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Qualcomm’s Answer to the Chip Shortage and Digital Transformation Strategy

Logistics Viewpoints

At the conference, I was fortunate to see a presentation from Brent Wilson, Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain at Qualcomm. As Covid spread, so too did factory closures. In normal times there is no benefit, but companies need to stay the course even when demand and supply are equal.

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Focus on people drives success for Utz Group

Logistics Business Magazine

Seven technicians maintain and repair machinery at the company’s factory in Alfreton, Derbyshire – which recently took delivery of its tenth injection-moulding machine – while four employees in the toolroom produce and service tools to meet production requirements. “We One of the apprentices at Georg Utz Ltd is Shaun Batty’s son, Finley.

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Logistics & Supply Chain News Roundup, January 2023

Logistics Bureau

Indeed, there is cause for concern about Chinese factories’ ability to fulfill orders, given the massive uptick in COVID cases since the harsh policy was lifted. Other reports say that people are sickening quickly and in enormous numbers, leaving factories short-staffed at the worst possible time—Chinese New Year.

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The water in the well – how much readiness is enough?

Logistics in War

The risks accepted in not beginning are, of course, high and err towards a professional negligence that ultimately costs time, resources and people at the time of a future war. At present, they aren’t. Militaries routinely encounters cross-roads where decisions regarding structure, posture and preparedness must be made.

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AI, RPA and Analytics Named in 2019 Supply Chain Technology Trends

Logistics Business Magazine

Advanced analytics span predictive analytics — those that identify data patterns and anticipate future scenarios — as well as prescriptive analytics — a set of capabilities that finds a course of action to meet a predefined objective. Blockchain in Supply Chain.

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Trust in Turkey

Automotive Logistics

The move will coincide with its complete exit from automotive production in Europe, including the closure of its UK factory in Swindon. Just over 1m of those were cars, with light commercials accounting for just under 430,000, largely from Ford’s vast van factory complex in Kocaeli, on the coast of the Sea of Marmara.

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Mapping for Mercedes

Automotive Logistics

It has created a wireless product for tracking inventory on car dealers’ sites, but earlier this year spotted even bigger opportunities in finished vehicle logistics. “We were invited to a logistics conference,” recalls Mark Sargeant, vice-president of business development at AutoMap. Human error does creep in, of course.