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Certain Supply Chains Lag Behind the Rest

Supply chains in engineering and manufacturing lag ten years behind other industries. So says research by Lisa Harrington of lharrington group, who argues that engineering and manufacturing businesses must re-evaluate their approach to supply chain management and respond to their industry's driving trends to remain competitive in today's volatile business environment.

Linear Approach to Product Development Gives Way to 'Digital Holistic Mindset'?

Over the past several decades, processes to design and build cars, airplanes and products used in various other industries have typically followed a linear, sequential path. This process typically started with product research, ideation and concept development, followed by design and development, prototype and validation, leading to production, launch, operation and, eventually, product retirement.

Federal Agencies' Focus on U.S. Port Cybersecurity 'Limited', GAO Says

Actions taken by the Department of Homeland Security and two of its component agencies, the U.S. Coast Guard and Federal Emergency Management Agency, as well as other federal agencies, to address cybersecurity in the maritime port environment have been limited, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

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Arena Solutions Offers Product-Quality Tracking for Manufacturing

Arena Solutions, a vendor of cloud-based product lifecycle management (PLM) software, has introduced Arena Quality.

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U.S. Delay in Cargo Scanning 'Hardly Surprising' Given Size of Task, British Freight Association Head Says

According to Peter Quantrill, director general of the British International Freight Association, it was "hardly surprising" to hear the recent news that the U.S. has delayed new rules requiring all cargo containers entering the U.S. to be security scanned prior to departure from overseas for two more years, amid questions over whether this is the best way to protect U.S. ports.

Air Cargo Struggles to Compete with On-Shoring

In contrast to robust growth in passenger traffic, air cargo has been in the doldrums since 2010, according to the International Air Transport Association's Economic Performance of the Airline Industry report. IATA launched this report during its 70th Annual General Meeting in Doha, Qatar. The report outlines how air transport is adding value for consumers, the wider economy, governments and investors.

Optimization Software Vital to Performance of Manufacturing's Supply Chains

Optimization technology allows manufacturing companies to become more flexible and to more efficiently manage their supply chains by accounting for real life constraints and business rules. They can review "what-if" analyses of various scenarios, tied to key performance indicators that measure success on an ongoing basis. They can generate near optimal plans from the virtually infinite number of possible options. And with a clear set of future-oriented KPIs they can measure tomorrow’s performance before it happens.

Despite Ups and Downs, UK Manufacturing Has Grown for More Than a Year

UK manufacturing expansion slowed in May, but the sector is still in "one of the brightest spells of output and new order growth" of the past 22 years, according to a survey of buyers.

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Maersk Awaits China's Decision on Proposed Alliance

Maersk Line, the container-shipping unit of Danish conglomerate A.P. Møller-Maersk, expects the Chinese government to decide in June on the company's application for a shipping alliance with two other shipping operators, in a bid to reduce operating costs amid weak international trade.

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China Isn't Only Fish in Asia Pacific Sea. Try ASEAN Nations.

Investors and multinationals are increasingly turning their gaze southward to the ten dynamic markets that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

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