A global study of 417 finance, procurement and supply chain leaders conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Ivalua identifies on-boarding suppliers…
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Study: The Impact Of Evolving Consumer Buying Behaviors On Global Supply Chains
What are the operational and financial implications associated with the journey from brick and mortar stores to online e-commerce, particularly with regard…
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Novo Nordisk Production Operations to Be Powered Completely by Renewable Electricity by Next Year
Beginning in early 2020, Novo Nordisk’s global production will be completely powered by renewable electricity, with a ten-year goal of achieving zero…
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Why Do OEMs Double Order? Supply, Long Lead Times, and Demand
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyWhen OEMs start to worry about being able to meet demand, they tend to start double ordering. If inventory is low and…
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Online Tools Help Food and Beverage Supply Chain Combat Human Trafficking
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyComplex and opaque, food and beverage supply chains make it difficult to trace products to work sites that engage in unscrupulous labor…
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Vision Guided Robot Market Sees Exponential Growth
by Dawn Allcotby Dawn AllcotVision guided robots (VGR) and the vision guided robotics software market play a big role in the supply chain, with 2D vision-guided…
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Proactive, Reactive, or Pre-emptive: Choosing an Obsolescence Strategy
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyIn 2008, one technology parts database listed 150 million electronic components. That same year, obsolescence product-discontinuation notices (PDNs) were issued for 1.4…
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UPS Invests in 3D Printing Tech that Brings New Supply Chain Models to Market
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyUPS recently led a $48-million round of Series B investment in Chicago-based Fast Radius, a technology platform and manufacturing footprint enabled by…
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Lockheed Martin Uses Supply Chain Strategy to Improve Mission Capable Rates
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyMulti-year Performance Based Logistics (PBLs) contracts and Master Repair Agreements (MRAs) are both part of the supply chain strategy Lockheed Martin is…
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Humans should not fear the integration of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) into daily supply chain operations. Instead of eliminating jobs for humans,…
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3 Keys to Every Digital Supply Chain [In Order to Overcome Volatility and Uncertainty]
How do you drive better supply chain operations? The answers lie within the digital supply chain. The potential of digital trends on…