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Leveraging the power of ERP to optimize inventory management

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

On the supply side, constraints such as large manufacturing batch sizes and supplier delivery lead time force organizations to hold some raw materials or components in stock to deliver products to customers. This expense includes lesser-known expenses such as storage, insurance, and security, to mention a few.

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Easier pharmaceutical packaging with optimised supply chain

Logistics Business Magazine

Pharmaceutical manufacturers face numerous challenges ranging from decreasing batch sizes and increasing item diversity to massive time and cost pressure. Increasing customisation and more and more therapy and dosage forms are causing the variety of pharmaceutical industry products and variants to rise rapidly.

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Six Must Have Supply Chain Capabilities for Success in the Food and Beverage Industry

247 Customs Broker

Unfortunately, focusing too much on manufacturing efficiency can lead to large batch sizes that are often misaligned with actual customer demand. A better approach is to focus on minimizing the end-to-end supply chain costs required to meet customer demand. Time-Phased Replenishment Planning . kwhorisk@ehpub.com.

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New design for SSI Cuby shuttle system

Logistics Business Magazine

To meet the increasing demands of modern warehousing, SSI Schaefer has optimised and re-designed its proven SSI Cuby shuttle system in both technology and design. The increased travel speed of the improved SSI Cuby now enables even faster storage and retrieval in the compact automatic storage system.

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[INFOGRAPHIC & VIDEO] A 2D Explainer of Rapid Prototyping & Additive Manufacturing in 3D Printing

GlobalTranz

Our goal is to stay abreast and keep readers abreast of all the latest trends which affect the manufacturing industry. . You can view all the 3D Printing blog posts in the category here. Additive Manufacturing is now being used increasingly in Series Production. Functional Principle.