Supply Chain - Articles, Stories & Interviews
How Product Catalog Management Supports Circular Supply Chains in Manufacturing
Most ERP and PLM systems track products only through production and sale, not reuse, refurbishment, or recycling. This fragmentation causes material loss, inefficient remanufacturing, slow reverse logistics, and compliance failures.
Pricing Optimization for SMB Manufacturers
Emphasizing value over price has to be the priority for smaller manufacturers with limited resources. Manufacturers in niche industries have unique insights into the specific needs and price sensitivities of their customers.
Stick with OEM Parts When Replacing Racking Components
Beams, uprights, braces and other elements of a pallet racking system often need to be replaced due to damage caused by forklift impacts or other causes. It’s important to replace the components with parts from the same manufacturer, and not from another source.
The Reshoring Revolution: Navigating New Policies For A Manufacturing Renaissance
As President Trump's second term unfolds, the manufacturing landscape in the United States is poised for a significant transformation. The administration's renewed focus on reshoring manufacturing operations presents both opportunities and challenges for industry leaders.
BOM Management Expert Guide for Growing Manufacturers
Properly managing your bills of materials can help you streamline production processes, improve material planning, and reduce costs.
Tariffs Unwrapped: How New Trade Policies Could Reshape the Packaging Industry in 2025
The impending reinstatement of tariffs under the Trump administration has the packaging industry bracing for significant changes in 2025. With proposed tariffs the packaging sector is set to face complex challenges that could reshape operations, costs, and competitiveness.
ProMat Q&A with binder USA
We are exhibiting for the first time and offering exclusive opportunities to connect directly with our experts in circular connectivity. This is the perfect chance to familiarize yourself with our high-quality products, including our new launches.
Supply Chain - Featured Stories
Optimizing Your IT Ecosystem: Is It Time for a Tech Stack Audit?
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A tech audit can serve as a diagnostic tool, flagging vulnerabilities within your packaging company’s IT infrastructure before they impact the health of your business.
Manufacturing's 2025 Rollercoaster: How to Keep Calm and Carry On
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Beneath signs of growth, very real challenges like labor shortages and supply chain vulnerabilities continue to test our sector’s resilience. These problems are further exacerbated when government policies are shifting – and decisions are changing – nearly every day.
What Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Could Mean to Steel King and How Those Tariffs Could Impact Everyday Business
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A number of people have been reaching out looking for comments on President Trump’s recently announced 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the United States and what that means to Steel King as well as how those tariffs could impact everyday business.
Supply Chain - News Headlines
Shiplify Helps Uttermost Turn Location Data into Greater Logistics Efficiency
Shiplify, the primary platform for identifying accessorial revenue across carriers, shippers and 3PLs, has helped Uttermost, a leading furniture manufacturer, drive major gains in billing accuracy and operational efficiency. By tackling the issue of unexpected accessorial charges, Shiplify has streamlined Uttermost's logistics operations, minimized billing disputes, strengthened carrier partnerships and elevated the overall customer experience.
Rootstock ERP Launches Tariff Management for Manufacturers
Enables landed cost tracking, identification of alternate suppliers, pricing simulations, and a roadmap for next-gen capabilities-including a tariff agent
Compass Wire Cloth Highlights the Importance of Trommel Screens for Spring Aggregates Processing
Maximize Throughput in Aggregate, Landscaping, and Solid-Waste Processing Applications
Supply Chain - Featured Product
NORD Delivers Powerful, Reliable Drive Solutions for Demanding Packaging Applications
NORD Delivers Powerful, Reliable Drive Solutions for Demanding Packaging Applications
When you need quality, flexibility and high efficiency, NORD has you covered with complete drive solutions for primary and secondary packaging, end-of-line packaging, and higher-level applications. NORD supports you through the entire life cycle of your drive systems with pre-sales engineering support, online tools, and a global service network. Drive systems for both vertically and horizontally networked technology with all the options for sensor incorporation and integration into the higher-level control system.
Supply Chain - Featured Company
PI USA (Physik Instrumente)
PI is a privately held company that designs and manufactures world-class precision motion and automation systems including air bearings, hexapods and piezo drives at locations in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded 5 decades ago and today employs more than 1700 people worldwide. PI's customers are leaders in high-tech industries and research institutes in fields such as photonics, life-sciences, semiconductors and aerospace.
