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CONA Services Embraces Supply Chain AI

Logistics Viewpoints

The Value of a Common Platform More importantly, by having the largest 11 bottlers on a common platform, the bottlers can work together to meet customer demand efficiently. The National Product Supply Group, governed by members from most US producing bottlers, develops the collaborative supply chain plan based on defined governance processes.

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Boeing: The Turning Point(s)

The Lean Thinker

The second part of the class involved a facilitator leading our group through discussion of the “grieving process” as it relates to “change” and trying to draw out how we felt about it. Then we were video-linked to other groups in identical sessions, perhaps in some effort to show how we were all in this together.

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What is a “Socio-Technical System?”

The Lean Thinker

Success of the three shift cycle depended on each shift meeting a rigid schedule, but that schedule did not account for the simple fact that coal seams are not uniform. this is particularly true in ERP / MRP environments.) In any organization, or casual group trying to get something done, people develop webs of social networks.

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ERP addresses the challenges of Make to order manufacturers

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

On the shop floor we see challenges around scheduling to meet delivery requirements, managing the utilisation of capital intensive equipment with small production runs reducing efficiency and creating bottlenecks. Typically we see problems such as: They may struggle to meet demand and to deliver on time, resulting in potential lost sales.

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The 4 Step Process to Integrate a New TMS into Existing Logistics Systems from a TMS Provider

GlobalTranz

One person provided a resource, such as steel, to another group of people, who then sent along the items to the final person in the chain. Ask questions about the TMS that the 3PL offers such as: Did you build it and can update it to meet market needs? Will my current OE, MRP, ERP, or other database systems allow for integration ?”.

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Supply Chain Glossary of Terms

Logistics Bureau

ABC Analysis: A form of Pareto analysis applied to a group of products to enable selective inventory management controls. ABC Classification: The classification of inventory, after ABC analysis, into three basic groups for the purpose of stock control and planning. A items may also be of strategic importance to the business concerned.