Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Supply chain issues started with COVID-19; however, they’re also affected by intensifying geopolitical tensions, increased consumer demand, labour shortages, inflation, depleted inventory levels, and increased freight costs. Konica Minolta has identified the three primary reasons why industries are turning to 3D printing: reduced lead time.

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SMMT

MARCH 9, 2023

How are lead times for new trucks at the moment? We believe recent supply chain disruption has eased considerably and, while lead times remain relatively long, reliability on delivery times is stabilising. The company’s order board for 2023 is now full, and attention is already turned to 2024.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

They’ve got order books at record highs, but are struggling to deliver in terms of the global supply chain in particular with high lead times and high freight costs. “From talking with clients, even as recently as the last couple of weeks, you can tell that a lot of those disruptions are still impacting businesses,” he said.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

When something gets blown out from four to ten months lead time, there is not much you can do other than be better prepared for next time. This adds to their overall flexibility when it comes to balancing demand, accounting for the increasing likelihoods of freight delays and natural disaster. “It

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Fabricating & Metal Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Blanket grinding comparison table Recent events have applied extreme pressure to supply chains, with labor and raw material shortages, freight delays and increased energy costs.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Tesla replaced traditionally-manufactured spot welding shanks with components made on the premises on Markforged printers, reducing lead times and slashing the cost of each shank from $4,000 to $400. This could substantially reduce the carbon footprint of the freight sector. “AM had a role to play here,” said Elving.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JULY 26, 2023

Recent events have applied extreme pressure to supply chains, with labor and raw material shortages, freight delays and increased energy costs. Utilizing ANCA’s robot automation solution for blanket grinding.

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Dinesh Mishra

AUGUST 28, 2023

Logistics Operations: This service covers infra setup, sourcing, packaging, transportation, storage and handling, network inventory management, and freight management. Time-to-Market Advantage: SCaaS streamlines processes, reducing the time it takes for products to move from production to the hands of customers.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In addition, the Motion Industrial Centre’s position – both geographically and within the national supply landscape – offers possibilities to navigate the current import and freight delays. Because of the supply chain challenges, we are living in a very reactive world,” he points out.

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AU Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Tesla replaced traditionally-manufactured spot welding shanks with components made on the premises on Markforged printers, reducing lead times and slashing the cost of each shank from $4,000 to $400. This could substantially reduce the carbon footprint of the freight sector. . “AM had a role to play here,” said Mr Elving. .

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Fabricating & Metal Work

AUGUST 21, 2024

Planners can easily view and schedule employees, workcenters, materials and other various elements, including outside processes, to accurately estimate lead times. The Shop Floor Data Collection application , as an example, measures employee performance and other key metrics in real time to increase accuracy, efficiency and control.

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Fastener News Desk

JANUARY 8, 2023

Average lead time remained 32 percent above previous trough for capital expenditures and 37 percent for purchased materials; both are too high. “Lead times are returning to normal for most of our suppliers, while some of our smaller suppliers are struggling to remain staffed up enough to keep up with orders.”

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Fastener News Desk

AUGUST 3, 2022

New Orders and Employment Contracting; Production and Backlogs Growing; Supplier Deliveries Slowing at a Slower Rate; Raw Materials Inventories Growing; Customers’ Inventories Too Low; Prices Increasing at a Slower Rate; Exports and Imports Growing; Record-Long Lead Times for Production Materials and MRO Supplies.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 19, 2023

Flamholz said one of the biggest supply chain hiccups was with ocean freight and ocean shipping, where the pandemic took out of commission ships that were due for overhauling or refurbishment. This added a couple of weeks to transit times from overseas because ships weren’t available.

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Fastener News Desk

MAY 11, 2023

For instance, the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan shut down electronics factories, and 2017’s Hurricane Harvey disrupted US oil refineries and petrochemical plants, ultimately leading to shortages of some plastics and resins critical to different industries. Service levels are five to 20 percentage points higher.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 18, 2023

Because freight costs and labor costs have increased at overseas locations, those locations are not as attractive as they once were. Latona added because manufacturers don’t have the luxury of three months for fabrication time, waiting for materials to arrive from overseas, they should consider exploring the Canadian and Mexican marketplaces.

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Automation Mag

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Shipping delays, especially related to ocean freight, led to another deterioration in vendor performance. Meanwhile, firms also reported ongoing sea freight delays. With low inventories at suppliers noted as well, firms signalled that average lead times deteriorated to the greatest degree for 18 months.

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Automation Mag

AUGUST 1, 2024

Firms also noted supply-side constraints in July, with average lead times deteriorating to the greatest extent since February 2023. There were reports from panellists of delays with sea freight especially on key maritime routes including the Red Sea.

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Automation Mag

JULY 19, 2023

Relatively good news however came in the form of a survey record improvement in average lead times as pandemic-related supply-side challenges continued to dissipate. Firms sought to adapt their operations by cutting any excess input inventory at their plants. Price stability was also broadly signalled in the latest survey period.

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Automation Mag

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Although average lead times for the delivery of inputs lengthened again in January, amid residual supply challenges in shipping freight services and border delays, several firms commented that vendors were finally getting on top of the backlog difficulties that have been so prominent since the start of the pandemic.

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