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

GlobalTranz

The United States Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) data report is compiled monthly by the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). What is the USMTO Data Report? The full data set is reported by eligible equipment builders and distributors and is provided to all participants in the program at no cost.

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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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Parcel Deliveries Clogging Up City Streets

LandLink

Cities don’t have reliable data on the number of delivery trucks coursing through their streets; let alone planning for them. million in parking fines in 2006. routes its new big-data tool, On-Road Integrated Optimization Navigation (ORION). The next generation is going to be a real-time tool taking traffic into account.

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Automatic Replenishment: Everything You Need to Know

Conger

Automated inventory replenishment uses technology and real-world data to automatically manage reorder levels. This tracks each product or material’s level and gives the auto-replenishment solution real-time data on inventory levels. But it requires accurate data and can be more complex to implement. Here's how it works: 1.

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Aptiv takes a global approach to mobility

Automotive Logistics

Underpinning this approach will be a global transport management system (TMS), which Richards is responsible for implementing, as well as developing an enterprise visibility tool with predictive analytics for freight movements around the world. “We Richards says the system has been a success and is completely rolled out in North America.

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

GlobalTranz

Industry data for 2004 - 2013 shows an annual loss of at least $17 billion due to vacant positions, with shocking losses of around $45 billion in both 2012 and 2013. Averting this outcome depends upon business leaders and government policymakers to actually implement measures to reverse the present trend.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

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. Sheffi starts, for example, with the extreme pressures coming from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), notably Greenpeace, about which one environmentalist says “When Greenpeace reaches for its toolbox, it tends to find only one tool, and that’s a mallet.” Marketing Director, Inovity.