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Product output & reliability on the rise for fashion fabric designer
Challenge: Due to the volume of concurrent orders, our client, a designer and producer of fashion fabrics was finding it difficult to continue managing its planning and scheduling manually, which had historically been its mode of operating. It needed to implement platform that could offer a solution to the current problem and manage further business growth.
Supply Chain Upheld During Porsche DC Relocation
Any company which can boast a 168-year history has to be doing something right, especially when involved in the diversities of providing complex supply chain products.
Ford Motor Co. Models Its Supplier Sustainability Initiative
Automakers like Ford rely on thousands of tier-one suppliers to provide the materials, parts and services to make its final products. Many suppliers serve numerous automakers, and each of those suppliers, in turn, has multiple suppliers. Other industries' supply chains (such as electronics) are intertwined into the automotive supply chain. There are often six to 10 levels of suppliers between an automaker and the source of raw materials that eventually enter the manufacturing process. The breadth, depth and interconnectedness of the automotive supply chain make it especially challenging to effectively manage business and sustainability issues.
Traceability Solution for Farm Cooperative
Challenge: To remain competitive, our client, a farmer-owned cooperative, sought to bring compliance methods to its members. For traceability, farms had been taping paper labels on palettes, and in some cases, handwriting lot numbers in spiral notebooks. Our client needed modern traceability measures that were easy for farmers to learn and use without slowing them down.
Commercial Brake Manufacturer Achieves $8 Million Reduction in Operation Costs
Challenge: Faced with rapid growth, increasing supply chain complexity and rising transportation and distribution costs, this commercial brake manufacturer wanted to increase efficiency and visibility and wring excess costs from its supply chain.
Penske Logistics drives down customer costs with technology and expertise
Challenge: A leading auto parts manufacturer in North America was forecasting significant production volume increases for two facilities in Mexico. Inbound shipments to the locations included domestic Mexico and U.S. supplier pickups, border crossings and line-haul to their Mexico facilities. They needed to minimize costs without impacting service levels.
Mercedes Plans $70m Logistics Center in Alabama
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International (MBUSI) plans a new $70m logistics hub that it expects will create 600 new jobs from the automaker and its contractors and service providers at its Tuscaloosa County, Alabama campus.
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Epicor Offers Tools for Automotive Aftermarket, Wholesale Distribution
Epicor Software Corp. has incorporated a number of new features into Epicor Vision, its business-management application for automotive aftermarket distributors and jobbers.
Purchasing Execs at Some Automakers Worry That Suppliers Can't Keep Up
Automotive suppliers are struggling to keep up with increased production, according to a new survey, raising serious concerns among purchasing executives.
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AA Cargo Launches Nonstop Service Between Chicago, Dusseldorf
American Airlines Cargo has begun nonstop service between Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and Dusseldorf, Germany.
Things Can Go Wrong When Automakers Share Parts
When Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate, Kia Motors Corp., announced Wednesday that they were conducting a massive recall of 1.7 million vehicles, it was a sign of what can go wrong when parts are shared by many vehicle models.
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Canadian Tire to Use Tablets to Enhance In-Store Shopping
Canadian Tire will deploy at least 5,000 tablet devices to its core network of 490 stores beginning in May. The rollout follows fast on the debut of a digital content hub designed to improve both in-store and online shopping experiences at Canada's largest retailer.
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