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Elemica Unveils Supply Chain Process Control Tower
Elemica Inc., a vendor of software for supply-chain network management, has created a Business Process Control Tower application.
Many Aerospace, Defense Firms Dissatisfied with Project Operations Software, Study Says
Project-based operations that improved on-time and on-budget performance by 10 percent or more were nine times as likely to also improve dramatically on key financial metrics such as net profit margin and cost of compliance. Nearly every project-based manufacturer feels it is important for their company to improve on end-to-end project management, but less than half of the companies in project manufacturing, aerospace and defense (A&D) and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) sectors with project-based operations make wide use of any recognized category of commercial software system. This includes limited use of enterprise resources planning and quality management (QMS) systems.
What Can Chess Teach About Big Data, End-to-end Visibility and the Future of Supply Chains?
Most firms have already invested in business intelligence, supply chain management (SCM), and modeling tools that claim to make it possible to drill deeper into their supply chain data in search of savings. These tools are often marketed with vague promises that they will harness the organization's 'big data' and/or provide 'end-to-end' visibility.
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Will New U.S. Regulations on Rail Shipments of Oil Prevent More Explosions?
A week after a train loaded with crude oil from North Dakota exploded in downtown Lynchburg, Va., dumping 30,000 gallons of oil into the James River, the Department of Transportation announced two moves to try to keep this from happening so frequently. It's doubtful that either will make much of a difference in preventing what's become a major safety hazard in the U.S.
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Best Practices Can Help Overcome Transnational Infrastructure Challenges
Transnational infrastructure programs, such as cross-border railway networks and electricity distribution systems, can increase regional trade, prosperity, stability and integration. That is part of the rationale of the Priority Action Plan of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA PAP), encompassing 51 programs and with an investment need of $68bn up to the year 2020. Such programs face formidable challenges, however.
Coping With the Nightmare of Consumer-Product Recalls
My previous post covered the difficulty of tracing and ensuring the quality of automotive and aerospace parts. The job is just as tough for consumer packaged goods and food producers.
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Spain Seeks to Become Integral Logistics Platform
Spain aims to become the major logistics platform for southern Europe and northern Africa, serving the global east-west trade routes, as well as the emerging north-south, according to Rafael Catala, Spanish Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Housing.
Bamboo Top Alternative Material for Container Flooring
Bamboo is now being utilized in container floors as the rail and intermodal industry continues its drive to improve the environmental and economic efficiency of its operations. A report by the Container Owner's Association has found that the production volume of containers fitted with floors using materials other than the traditional tropical hardwood plywood has gradually risen over the past two years.
Program Launched Honoring Supply Chain/Procurement Professionals Under
ThomasNet and the Institute for Supply Management are partnering to spotlight millennials whose initiative and leadership are strengthening procurement and supply chain management.
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The Struggle to Turn Airfreight Around
Traditional airfreight has become more difficult to sell. And that is hitting carriers' profits just as passengers are returning and they are laying on more flights.
Dancing With Robots on the Factory Floor
Maybe people and robots can co-exist in the workplace after all.
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Savi Launches Sensor-Analytics Tool for the Internet of Things
Savi Technology Inc. has launched Savi Insight, a cloud-based sensor-analytics tool designed for the Internet of Things.
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