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Frequently Asked Questions about S&OE

AIMMS

Our recent webinar shared 3 must-haves for companies to improve their S&OE capability. In this blog, we will cover some commonly asked questions about S&OE and S&OE applications, based on what we heard from our webinar audience. S&OE is all about how reality compares to the S&OP plan. Let’s dive in.

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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. MacroFab also taps into unused capacity at a network of more than 100 partner factories in the U.S., President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, for example, initially threw into question Tesla Inc.’s That was down from a record $5.6

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Bridging the Manufacturing Skills Gap on the Plant Floor

GlobalTranz

In other words, the manufacturing skills gap is brewing a cauldron of dangers and profit losses, and you need to understand a few things about bridging the gap in factory settings. The role of training in the factory remains a top factor for bridging the skills gap. Take the smartphone for example.

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Skills Gap: Why It’s Creating New Manufacturing Opportunities

GlobalTranz

Manufacturers Can Re-evaluate Factory Processes. . Since the skills gap reflects changes in how manufacturers operate, it represents the opportunity for manufacturers to re-evaluate their current factory processes, including a wide, diverse group of job positions, explains ThomasNet.

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Blockchain in Supply Chain: 2 Ethereum-Based Projects That Demonstrate How Blockchain Can Improve Supply Chains

GlobalTranz

On top of all that, billions if not trillions of dollars worth of potential working capital are tied up in illiquid assets such as 90-day invoice payouts or even the real estate value of, say, a warehouse or factory building. a pair of jeans that didn’t come from a sweatshop, for example. Download white paper.

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Delivery: A New Moment of Truth

Talking Logistics

Author’s Note: The following is an excerpt of what I presented recently in a webinar organized by Descartes Systems Group (a Talking Logistics sponsor) focused on “ Delivery – The Moment of Truth.” I’ll give you a quick personal example. For the rest of my comments and Brian Hodgson’s presentation, watch the webinar archive.

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PepsiCo’s Massive, Complex, and Difficult Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Logistics Viewpoints

The company is using Blue Yonder for transportation management, Coupa’s Supply Chain Guru for network design, and FourKites ( see the webinar ) for transportation visibility in certain regions or departments to help with this. One example is pep+ REnew in partnership with Schneider Electric. Technology is used to help in this endeavor.