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MAY 17, 2017

However, manufacturers are considering other ways of improving factories and supply chains as well. In fact, the sustainable trend is becoming essential to all parts of manufacturing and supply chains, ranging from smart factories to green delivery trucks. Smart factories eliminate waste and redundancies. Across the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

This simple fact is revolutionizing factory floors. For example, a company’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems should be accessible from anywhere within the manufacturing enterprise. Ultimately, the sustainability push will be key to meeting market demand and fluctuations throughout 2017.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Do executive level decisions influence the small processes in a factory, or is the world simply ready for a new type of manufacturing industry? Now, this might not seem like much of a change for manufacturers, but how does a manufacturer expect to meet the expectations of every customer by creating a build to stock warehouse?

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

For example, one risk could be a sudden increase in demand for a product. Operational risks are those that may occur within a given factory, and functional risks are those that our business functions to support the supply chain entity, such as IT development, financing comment and human resources.

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APRIL 4, 2016

For some manufacturers, having factories and operations in foreign countries is beneficial to foreign customers, but having factories in the US is also beneficial to US customers. At minimum , a product of acceptable quality meets a set of previously agreed-upon specifications. Meeting the Specs of Quality.

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MAY 26, 2016

Lower costs of producing products overseas led to many manufacturers uprooting factories and placing them in less regulated markets. For example, a manufacturer may be able to produce 1,000 units of a product in China at a fraction of the cost of domestic manufacturing. As a result, a solution to U.S.

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APRIL 13, 2016

Each of these logistics technologies provides a benefit that meets the demands of its respective driving forces. After all, how can an organization report decreased emissions in factories and fleets if the organization does not even know how many miles were driven. 4 Benefits of Using These Logistics Technologies. Better Visibility.

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MARCH 18, 2016

This phase will use performance measurement and management to create a supply chain that automatically adjusts and grows to meet demand without unnecessary, inefficient delays. The IIoT will enable retailers to better manage inventory levels and adjust orders to meet the demands of customers from real-time data from POS transactions.

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DECEMBER 14, 2015

Chinese factories suddenly started making bagel baskets. Chinese factories were selling baskets for $6 each. The United States has 6 million fewer factory jobs today than in 1998, a decline of one-third in 15 years to just 12 million, the fewest since May 1941. factories are relentless efficiency machines. was Innovation.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Headquartered in New York, Shapeways has factories and offices in Eindhoven, Queens, and Seattle. Instead of milling a work piece from solid block, for example, Additive Manufacturing builds up components layer by layer using materials which are available in fine powder form.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

For example, it may specify the percentage of a product’s domestic content or label a product as “Assembled in the USA” instead. You can prepare by investing staff, inventory and equipment to meet increasing demand for domestic-made products. A company can make a qualified claim when a product is made in several countries, however.

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JANUARY 5, 2016

Most of them center around reducing costs (if you’re using SAP or Oracle, you know SCM can be extremely costly), efficiency (apply same methodologies, processes and tools across different vendors), and scalability (whether you’re working with 5 or 500 factories, being able to manage quality and cost is critical).

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MAY 26, 2015

The manufacturing industry still relies on the skills of manufacturing workers, but these skill sets have changed to meet demands of the new era. Consider our example from this blog post. However, these types of workers are not counted as a manufacturing job, because they don’t work in a factory.

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