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In supply chain management, it is commonly held that reducing lead times and minimum order quantities (MOQs) from suppliers can drive down the customer's inventory levels substantially. Customers providing a consumption ...

Verizon may rely on third-party logistics providers (3PLs) to manage some aspects of the reverse supply chain of Fios equipment. As a result, it depends on the 3PL to continually strive for increased quality, reliability, ...

Consistently high quality is important to any manufacturing environment, and especially so when operating in the highly regulated medical space, which typically targets zero defects in products serving patients. The New ...

In recent decades, supply chains have become increasingly vulnerable as firms expand and globalize their operations. Consumer expectations, short product life cycles and the adoption of lean principles have also contributed ...

As competition floods the maturing contact lens industry, Johnson & Johnson Vision (JJV) seeks to differentiate itself by consistently introducing innovative, specialized products. While the company’s highly automated, ...

The growth that Amazon is projecting brings implications on the supply chain network, mainly, increasing capacity needs that can be addressed by adding Amazon Robotics (AR) Sortable Fulfillment Centers (FC), which require ...

Digital transformation has begun to infiltrate all industries, signifying the advent of a new era: the fourth industrial revolution Through the digital transformation of business processes, key bottlenecks that limit firm ...

The following discussion will detail efforts to improve the margin profile of a hard wood flooring plant through reduction of wood waste using mathematical optimization techniques. This investigation focuses on the first ...

The Biologics division of AstraZeneca is a growing part of the business, by introducing new and existing products to more markets and therapy areas. Given uncertainty in both supply and demand, the current strategy includes ...

Fabrication of an individual jet engine component at Pratt & Whitney can go through upwards of 40 manufacturing processes, from an airfoil’s single crystal casting to thermal plasma spray coatings and wire EDM-drilled ...