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Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge

5 Reasons to Move Your SCM to the Cloud

Brian Hoey
Flexis

In a poll a couple of years ago, 2/3rds of manufacturing enterprises reported using some type of cloud-based software. Projections show that the rate of adoption is only going to increase, with as many as half of all industrial software deployments being cloud-based by 2023. Manufacturing isn’t a standout area in terms of cloud adoption—plenty of different industries have even higher adoption rates—but manufacturing and supply chain operations are uniquely poised to benefit from the switch to cloud-hosted, decentralized IT.

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Models and algorithms for integrated production and distribution problems.

Article published in Computers & Industrial Engineering 154 (2021) Authors Vincenzo Bo (a), Marco Bortolini (b), Enrico Malaguti (c), Michele Monaci (c), Cristina Mora (b), Paolo Paronuzzi (c). (a) Plannet S.r.l., Via Pier Carlo Cadoppi 4/6, I-42124 Reggio nell’Emilia, Italy (b) DIN >>

Events

17	Jun 2021

Supply Chain Summit 2021

More than ever, supply chains are determining who wins in the food and grocery industry. In the face of adversity, supply chains have demonstrated the enormous role they play in organisations’ success. Now is the time to capitalise on gains made. Join us at the Supply Chain Summit on 17 June 2021 to intera

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Job Opportunities

Interim Supply Chain Manager Surrey, England - TEMP - 1st Executive
Senior Procurement Manager - IT Infrastructure London - PERM - Beaumont Select
Supply Chain Manager - 12 mth FTC South East - TEMP - Beaumont Select
Category Buyer - Plumbing and Heating North Yorkshire - PERM - Cast UK
Supply Chain Coordinator London - PERM - Cast UK
Demand & Supply Planning Manager Warwickshire (flexible working) - PERM - Cast UK
Quantity Surveyor - Edinburgh Edinburgh - PERM - Jonathan Lee Recruitment
Buyer Peterborough - PERM - Jonathan Lee Recruitment
Supply Chain Planner - FMCG Kingston Upon Hull - PERM - Michael Page
Supply Chain Manager - Chemicals - Widnes Widnes - PERM - Michael Page
Head of Logistics Wolverhampton - PERM - Page Personnel
Strategic Buyer Rugby - PERM - Procurement People
Depot Manager London - PERM - Cast UK
Export Logistics Manager Kent - PERM - Michael Page
Senior Buyer - FM West Midlands - PERM - Michael Page

	Supply chain E-learning
Explore available supply chain e-learning modules by language and academy

News & Trends

Last update 5 May 2021

Manufacturing PMI at near-record high in April but sector still beset by supply-chain disruptions
Source: Markit /CIPS UK Manufacturing PMI ® - IHS Markit
United Kingdom

Retail The retail sector is always on the move. Whether this involves shopping centres, shops in inner city locations or at airports – trends change very quickly and the goods change just as rapidly too. To keep up with these developments, highly complex and process driven supply chains are needed. With our... Change Management	Supply Chain Visibility in Automotive The Challenge… The average car has over 30,000 parts. These parts come together from suppliers all over the globe with any given item potentially crossing multiple international borders while being passed betwe...

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MOTOVARIO: A new Planning & Scheduling software to boost service level

Motovario is a leading Italian ompany which manufactures gear reducers, motovariators and electric motors; it was founded in 1965 in Formigine, a small town near Modena. Over the years it has become an international c...

Waybill (WB)

From e-marketplace to e-supply chain: re-conceptualizing the relationship between virtual and physical processes.

In this research in progress paper, we seek to understand how pervasive use of ICT based platform such as electronic marketplaces influences the evolution of novel inter-organizational relationship. We focus on selling a...

Customer Loyalty and Supply Chain Management: Business-to-Business Customer Loyalty Analysis