Manufacturing Central - Today's News http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/feed/ Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/fJhspNif010/ f95ed650-7a79-43da-b1dc-8c35c87d520f Sat, 18 May 2013 12:55:00 EST As pointed out in our recent post on Where We Will Find Solutions to our Supply Management Problems, Denmark may have taken fourth place overall in the Global Creativity Index, but it was only 14th in tolerance. Let's hope it remembers this on the 20th anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty Referendum which resulted in riots in the NØrrebro area ... http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/18/no-matter-where-you-stand-theres-always-room-for-improvement/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/AtDu7ZbWwmA/ http://www.theferrarigroup.com/supply-chain-matters/?p=7701 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:37:06 EST This week, SAP conducted its combined 2013 ASUG and Sapphire customer conference in Orlando and Supply Chain Matters was able to view some of the executive keynotes and theatre presentations.  This author has attended many prior Sapphire events, and thus has a context of where SAP has come in this event and how overall customer [...] http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/17/2013-sap-sapphire-conference-much-more-focused-and-on-message/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/8Wmm_3Gc1Tk/ http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/05/17/business/17reuters-usa-economy-index.html Fri, 17 May 2013 17:05:35 EST A gauge of future U.S. economic activity in April rose to its highest level in nearly five years as firming housing and labor market conditions offset weakness in manufacturing.     http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/17/leading-economic-indicators-hint-at-underlying-strength/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/r2t39Bx7yEc/ http://blog.kinaxis.com/?p=9506 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:49:18 EST We recently completed a survey project with TechValidate – a software service provider that is used to collect and produce third party verified customer content. Over the last few weeks we began to see the results come together from over 150 customer survey responses and now we would like to share it with our readers! [...] http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/17/voice-of-the-customer-techvalidate-research-on-kinaxis-rapidresponse-part-1/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/89aKA9prvG0/ http://www.warehousenews.co.uk/?p=27856 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:37:06 EST Welcome to the 15 May Warehouse & Logistics News. What’s your opinion about England and Wales having two Spring Bank Holidays three weeks apart? Should they be so close together? While you’re thinking about that, in this issue we’ve got a scheduled feature on Pallet Networks, including a review of the European, UK and regional http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/17/may-15th-the-big-debate-should-we-have-two-bank-holidays-in-may/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/U1DFdCoMMIM/ http://www.warehousenews.co.uk/?p=28065 Fri, 17 May 2013 05:20:25 EST Specialist in industrial barcode printers, TOSHIBA TEC is pleased to announce that it is now able to offer the world’s first integrated barcode verification system as an add-on to its product range, in a bid to ensure that only barcodes meeting the highest ISO standards find their way in to the supply chain.   Verify http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/17/toshiba-helps-eradicate-faulty-barcodes/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/MBbqefBPMiE/ http://www.warehousenews.co.uk/?p=28057 Fri, 17 May 2013 05:13:38 EST Union Industries, the UK market leading manufacturer of industrial rapid roll doors, has helped eradicate a potentially hazardous freezer ice build-up following its first installation at Hilton Meat Products Ltd. The Leeds-based company, which designs, manufactures, installs and maintains its own range of fast acting doors, has installed its ... http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/17/new-eiger-freezer-door-installed-as-business-heats-up-at-leading-meat-packaging-company/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/Qrmh6a7y-fw/ http://www.warehousenews.co.uk/?p=28051 Fri, 17 May 2013 05:06:40 EST Staffordshire based manufacturer Ecotronic® Lighting achieves success in winning major contracts with its range of UK made EcoSTAR® LED fixtures. The EcoSTAR® range, powered by Philips LumiLEDS has been designed with the very latest in optics and thermal management, ensuring optimum performance through a full range of applications. HI-BAY ... http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/17/ecostar-led-systems-wins-on-all-levels-with-major-blue-chip-companies/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/qxsyegW9-cs/ http://www.warehousenews.co.uk/?p=28045 Fri, 17 May 2013 04:54:55 EST Effective storage solutions can improve manufacturing efficiencies to sustain growth in the UK car industry, says Jim Hardisty, Managing Director of Goplasticboxes.com. This statement comes as latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reveal a 13th successive month of UK car sales growth in March this year. New car ... http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/17/automotive-boxes-keep-uk-on-track-for-greater-growth/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/RTV7UnBW79E/ http://www.theferrarigroup.com/supply-chain-matters/?p=7697 Fri, 17 May 2013 03:58:22 EST We call reader attention to a recently released research study from AlixPartners, that firm’s Manufacturing-Sourcing Outlook. This is the third consecutive year of publication of this report. It warrants a read from supply chain, product management and sourcing leaders. The report concludes that the United States has reached parity with Mexico as ... http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/17/the-gaps-in-geographic-product-sourcing-get-narrower/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/WAJTz2RDbXY/ http://www.warehousenews.co.uk/?p=27993 Fri, 17 May 2013 02:53:02 EST Automated warehouse solution provider TGW Logistics is equipping one of Europe’s leading mail-order retailers with an extensive materials handling solution at its logistics centre at its headquarters in Weiden, Germany. Specialising in the distance selling of clothing and home textiles to the over 50s, the Witt Group distributes 350 million ... http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/17/tgw-automates-logistics-centre-for-witt-group/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/z0fNu8G-qVY/ http://www.warehousenews.co.uk/?p=27974 Fri, 17 May 2013 02:33:16 EST Leading materials handling solutions provider, Briggs Equipment has joined some of the UK’s top firms to help promote British manufacturing and the importance of businesses working together to ensure long-term success. The company joined Jaguar Land Rover, JCB, McLaren Automotive and a host of other blue chip firms to take part in a prestigious ... http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/17/briggs-joins-leading-uk-companies-at-conference/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/PoL_CibiNkk/ http://bucks.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/buying-a-house-when-inventory-is-tight/ Thu, 16 May 2013 19:04:44 EST How home buyers can make their offers more attractive in markets with relatively tight inventories of homes for sale.     http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/16/bucks-blog-buying-a-house-when-inventory-is-tight/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/m_vAGft7pFM/ {767C28B8-BE2F-11E2-9886-002128040CF6} Thu, 16 May 2013 18:44:46 EST U.S. manufacturers in the Philadelphia region report fewer orders for their products in May and become more skittish about hiring new workers, offering further evidence that the economy is struggling to grow. http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/16/economic-report-philadelphiaarea-manufacturers-struggle-to-grow/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/aAUIP0Ke5-g/ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323582904578486660369190632.html?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f Thu, 16 May 2013 18:30:04 EST The near five-and-a-half year slump in demand for new cars in the European Union could be bottoming out, bringing a measure of relief to the region's battered mass-market manufacturers. http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/16/europe-car-makers-see-signs-of-relief/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/wCMf6U16t_8/ stock-futures-little-changed-data-tap-cisco-climbs-120005684 Thu, 16 May 2013 17:23:39 EST By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were little changed on Thursday after softer-than-expected data on the manufacturing sector and labor market, but gains in Cisco helped temper declines. Weekly initial jobless claims jumped by 32,000 to a seasonally adjusted 360,000, the biggest jump since November and above expectations. ... http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/16/wall-street-dips-after-data-cisco-curbs-decline/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/yoGAr_FaEPE/ {F7FC6AE2-BE07-11E2-9886-002128040CF6} Thu, 16 May 2013 14:28:31 EST U.S. stock market futures inch up ahead of Wall Street’s open as global markets moved lower and investors await a crop of data — housing starts, consumer prices, a manufacturing index and jobless claims — plus speeches from five Fed officials. http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/16/indications-stock-futures-inch-up-ahead-of-data-deluge/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/32zXXuKttKM/ http://blog.kinaxis.com/?p=8820 Thu, 16 May 2013 14:18:53 EST SupplyChainBrain attended our annual Kinexions user conference. At our event they completed a number of video interviews with some customers, analysts, and Kinaxis executives. These videos are loaded with great information and we would like to share it with our readers. Each week, we have been sharing the clips. The final video in our series [...] http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/16/supplychainbrain-video-series-part-8-celesticas-supply-chain-collaboration-center/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/jqf1Jox7RnA/ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324767004578486620777490546.html Thu, 16 May 2013 13:57:40 EST U.S. stock market futures dipped ahead of Wall Street's open as global markets moved lower and investors awaited a crop of data—housing starts, consumer prices, a manufacturing index and jobless claims—plus speeches from five Federal Reserve officials. http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/16/us-futures-point-to-lower-open/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/0jGVLAmQLbs/ http://www.warehousenews.co.uk/?p=27905 Thu, 16 May 2013 05:40:09 EST MapMechanics is the UK’s leading specialist in logistics software, scheduling optimisation and location-based planning and analysis, helping clients to gain efficiencies within their existing processes, find new business opportunities and reduce the cost of new business. MapMechanics recognises that every logistics operation is different, but with ... http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/16/exclusive-interview-mapmechanics-tunes-up-truckstops-for-the-road-ahead/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/OKeRL32oVTQ/ http://www.warehousenews.co.uk/?p=27895 Thu, 16 May 2013 05:23:16 EST FHG (formerly Faber Halbertsma Group) has acquired a majority holding in Cradle to Cradle Products (C2CP). FHG is the largest pallet manufacturer and the second largest pallet pooling provider in Europe. C2CP, based in Sittard in the Netherlands, supplies high quality products made from recycled local plastic waste flows. The acquisition of a ... http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/16/fhg-takes-majority-holding-in-cradle-to-cradle-products/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/NR_YXiFYVGM/ http://www.warehousenews.co.uk/?p=27888 Thu, 16 May 2013 05:15:28 EST The Temperature Controlled Storage & Distribution exhibition (TCS&D 2013) plays an important role in promoting new technology to improve efficiency and reduce costs in the hard-pressed cold supply chain, according to the Food Storage & Distribution Federation (FSDF) and the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF). Both trade ... http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/16/trade-associations-see-tcsd-show-as-focus-for-innovation-and-savings-in-tough-times/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/Wpk43AIR3zg/ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323398204578485461610558262.html?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f Thu, 16 May 2013 05:10:55 EST An engine-manufacturing defect may affect more than 70 of Boeing's 777 jumbo jets equipped with General Electric engines, the companies said. http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/16/ge-boeing-hunt-for-engine-defect/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/sjQ5fjeZgdg/ http://www.warehousenews.co.uk/?p=27884 Thu, 16 May 2013 04:55:07 EST Plastic Extruders Ltd, Plastex, celebrates 50 years of UK based manufacturing producing polypropylene & polyester strapping at its Wickford site. Plastex are an independent, family-run business and is the UK’s largest trade only manufacturer of strapping. Plastex manufactures enough strapping to circumnavigate the globe once every 18 days and ... http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/16/50-years-of-strapping-manufacture/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/HNcfu207kdE/ http://www.warehousenews.co.uk/?p=27879 Thu, 16 May 2013 04:51:55 EST LeanLogistics, a global solutions provider of transportation management system (TMS) applications and supply chain services, has welcomeed Marine Harvest to the growing network of European LeanTMS technology clients. Marine Harvest is a leading seafood company offering farmed salmon and processed seafood to customers in more than 50 markets ... http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/16/marine-harvest-selects-leanlogistics-leantms-for-transportation-management/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/Tv2CxqT52sM/ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/business/global/after-bangladesh-seeking-new-sources.html Thu, 16 May 2013 03:24:05 EST A search for new locations has taken on greater urgency for Western retailers, whose complex manufacturing needs already shrink the pool of potential locations.     http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/16/after-bangladesh-seeking-new-sources/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/iN8Lxr8Xuhc/ factory-wholesale-price-data-flag-economys-woes-002209536 Thu, 16 May 2013 03:22:09 EST By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Factory output dropped in April and manufacturing activity in New York state contracted this month, a sign that slowing global demand is weighing on the economy. The anemic growth picture was highlighted by another report on Wednesday showing the largest decline in wholesale prices in three years. The data ... http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/16/factory-wholesale-price-data-flag-economys-woes/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/-T_FdZp-HY4/ ge-boeing-alert-airlines-potential-777-engine-problem-224245155 Thu, 16 May 2013 01:42:45 EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric and Boeing Co said on Wednesday they had alerted airlines about potential problems with some engines on Boeing's long-range 777 jumbo jet. Boeing said the companies are recommending inspections of engines on 25 jets for a "manufacturing non-conformity" that occurred in some GE90-115B engines ... http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/16/ge-boeing-alert-airlines-about-potential-777-engine-problem/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/dbAkQd18iqY/ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323398204578485461610558262.html Thu, 16 May 2013 01:42:09 EST An engine-manufacturing defect may affect more than 70 of Boeing's 777 jumbo jets equipped with General Electric engines, the companies said. http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/16/ge-boeing-warn-of-defective-jet-engine-parts/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ManufacturingCentral/~3/p08fK8iEDsw/ {5F8041F0-BD01-11E2-9886-002128040CF6} Wed, 15 May 2013 21:40:04 EST The U.S. dollar remains broadly higher on Wednesday, even after weaker data on New York state’s manufacturing sector and U.S. wholesale prices. http://www.kinaxis.com/manufacturing-central/2013/05/15/currencies-dollar-holds-broad-gains-after-us-data/