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[INFOGRAPHIC] The End of Made In China Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

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. You can download the entire study and the eBook now for FREE on your kindle at Amazon here.

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The impact of congestion and capacity on businesses and what to expect?

Shipping and Freight Resource

Starting with the closure of factories, industries and ports in China in 2020, the pandemic and its many variants (Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma, Lambda) continues to rage on, affecting every country in the world and causing global chaos. In the middle of this congestion and capacity crunch, the freight rates continue to increase unabated.

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The Top 10 Manufacturing Blog Posts from 2014

GlobalTranz

INFOGRAPHIC: 3D Printing and the Supply Chain to Drastically Alter Manufacturing: Who would have thought that modern manufacturing could be done without a factory? Since the Industrial Revolution, manufacturing has been synonymous with factories, machine tools, production lines and economies of scale. Read Full Post. Read Full Post.

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Why you don’t need perfect data to start implementing S&OP

AIMMS

We have 3 factories, one in USA, one in China and one in the Netherlands (in the city of Edam). We have worldwide demand for all kinds of products and services and as I mentioned before, we have 3 different factories. We were trying to optimize the workload between these factories to have our manufacturing be as efficient as possible.

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Keeping Things Closer to Home

Blue Grace Logistics

Mattel has moved its headquarters to Monterrey, where Lego operates its largest factory, and Tesla announced plans for a gigafactory. Over 15,000 trucks and $800 million worth of goods crossed the border at Laredo last year, and those figures will only grow with nearshoring.

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

GlobalTranz

Connected factories and plants will be more effective and productive than non-connected work zones and firms in all verticals will have the opportunity to help streamline processes with new functional cloud services. The IoT Supply Chain with Robotics & Other Industries. The supply chain will adore the IoT.

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Blockchain in Supply Chain: 2 Ethereum-Based Projects That Demonstrate How Blockchain Can Improve Supply Chains

GlobalTranz

On top of all that, billions if not trillions of dollars worth of potential working capital are tied up in illiquid assets such as 90-day invoice payouts or even the real estate value of, say, a warehouse or factory building. WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Download white paper.