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Resolving fluidity challenges in today’s bottlenecked supply chain environment with technology

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

In today’s demanding supply chain environment, SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) are facing unprecedented supply chain challenges much like larger companies and, as a result, have been investing in their own fleets due to the lack of equipment available in the marketplace.

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Supply chain management unlocks manufacturing financial power

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: kerkezz/stock.adobe.com ECI Solutions’ M1 ERP transforms supply chain management by fostering collaboration, streamlining operations, improving efficiency, and unlocking cost savings. The balance between dependable suppliers and cost-effective materials seems to have reached its end for discrete manufacturers.

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Build Resiliency With Supply Chain Planning

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

Global supply chains have faced significant disruptions in recent years. While pandemics, natural disasters, geopolitical conflicts, and other disruptive events are inevitable, manufacturing managers can insulate their supply chains from their worst effects with proper preparation. What is Supply Chain Planning?

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Rapid Manufacturing of Polyurethane Parts Sidesteps Supply Chain Bottlenecks, Reduces Waste

Plastics Today

Chromatics’ 3D-printing technology fabricates parts reportedly as durable as injection molded components in a fraction of the time and at a more competitive cost.

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Case Study Returning Used Mobile Phones to the Supply Chain

Gary Mintchell

A story about how a division of Assurant has built a big business taking in traded-in mobile phones and reinserts most of them back into the supply chain. Now there is a flow to the system easing the bottlenecks. They send to a third party who can extract the various metals from the powder for reinsertion into that supply chain.

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How 3D printing is reshaping the future of supply chains

Manufacturer's Monthly

Supply chain disruptions continue to plague global economies, especially within the manufacturing industry. In Australia, manufacturers with offshore operations are experiencing significant supply chain issues that threaten productivity and financial stability. production delays. digital transformation.

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How Additive Manufacturing Can Help Fix the Supply Chain

Fastener News Desk

By Clare Scott A supply chain crisis has been affecting the world in recent years, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic. This has taken the form of long lead times, as well as stalling of production when parts needed for manufacturing fail. There is a potential solution, however: additive manufacturing. Industry 4.0