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Demand-Driven Supply Chain Transformation
End-to-end Visibility for Real-time Coordination, Communication, and Commitment By applying demand-driven methods and synchronizing processes, manufacturers are reaching new levels of communication, profitability, and customer responsiveness. Demand-Driven Manufacturing incorporates the best of Lean manufacturing, Theory of Constraints (TOC), and Lean Six Sigma principles. In demand-driven environments, production is based on actual customer demand, with everything
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Supply Chain Visibility and Collaboration – How ERP Falls Short
TR Cutler, Inc. Market Research (TMR) just released the results of a survey conducted in the first two weeks of February, 2017. The respondents were all discrete manufacturers and all held VP or C-level titles. The universe of completed surveys totaled 401 and inquired about the highest priorities for manufacturers today. (The sample size
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Synchrono® Vice President John Maher Receives Distinction from Supply & Demand Chain Executive
Synchrono® Vice President John Maher Receives Distinction from Supply & Demand Chain Executive Maher recognized as a 2017 Pro to Know for innovating technology that digitizes, synchronizes, and visualizes manufacturing operations and the extended supply chain…MORE
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Synchronizing Production Processes
Synchronizing Production Processes Using demand-driven principles and synchronised systems, manufacturers have learnt to reach new levels of communication, growth and customer responsiveness. Every forward-thinking manufacturing environment is somewhere on the path towards becoming more synchronised and demand-driven. The feature discusses how technology will connect enterprises and create demand-driven factory of the future…MORE
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Real-Time and Supply Chain Visibility
Real-Time and Supply Chain Visibility With data continuing to be top of mind for today’s mold manufacturers, I wanted to share this take on data management…MORE
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Aligning Metrics to Strategy
Measuring your strategic goals against their value and the time, money and attention they need When we began our metrics discussion, we talked about how behaviors are too often dictated by metrics—and whether or not these behaviors actually “move the needle” for sustainable supply chain improvements. Mark Davidson’s blog about aligning metrics to larger goals