CMTC Manufacturing Tech

JUNE 15, 2023

Modern supply chains are somewhat like Rube Goldberg machines — incredibly, often unnecessarily complicated, interconnected systems where a single disruption can trigger a chain reaction, impacting the entire operation. What Is Supplier Relationship Management? Where Does a Strong Supplier Relationship Add Value?

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Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

I have been writing occasional blog posts regarding Quickbase and have also appeared at their annual user conference and on a podcast.* Inside the workflow, order managers can review each order and ensure that all the necessary engineering, purchasing, and manufacturing activities will be completed in time to match.

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CMTC Manufacturing Tech

JANUARY 16, 2025

As covered in our previous blog , warehousing and distribution management is of critical importance. Your warehouse is like the beating heart of your supply chain. When its pumping reliably, your manufacturing operations benefit from predictability providing your business with a rock-solid foundation for growth.

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MRPEasy

JANUARY 21, 2025

It is a vital part of any manufacturing operation that helps to ensure the right materials are in the right place and at the right time. What is procurement management?

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CMTC Manufacturing Tech

JUNE 8, 2023

In the early ‘90s, American manufacturers began transitioning to a global supply chain model. This shift resulted in the movement of manufacturing facilities off shore in search of lowered labor costs and economies of scale. In this first blog, we break down supply chain risk management.

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ATS

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Share Lean manufacturing focuses on eliminating waste and optimizing processes to achieve maximum efficiency and expediency. Any point along your supply chain or production line where activity is throttled, for any reason, becomes a serious hindrance to your efficiency. What is bottleneck analysis?

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Cisco Manufacturing

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Examples are, mobile robots, AGV(automated guided vehicles), and manufacturing infrastructure. This blog is the second in a series, bringing a lens on manufacturing logistics, dissecting the application flow and a little detail on why the serving wireless medium must behave in a particular way to support it.

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Cisco Smart Manufacturing

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Supply chains have become intricate webs of interconnected suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and consumers who benefit from these associations. While this global ecosystem has ushered in new… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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MRPEasy

AUGUST 5, 2024

The supply chain is like the circulatory system of a business that keeps the lifeblood of the company moving. Supply chain optimization provides companies with the supplements it needs to stay healthy and grow. Supply chain as the circulatory system You may be the brains of the business, but your customers are the heart.

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MRPEasy

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Managing suppliers effectively is essential for a strong and reliable supply chain. Supplier segmentation is a supplier performance management technique that organizes suppliers into tiers based on […] The post Supplier Segmentation Guide for Supply Chain Resilience appeared first on Blog for Manufacturers and Distributors.

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MRPEasy

JULY 11, 2022

Make-to-stock (MTS) is a manufacturing workflow that uses the push system. This means that goods are produced to stock by “pushing” them through the supply chain according to anticipated demand. The post Make-to-Stock Manufacturing Workflow and Best Practices appeared first on Blog for Manufacturers and Distributors.

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CMTC Manufacturing Tech

OCTOBER 11, 2024

It presents an opportunity to strengthen local economies, improve supply chain resilience, and enhance long-term competitiveness. In this blog, we’ll explore some of the most critical factors to bringing business back to the States, like finding skilled labor and navigating infrastructure needs.

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MRPEasy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Reducing lead times is crucial for manufacturers, especially with rising customer expectations and tough competition. This article discusses how to reduce your lead times through better supply chain planning, streamlined production, and improved vendor management. appeared first on Blog for Manufacturers and Distributors.

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MRPEasy

OCTOBER 6, 2024

In today’s interconnected economy, supply chain traceability is becoming a critical requirement in more and more sectors to maintain trust and efficiency. In this guide, we look at the importance of supply traceability and how the right tools and strategies can help achieve it. What is supply chain traceability?

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Gary Mintchell

JULY 20, 2022

layan Arkan, Vice President, Global Strategy and Sales Lead, Manufacturing and Supply Chain at Microsoft, a few years ago. Checking through Microsoft press information recently, I came across his blog reporting from Hannover in May. Empowering a diverse frontline manufacturing workforce. Need we say more?

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Cisco Manufacturing

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Manufacturers can contribute to corporate and global sustainability goals by building an intelligent plant to better manage energy, waste, and materials. Creating hybrid work models where employees can reduce or eliminate travel, while feeling safe and remaining healthy, and manufacturers can sustain productivity and retain talent.

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ATS

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The importance of the supply chain is most easily illustrated by the vast scale of the repercussions that follow when supply chain problems occur. Supply chain digital transformation — driven by Industry 4.0 Digital transformation in logistics and supply chain. developments. implementation.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JUNE 13, 2024

Image: ECI Solutions The world of electronics manufacturing is in flux. While demand for smaller, faster, and more powerful devices continues to soar, manufacturers face complex disruptions. The global electronics manufacturing market is expected to reach $1.16 The electronics manufacturing landscape is rife with challenges.

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MRPEasy

JANUARY 16, 2023

With eCommerce taking the world by storm and complex, continent-spanning supply chains the new normal in retail, selling goods on consignment is gaining popularity across diverse manufacturing sectors. appeared first on Blog for Manufacturers and Distributors. What is Consignment Inventory?

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Factory Worx

JULY 26, 2022

Read Our Blog. Why is Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Necessary for Future Growth? Digital transformation in manufacturing significantly impacts organisations, suppliers, customers, and other third parties. Today, we'll look at how digitisation revolutionises manufacturing and what it means for the industry.

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MRPEasy

JUNE 29, 2023

Follow these best practices to get more control over this essential segment of the supply chain. You can also listen to this article: […] The post Materials Management – Definition, Benefits, Best Practices appeared first on Blog for Manufacturers and Distributors.

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MRPEasy

JUNE 26, 2023

Traceability is the ability to track and trace the journey of a product or item throughout its entire supply chain, from its origin to the end consumer. appeared first on Blog for Manufacturers and Distributors.

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Plataine

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

With a rising skills gap and an emphasis on attending university over learning a trade, the manufacturing labor shortage is not a new problem. Supply chain issues are also compounding the productivity issues stemming from labor shortages. Suppliers are facing the same labor shortages as manufacturers.

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MRPEasy

JANUARY 31, 2023

Economic order quantity is a supply chain management technique used to determine the optimal lot size per order. appeared first on Blog for Manufacturers and Distributors. This is done in order to avoid stockouts and overstocking, thereby balancing inventory costs and opportunity costs.

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MRPEasy

JANUARY 24, 2024

Production control is the collection of processes that manage and monitor the workflows involved in manufacturing a product. Robust production control practices and tools increase workplace efficiency, improve supply chain management, and reduce costs. What is production control?

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Gary Mintchell

AUGUST 11, 2022

Larger organizations will benefit from free resources such as OT best-practices blogs and OT vulnerability disclosures from Dragos’s industry-leading Threat Intelligence team. The post Organization Addresses Critical Gaps in Securing Industrial Infrastructure appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection.

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Additive Manufacturing

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Leuven (Belgium) / September 7, 2022 — Materialise has acquired Identify3D, a company that develops software to encrypt, distribute and trace the flow of digital parts across complex supply chains. The acquisition of Identify3D makes Materialise’s CO-AM platform the most secure platform for distributed manufacturing. .

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MARCH 11, 2025

Image: /stock.adobe.com For Australia’s discrete manufacturers, inventory management is pivotal in ensuring the smooth operation of production processes, maintaining product quality, and achieving sustainable growth. Efficient inventory management helps manufacturers save resources, cut costs, and avoid disruptions.

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Cisco Manufacturing

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In my last blog, I discussed how investment in digital transformation was accelerated during the pandemic, and how it helped manufacturing companies recover faster and achieve their goals. Manufacturers and food processors experienced significant disruption because of the global pandemic. Portfolio Explorer for Manufacturing.

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CMTC Manufacturing Tech

MARCH 20, 2024

Small and medium-sized manufacturers with successful supply chains rely heavily on robust production planning. Optimizing the production plan, which takes into account the manufacturing process from raw materials to finished goods, can enhance a company’s operational efficiency, cost savings, and customer satisfaction.

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MRPEasy

JANUARY 26, 2024

ABC analysis helps businesses get insight into their supply chain, reduce inventory, and improve inventory management. It involves classifying stock-keeping units according […] The post ABC Analysis (80/20 Rule) in Inventory Management appeared first on Blog for Manufacturers and Distributors.

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21st Century Tech

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Please welcome Dijam Panigrahi to 21st Century Tech Blog. In his first contribution to the blog site, he writes about the change that 5G is bringing to manufacturing. For manufacturing this is not an incremental improvement over previous communication protocols. Dijam is the Co-founder and COO of GridRaster Inc. ,

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MRPEasy

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

From increasing efficiency in the stockroom to improving traceability in the supply chain, tagging and labeling your items and equipment can bring your company many benefits. appeared first on Blog for Manufacturers and Distributors. What are Inventory Tags and Labels?

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21st Century Tech

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Please welcome a new contributor to 21st Century Tech Blog, David Madden. David’s topic today addresses the challenge that COVID-19 has created on global supply chains and how companies are mitigating and adapting to a new reality. My wife and I recently had our own supply chain experience. We repainted.

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MRPEasy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

An exchange of information is necessary to trigger any kind of action and as such, communication is an essential part of any manufacturing business. What is Communication in Manufacturing? Manufacturing communication is the exchange of information pertaining […].

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ATS

DECEMBER 30, 2024

This blog describes how a holistic approach to maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) data management builds a solid foundation for improving operational efficiency. Better visibility into inventory and the MRO supply chain reduces ordering and storage duplication and creates cost-saving opportunities.

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Cisco Smart Manufacturing

MARCH 20, 2023

Retailers have been under pressure as inflation, supply chain problems, and recession threatens consumer spending, impacting their bottom line. As a result, many are leaning into promotional sales… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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