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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

There are different tools, goals, and market dynamics. That factory also aims to rapidly process the raw materials into product. This made the data analysis easier. This made the data analysis “painful.” Really, in 2021 we were hanging on for dear life,” Mr. Masters lamented. We did not have a great spot tool.”

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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

While getting personal protection equipment was difficult, 2021 was an even more challenging time for the supply chain team. But in 2021, “all of a sudden there were just completely random shortages that occurred with no warning.” And the reasons spanned from a global chip shortage, to embargoes, to factory fires, to natural disasters.

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Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) and the inflection point for digital manufacturing

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SYSPRO ’s 2020 survey, The Inflection Point for the Factory of the Future , showed that only about one-third (38%) of manufacturers’ business systems had enabled them to meet the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, a 2021 study from McKinsey showed that just 19% of companies that had adopted Industry 4.0

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What is Supply Chain Resiliency?

Logistics Viewpoints

If your company’s supply chain survived 2020 and the disruptions of early 2021, it’s safe to say it has passed the supply chain resiliency test. January and February 2021 were characterized by repeated winter weather events nationwide. Your supply chain must be capable of adapting to all types of threats.

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6 Types of Automation [Benefits, Pros/Cons, Examples]

Conger

Automation is the process of minimizing manual labor using machines Automation includes using various equipment and control systems such as factory processes, machinery, boilers, heat-treating ovens, steering, etc. The industrial automation market grew globally, reaching $191 billion in 2021 , and is expected to reach $395 billion by 2029.

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DENSO solutions help digitalise logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

The current study “Mobilising the Delivery Workforce: The State of Mobile Technologies in Transport and Logistics 2021” by Arlington Research shows that mobile-first technologies will play a key role in the delivery of goods in the final delivery area. Collected data can be viewed using built-in data analysis and display tools.

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Is Saint-Gobain Serious About Reducing Their Carbon Footprint?

Logistics Viewpoints

Let’s put a major multinational – Saint-Gobain – under the microscope to illustrate how this kind of analysis. In 2021, for the tenth consecutive year, Saint-Gobain was named one of the world’s 100 most innovative companies, according to the Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovator ranking. Who is Saint-Gobain?