Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 8, 2024

In March 2024, the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation released the National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy , which aims to decarbonize and advance zero-emission freight along the United States main shipping corridors.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 27, 2022

It goes without saying, that in order for the skills deficit to be reduced significantly, skills development needs to be central to a business digital strategy. Manager and even the Smart Factory Manager. Building the right skills to meet the factory of the future appeared first on SYSPRO Blog. The post Industry 4.0:

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Richard is the CEO of LeanDNA , a purpose-built analytics platform for factory inventory optimization. About Richard Lebovitz Richard Lebovitz is the CEO of LeanDNA , a purpose-built analytics platform for factory inventory optimization. Richard previously founded and led Factory Logic, Inc. acquired by SAP).

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Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

George said he plans to draw on his experience with factory floor productivity and quality control strategies to improve Norfolk Southern’s operations.

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Kanban Logistics

MAY 25, 2022

Manufacturing professionals: Are you buying parts and other raw material inventory for your factory just to have it sit for weeks or months prior to consumption? What is a VMI strategy? With a VMI strategy , a third-party logistics provider (3PL) will store goods that your manufacturing operation will eventually require.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 24, 2022

I was also able to interview Brent after his session to get a little more insight on how Qualcomm dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic, what it means for the semiconductor chip shortage, and where the company is going with its digital transformation strategy. As Covid spread, so too did factory closures.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Re-shoring or near-shoring factories, “just-in-case” inventories, and qualifying alternative suppliers are among the most common ways that companies are building resilience. However, these strategies come with tremendous complexity and a heavy price tag.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

APRIL 4, 2020

In the supply chain, many factories have postponed the resumption of work, and most factories will start operations in March, which will lead to untimely product supply, but many sellers are now anxious to prepare for the annual prime day, which may be inconvenient. Order with the factory in advance.

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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. However, not just service levels and costs can be traded off. This would be a three-way tradeoff.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Now Let’s Get to the Supply Chain News: Hurricane Helene Disrupts IV Fluid Supply Chain Across Major East Cost Hospitals Hospitals, nursing homes, and dialysis centers across the country are running low on IV fluids after Helene forced a factory in Marion North Carolina, to shut down operations.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 4, 2023

Smart factory operations can help supply chain leaders achieve many of their highest priorities, but the challenges are too often underestimated, according to research from Gartner, Inc. Gartner research has identified the five top risks to avoid when launching new smart factory initiatives: 1.

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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. Many scenarios were necessary because the way goods flowed from factories to DCs and from DCs out to customers were quite complex.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

APRIL 6, 2020

Cross-docking can be adapted to any merchandise: it does not matter if it is raw materials, finished articles or components destined for factories, physical stores or final customers. Following the cross-docking strategy, the goods remain in the warehouse for a very short time after receipt.

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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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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Lauren is a seasoned maritime attorney and the founder of Squall Strategies , a boutique maritime consulting and legal solutions company and offers a wide range of consulting services to serve a variety of businesses and clients. Beagen is a seasoned maritime attorney and the founder of Squall Strategies, LLC. About Squall Strategies.

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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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GlobalTranz

MAY 8, 2018

Most of the manufacturing industries have already incorporated lean manufacturing strategies to undermine the non-additive materials from their products. The 3 Most Important Tools for Lean Manufacturing Strategies 1.) Lean manufacturing is one of the leading waste minimization technologies inside a manufacturing industry.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Capacity takes a back seat to production flexibility as the key performance indicator for factory managers. Many manufacturers are now diversifying from a single product line to different manufacturing lines in one factory, each line with its own manufacturing processes. Flexible manufacturing has several benefits.

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Automotive Logistics

MARCH 12, 2019

After successful initial trials with converted factory vehicles, the company is now testing them in everyday operations. If the entire fleet of factory vehicles across the company’s 16 production sites worldwide were powered by second-use lithium-ion batteries, the OEM says it would “save millions.”.

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Material Handling and Logistics

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

In my factory? It’s one thing to walk down to your own factory floor and be able to certify it, but it’s an entirely different matter to know about the conditions of your supplier on another continent. Enforcement of trafficking in the supply chain is in high gear with U.S.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 2, 2024

The smart factory is an environment, enabled by digital technologies including AI, to monitor and control the physical processes of the factory and provide data for decision-making. AI and People Manufacturers should be aware of how AI will affect the skills strategies they will need to create. Then scale out to other processes.

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Automotive Logistics

JUNE 6, 2018

Seven months after opening a battery factory in north-east China, BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) has already started enlarging the facility. Read more about BBA’s activity in China in our interview with Franz Decker, vice-president of logistics and strategy , in the next edition of Finished Vehicle Logistics.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2019

KION Group AG is pursuing its growth strategy with the construction of a new industrial truck plant in Ko?baskowo, The post KION Group Establishes new Factory in Poland appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. baskowo, near Szczecin in Poland.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2021

In Belcorp’s case they have four factories located in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador. Production flexibility is limited; none of these factories can make all the company’s 1,500 products. For consumers in metro areas located close to their factories, there is a one-day lead time. What factory should make a new product?

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Radius Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Second, we provide end-to-end visibility and control over the supply chain, ensuring our clients clearly understand the movement of goods from the factory floor to the customer’s doorstep. We must manage these risks through contingency planning, mitigation strategies, and real-time supply chain monitoring.

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Log-hub

DECEMBER 8, 2023

To jump straight to the point, some basic strategies for handling rising transportation costs, which we’ll cover in this Playbook, are related to optimal network design and route optimization. In the input data, you’ll encounter three tables: factories, warehouses, and customers. And what are the outcomes?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 6, 2021

in which factories are digitally transformed, manual processes are replaced with automated systems, and factories and supply chains are smarter. The digital factory. Digital factory. In a digital factory, artificial intelligence (AI), business process management and analyzing data are integrated.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 3, 2022

But the difficulty in finding workers has becoming a huge challenge at many factories and warehouses. The already fast-growing market for warehouse robots and flexible factory automation has become supercharged as a result. Military strategy changed forever after Hiroshima; supply chain strategy has been similarly transformed by COVID.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 14, 2020

The disruption caused by the coronavirus has led global supply chains to re-think globalized market strategies. When Covid-19 hit China, its factories were shut down. Before the pandemic, Chinese producers were often selected as the first choice, and China’s share of the global GDP was sitting at 20%.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 12, 2022

The combination of intelligent software with AI execution capabilities and visibility using location technology gives warehouse and factory operations a tool to decrease complexity and at the same time decrease costs, increase efficiency and user engagement. Bengt Tuner is the Group Chief Executive Officer at Locanis.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 30, 2022

Our three pillars (or fundamentals) of great supply chain management excellence are strategy, service, and cost. Aligning strategy, service, and financial factors in your supply chain operation is essential to support your company’s overall business strategy , mission, and objectives. The Importance of Alignment.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2023

His latest books include The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy Beyond Covid-19 (2020) and A Shot in the Arm: How Science, Engineering, and Supply Chains Converged to Vaccinate the World (2021). Following the journey of the t-shirt from factory to retailer. and The Future of Work, was released in April 2023.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 18, 2022

have disconnected digital initiatives that are often poorly aligned with the enterprise strategy and not focused on customer experiences. This employee operates in a business that has identified a need to develop a digitally enhanced, customer-driven business strategy, but execution is on a project basis. Employee 2.0: Employee 2.0

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

If your factory is the heart of your organization, then your supply chain is the veins and arteries. Evaluate A successful supply chain automation process includes an evaluation strategy that is developed in tandem with an implementation strategy.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 9, 2023

Whether it’s information about suppliers, procurement, inventory management, factory operations, sales or service, an integrated ERP solution has the data necessary to make decisions. Reassess strategy. An ERP system contains all the essential data that personnel need to make decisions about their processes and operations.

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Trinity Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Some manufacturers are even pushing the limit and testing our “dark factories”. These are fully automated factories without any human workers on site. Technology will also offer more flexibility and safety for frontline workers, further helping with employee recruiting and retention. Industry 4.0

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