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Perspective illuminates missing links in the supply chain

Manufacturer's Monthly

Persistent transport, material, and labour shortages, combined with rising inflation and cost pressures, have underscored vulnerabilities in global supply chains. Procurement and supply chain specialist Industry Capability Network (ICN) emphasises the importance of a proactive approach to strengthening national self-sufficiency.

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Reduce Your Turbulence With An Agile Supply Chain

Cisco Industrial Automation

Uncertain global environments around trade and other geo-political events have made agile supply chains the difference between a firm’s success, survival, or failure. This is because of poor visibility, high data latency, and the unstructured nature of data present in many of today’s distributed supply chain networks.

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$262 million to support AUKUS supply chain

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: razihusin/stock.adobe.com The Australian Government is set to invest $262 million to boost local defence industry and develop the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines supply chain. The post $262 million to support AUKUS supply chain appeared first on Manufacturers' Monthly.

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Transform your manufacturing business with supply chain management

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: pikselstock/stock.adobe.com Is your manufacturing business leveraging supply chain management (SCM) effectively? Imagine a world with partners, not headaches The supply chain arena is filled with the victims of obsolete strategies. Read on to discover the key benefits. The bridge?

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DigiKey debuts supply chain transformed season 3

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: DigiKey DigiKey , a leading global commerce distributor offering the largest selection of technical components and automation products in stock for immediate shipment, announced the release of Season 3 of the Supply Chain Transformed video series , sponsored by Omron Automation and onsemi.

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How Plex Uses AI for Supply Chain Planning

Gary Mintchell

With all the disruptions to the supply chain we have witnessed over the past few years, Plex leveraged ML to evaluate project information in a way that does not require data scientists. Here are a few additional bullet points of information: Make it repeatable, spreadsheets are prone to error. Focus on anomalies.

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Are you ready for the net zero economy? Find out with ICN’s New Net Zero Readiness Tool

Manufacturer's Monthly

Businesses are under increasing pressure to align with the government’s climate objectives and meet the growing demand for sustainability in supply chains, especially in the manufacturing sector. For more information and to take the Net Zero Readiness Assessment , or book a 15 minute consultation with their Climate Team today.