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Using Big Data to Drive Manufacturing Sales: 3 Big Takeaways from the USMTO Reports

GlobalTranz

Now, let’s look at the sales data in the last 4 years and see how that fits into the trends for the previous 15 years in the graph below. As we all remember recovery was in full swing in 2011, but since then we see a slow downward trend in equipment sales. US Manufacturing Equipment and Machine Tool Sales at all Time Highs.

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RFID in the Supply Chain: Fizzling Technology or the Future of Effective SCM?

GlobalTranz

In 2003, Walmart announced that all of its suppliers would need to have Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on all pallets and cases by 2006. WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Download white paper. Two Specific Examples of RFID in the Supply Chain?

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10 Ideas for More Efficient & Productive Warehouse Operations

GlobalTranz

Most manufacturing facilities are trending toward 5S/lean manufacturing as part of their efforts to improve manufacturing processes, enabling quicker, more efficient production and lowering overall costs. Faster Part & Tool Retrieval. Implement Lean Manufacturing. Manufacturing Warehouse warehouse operations'

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Logistics Contractors and strategic logistics advantage in US military operations

Logistics in War

ix] Molly Dunigan, “The Future of US Military Contracting: Current Trends and Future Implications,” International Journal 69, no. vii] Mandel, “American Government Expeditionary Operations,” 13. viii] Renée de Nevers, “Looking Beyond Iraq,” in Kinsey and Patterson, eds. Contractors and War , 63. [ix] 4 (December 2014): 37. [x] Latham, Jr.,

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Should My Warehouse Be Automated?

Logistics Business Magazine

However, there are asset control tools as software platforms that make these tasks easier, if not automated themselves, such as Visualization Module, a product from viastore for visualising warehouse equipment status. Trends of the global warehouse automation market.

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OSCA brings visibility to jeans supply chain

Logistics Business Magazine

jeans, ending in 2003 with the sale of the JOOP! The SCM software serves as centralised communication tool – from order confirmation and delivery planning to the booking of shipments. According to him, the most important trends include the. In 1989, for example, the company obtained the license for JOOP!

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55 Supply Chain & Logistics Experts You Should Follow on Social

The Logistics of Logistics

Keeping up with a complex, multi-layered, global industry is harder than most people think, so we decided to share a list of industry experts who share perspectives, news, trends and timely data on a regular basis on Twitter and Linkedin. She now manages the logistics-focused market research firm, Logistics Trends & Insights, LLC. .