Supply Chain

For decades, B2B supply chain strategy prioritized two things: keeping costs low and parts moving. That model worked well enough when global trade flo...

Lean manufacturing succeeds when every part of your operation works toward the same objective: delivering customers what they want, when they wan...

A complex assembly program can create pressure far beyond the production floor. Supplier management, inventory storage, assembly capacity, traceabilit...

An OEM might source castings from India, electronics from China, fasteners from Taiwan and hydraulic components from Germany. Managing those suppliers...

Labor shortages, inflation, and rising customer expectations are putting pressure on manufacturers around the globe. Limited throughput, rising operat...

Manufacturers today face pressure from every direction — supply chain volatility, labor shortages, rising inventory costs, production constraints, a...

Walk onto any busy production floor and you'll see parts moving, assemblers working, and machines running. But what's happening on the line doesn't al...

Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) production environments are complex. Thousands of components must arrive at the right place, at the right time, ...

The initial price for a component provides only a partial view of cost. Making sourcing decisions based solely on piece price overlooks the operat...

The last few years have been a sustained period of disruption for the heavy-duty equipment industry. First, pandemic-era lockdowns choked off the flow...