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What are the true causes of ongoing supply chain disruptions?

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

There are many causes, for example, container ships from Asia are now too large to traverse the Panama Canal (20 years ago they were not), so they offload on the West Coast of the United States and are compelled to truck all goods to the East Coast. The analysis is mostly on point; however, the blame does not lie with Lean.

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How manufacturers and distributors can address supply chain management challenges

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Several surveys have reported how SCM in recent years has moved from being a cost center to one responsible for offering superior customer experience and delivering competitive advantage. It seems that manufacturers found it much quicker and cheaper to increase inventories than build regional factories.

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

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

For example, before the pandemic, companies could get by with analog machines, paper-based systems, and disconnected point solutions. This real-time data can inform faster, more accurate decisions about capacity analysis, work-in-process (WIP), inventory, and advanced planning. The pandemic made that impossible.

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Supply Chain Talent Matters More than Ever

Logistics Viewpoints

According to one survey , only 27% of leaders believe that they have the talent needed to meet current supply chain performance requirements. A skills assessment survey was done to measure potential gaps against a pre-determined skills matrix. What should supply chain leaders be looking for to close the talent gap?

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DENSO solutions help digitalise logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

The UR40 RFID reader from DENSO, for example, can read 700 RFID tags per second. Another result of the study is that 80% of the transport and logistics companies surveyed are planning significant investments in technologies such as mobile devices, wearables or IoT devices and IoT solutions.

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Applying History’s Lessons to New Resiliency Plans

CH Robinson Logistics

With the Chinese Lunar New Year approaching in late January 2020, global shippers planned to order stock from Chinese suppliers ahead of the celebration as factories and ports would shut down for two weeks. What they didn’t know is that these ports and factories would remain shut down as the safety restrictions of a global pandemic set in.

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How VR, 3D Printing & Predictive Analytics in the IOT are Currently Powering the Manufacturing Industry

GlobalTranz

For example, the analysis of procurement processes and expense trends might help companies select alternative or new suppliers, change the flow of supplies to optimize delivery time tables and enhance payment processes, such as double billing complaints. VR tends to replace the entire image. billion by 2021.