As unfinished 737s pile up, Boeing has called on retired workers to help manage their supply chain.
In this post and in this great infographic, you will learn the benefits to your business of creating a sustainable supply chain.
The cost of manufacturing and product demand are set to cause financial and business climate changes across the moldmaking industry.
The process of getting products from the factory to your home, office, or facility is more complex than many people realize. Making that process as cost effective, fast, and error free is easier thanks to VR and AR.
Sudipta Ghosh and Harry Morrison. Companies that go beyond basic recycling in favor of strategic sustainability approaches are achieving significant business value. read more. MHL Magazine Global Supply Chain Gold
The IoT can help companies free up manual resources while ensuring accurate delivery timing throughout the supply chain.
The spare parts supply chain will get much more efficient thanks to the internet of things. Learn how in this post.
Before pursuing any supply chain innovation, a company has to be clear about the objective; is the goal continuous improvement to maintain market position with a modest increase in margin or to disrupt the industry? Many managers get starry-eyed over the latter objective but actually need to target the former.
Blockchain and smart contracts introduce another wave of innovation that brings long-term potential to formula-based products.
Given the option, few would choose to buy products that harm the earth -- yet it's nearly impossible to know how most consumer goods are made or where they're sourced from. That's about to change, says supply chain innovator Markus Mutz. He shares how he used blockchain technology to track Patagonian toothfish on their journey from ocean to dinner plate -- and proved it's possible to offer consumers a product they can trust.
In today’s competitive markets, it takes more than the ability to quickly respond to urgent supply chain disruptions after they start. Instead, your supply chain must predict disruptions and proactively resolve them before they negatively impact your business. In this video, JDA’s Jeff Stabell, senior product marketing director, explains how three important technology trends, including…
Supply chain transformation is speeding up due to the addition of billions of new IoT devices, gathering data to speed up decisions and systems.
Product recalls are a regular occurrence, making the headlines on a monthly, even weekly basis. They affect not only the consumers of potentially harmful products, but also manufacturers, retailers…
IoT-enabled solutions offer several competitive advantages from a supply chain security perspective. Learn what you need to consider to build a winning strategy.
Watch how robot-assisted technology allows a Medline Industries distribution center to break down bulk cases of medical products into smaller shipments for providers across the care continuum.
With its new requirements for suppliers, Salesforce hopes to create a new blueprint for corporate sustainability.
Digital rights management for manufactured part files will enable OEMs to enforce manufacturing requirements at a distance, as an alternative to in-person certification of suppliers.
Leading companies recognize integrating vendor risk management principles into their products and manufacturing process delivers market differentiation,...
Supply chain advancements are credited with efficiency improvements within organizations but are often overlooked for their beneficial economic side-effects. For example, supply chain software may contribute more to productivity than traditional measures such as GDP suggest. One example is the the inability of economic models to capture the rapid improvement of software over time.
Over 55% of respondents to a new study felt that the abilities of millennials to understand and adopt technology will drive many new innovations within supply...
We live in an increasingly real-time world where the idea of instant information directing our actions has affected nearly every aspect of our lives