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The One Key Shift in Your Supply Chain and Procurement Strategies that can Drive Better Business Continuity and Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

Procurement and Supply Chain Management are essential functions that can help companies navigate these challenges, but they are often siloed and operate in separate departments. Their metrics are often misaligned as well – supply chain focuses on service and procurement focuses on the cost of acquiring materials and services.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

I was also able to interview Brent after his session to get a little more insight on how Qualcomm dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic, what it means for the semiconductor chip shortage, and where the company is going with its digital transformation strategy. Qualcomm turned to more automation in its semiconductor manufacturing.

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KPIs to assist manufacturers and distributors with supply chain challenges

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Manufacturers and distributors experienced huge supply chain disruptions due to the pandemic which exposed many vulnerabilities and tested the resilience of supply chain leaders globally. Manufacturing KPIs. In fact, SYSPRO research revealed that 60% of businesses were impacted by supply chain disruptions during the pandemic.

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Robots in Manufacturing: Creating More Efficient Operations & The Future of Manufacturing Jobs

GlobalTranz

Chinese manufacturing always seems to dominate conversations about modern manufacturing. In truth, more than 100 million workers are employed by Chinese manufacturing, reports Carl Pettit of The Stack. Outsourcing of jobs, lower manufacturing costs and continued upheaval in the U.S. Robotics Boost Manufacturing.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Attracting Millennials to Manufacturing & How Young People Are Going to Save Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

Lisa tweets and comments on all things manufacturing. Below her post, you will also see a great infographic, “25 Ways to Attract Millennials to Manufacturing” from the folks over at 21Handshake, a marketing services company (and they have one of the coolest websites we’ve ever seen)!

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Procurement, Industry 4.0, Cybersecurity, Robotics and Automation: The Image of Manufacturing is Evolving.

GlobalTranz

What makes or breaks a new technology in manufacturing? Mostly, manufacturers demand technologies that can boost their output without causing an additional strain on resources, and the final five technologies changing manufacturing in 2016 did just that. In other words, some manufacturers continue to resist the trend.

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4 Key Strategies of a Solid Reverse Logistics Plan

ShipLilly

Thankfully some strategies can be used to mitigate the cost. Companies have made it easier for customers to return products to maintain a competitive edge over other companies but as a result, nearly half of the products that are purchased are sent back to their suppliers, and returns have increased dramatically.