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The smart factory Part 1: Digitization, digitalization and digital

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The digital transformation of the operations and processes of factories and supply chains is based upon digitization of carefully selected machines and digitalization of the related business processes. So here goes – read on for a greater understanding of these concepts and the role they play in your journey to a smart factory.

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Private Investors Looking to Capitalize on Nearshoring Trends Turn to Mexico

Blue Grace Logistics

companies opening factories in Mexico, for example, nor investment in private real estate. The nearshoring trend is driving growth at privately held companies looking to expand into Mexico, such as third-party logistics provider BlueGrace Logistics and contract electronics manufacturer MacroFab Inc. That was down from a record $5.6

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Do Shopping Trends Drive Singles’ Day Sales?

Locus

Trends likely to drive Singles’ Day sales. Supply chain transparency and low-emission transportation are some of the many emerging trends that retailers are adopting to stay ahead of the game. A study by Harvard Business Review in 2019 found that products that were marketed as sustainable grew 5.6 Schedule a demo now !

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Top 3 challenges facing manufacturers and how to overcome them

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

In a SYSPRO-led research study 37% of businesses agreed that their business systems lacked those basic planning tools that could adjust to day-to-day changes in the environment. In fact, 46% of businesses in our 2020 study felt that their systems lacked the insights that were needed to respond to the change.

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Can Australian Manufacturing be Brought Back Home from China?

Logistics Bureau

Is it possible to reverse the offshoring trend to protect Australia from similar situations in the future, and if so, at what cost? Before attempting to answer such questions, it’s helpful to look in a little detail at the drivers behind the offshore manufacturing trend. Why China Became Australia’s Factory.

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Reshoring Optimism, But Not Much Else

GlobalTranz

Editor’s Note: This is a guest blog which tackles the hard numbers behind reshoring. Manufacturing establishments (the number of factories or manufacturing sites), have followed the same trend. Clearly, such articles represent cherry-picked case studies, not a national trend. wages following the recession.

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Keeping Things Closer to Home

Blue Grace Logistics

Nearshoring, an idea that was gaining traction before Covid and has exploded since, is the trend of companies moving manufacturing out of China and other Asian countries and into Mexico, where shortened supply chains can ship products all over the U.S. in a matter of a couple of days rather than a few weeks.