice President, Industry Strategies at Blue Yonder. However, this still created a tricky situation.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

For OEMs, blending services into manufacturing strategy will be a challenge. Manufacturers can offer a reactive service, performing repair work either in the field or in a factory, but customers usually prefer a technician to come and work on something before its breaks. The changing world of OEMs. Technology.

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CLX Logistics

JUNE 14, 2024

By incorporating these elements, firms can enhance operational efficiency, reduce risks, and meet customer expectations. Moreover, SCV is not just about tracking—it’s about gaining actionable insights to help businesses anticipate needs and adjust strategies accordingly. What is Supply Chain Visibility?

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

But Molex, a global electronics and connectivity solutions company, has been investing in their intelligent digital supply chain strategy to improve their supply chain agility and customer experience. The company has visibility to finished goods movements, and inbound shipments from suppliers to their factories.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Although just-in-case may have been considered expensive in the past, it has paid dividends to those companies using it who have been able to keep factories running with enough stock, shopfloor staff working, holding prices steady, and customer orders fulfilled. Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Return, Enable.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

This simple fact is revolutionizing factory floors. Ultimately, the sustainability push will be key to meeting market demand and fluctuations throughout 2017. Ultimately, manufacturing is evolving in the wake of a new presidency to meet the demand of modernity. Machines are talking to one another.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 26, 2021

Paolo Pompei, President Trelleborg Wheel Systems , says: “At Trelleborg, innovation is crucial to our strategy. Our roadmap not only relies on our own knowhow, but on the expertise and collaboration of promising and innovative companies, making it essential for us to meet with start-ups through events like the EIC Corporate Day.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 17, 2017

However, manufacturers are considering other ways of improving factories and supply chains as well. In fact, the sustainable trend is becoming essential to all parts of manufacturing and supply chains, ranging from smart factories to green delivery trucks. Smart factories eliminate waste and redundancies. Across the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Alex Pradhan, Product Strategy Leader John Galt Solutions, told me that “all planning vendors have bold marketing around AI.” That is every machine, factory, DC, mode of transportation, supplier, product, material, etc. Artificial intelligence can also be used in supply and factory planning. Final Thoughts.

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Now, That's Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Retailers like H&M can’t meet demand because of delivery delays, Nike cut its sales forecasts after COVID-19 triggered factory closures and Bed Bath & Beyond has faced ongoing shipping challenges. When the pandemic knocked the global economy down in early 2020, factories slowed output or closed.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Supply chain strategy is critical to business success, but companies often underestimate its importance and hence pay it less leadership attention than other areas of operation. Supply Chain Strategy. In other words, the majority did not recognise the need for close alignment between supply chain and general business strategies.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

You can prepare by investing staff, inventory and equipment to meet increasing demand for domestic-made products. They also want to know that factory workers are not subjected to unsafe conditions, low wages or other forms of exploitation that the U.S. Touting the Benefits of Made in USA. Humanitarian Aspects. manufactured products.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

One way to tell if a CSR programme is simply a marketing strategy is to check the length of the project. The company says the output from its investments in renewables, such as offshore wind in Germany and Britain, exceeds the energy used at its factories, offices, and stores. If it lasts just a few months it is likely to be a gimmick.

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