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Fluke Reliability Predictions 2025 

Gary Mintchell

These topics have been subjects of thoughts all this yeardata, supply chain, digital transformation, predictive maintenance, skilled labor. This year, the challenge will be not only keeping pace and embracing technological change but mitigating the risks of increasing labor shortages and supply chain disruptions.

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Supply Chain as a Service

Dinesh Mishra

What is supply chain as a service? Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS) refers to a business model in which companies outsource certain or all aspects of their supply chain management to specialized service providers. What are the components of the supply chain as a service? Who Needs Scaas?

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Relationship Management Up & Down the Supply Chain

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

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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Without a Purpose-Built MES: Aerospace & Defense Manufacturers Risk Contract Loss & Revenue Decline

iBASEt

These requirements are enforced up and down the A&D supply chain, from preproduction to program ramp-up and sustainment (maintenance repair and overhaul). In contrast, systems designed with A&D in mind embed compliance features directly into their core functionality.

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Managing Risk to Build Resilient Supply Chains

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

In the early ‘90s, American manufacturers began transitioning to a global supply chain model. However, this shift also exposed companies to an array of new supply chain risks including disruptions, cyber attacks, labor disputes, IP risks, extreme weather events, and geopolitical tensions.

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Why more IoT isn’t the answer to supply chain disruption

E&T

Research suggests that businesses with optimal supply chains can halve their inventory holdings, reduce their supply chain costs by 15 per cent and triple the speed of their cash-to-cash cycle. Yet global supply chain disruption is still costing the average large business £150 million a year.

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TradeBeyond Acquires Pivot88 

Gary Mintchell

This is not exactly in my field, but this acquisition news opens a door on what’s happening in supply chain technology markets. Powered by Applied AI, Pivot88’s platform enables a 360-degree view of products from cradle to grave, equipping retail businesses with actionable supply chain data to mitigate risk.