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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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2024 to be the year of the Sustainable Supply Chain

Manufacturer's Monthly

Australia’s largest logistics event is rebranding to reflect the industry’s shift towards sustainability. The sustainable supply chain is going to be the top focus in the new year,” says Chartres, who oversees MEGATRANS, Australia’s largest logistics event taking place in Melbourne in September 2024. “The

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Decoding Reshoring: Motivations, Challenges and Technological Influences

Mold Making Technology

as a result of an adverse geopolitical event. Most companies make sourcing decisions based solely on price, often resulting in a 20 to 30% miscalculation of actual offshoring costs. Using this information, companies can better evaluate sourcing, identify alternatives and even make a case when selling against offshore competitors. (2)

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What is supply chain?

Fastener News Desk

The supply chain is the interconnected journey that raw materials, components, and goods take before their assembly and sale to customers. McKinsey & Company – Listen to the article: What is supply chain? What is supply chain disruption? What are some supply chain risks? years, on average.

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Will autotech ventures race east in 2024?

Robotics Business Review

Source: LinkedIn As The Robot Report reported last October, one of the biggest autotech stories of the year was the stalling of Cruise after California’s Department of Motor Vehicles suspended its driverless testing license. Meili founder Samantha Lee demonstrated an in-hospital vehicle simulator as an autotech example.

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Make it British: Supporting Sovereign UK Supply Chain for Connected and Automated Mobility

i4.0 today

The grants, as part of the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) Commercialising Connected and Automated Mobility: Supply Chain competition, will help 43 British companies across 13 projects seize early opportunities to develop self-driving technologies, products and service ready for the connected and automated mobility market.

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How to Perform a Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

The point of RCCA is to be proactive by addressing causal factors — the “event or condition in the accident sequence necessary and sufficient to produce or contribute to the unwanted result” — at their source so that they don’t trouble you any further. What events led up to the discovery? Describe the triggering event.