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The Truth About Supply Chain Stressors

Businesses start because someone has found a niche or an area of opportunity that they believe they can cover with a materialized idea in a product or a service. However,...

08/09/20213 min read

Foam shortage may mean shopping even earlier this year for Christmas

CANTON, Mass. — If you’ve tried to buy furniture, mattresses, vehicles, boats, or appliances recently, you’ve probably noticed higher prices and longer waits, sometimes up to 6 months. “The prices...

07/23/20211 min read

Tech Talk: Calculating ROI for Returnable Container Management

Cycle Counting Returnable Containers A reliable returnable container management system saves manufacturers hundreds of thousands – or millions – of dollars compared to the cost of finding and replacing missing...

06/29/20214 min read

5 Common Aerospace Supply Chain Challenges

There’s no denying that aerospace is a unique industry; because of that, it also has unique challenges. Supply chain issues can cause production delays which can be detrimental when dealing...

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Reduce Aging Material with Automated FIFO Technology

FIFO, or First In First Out, is everywhere. It’s a problem across the world, in manufacturing and distribution facilities, it’s even a problem in your own fridge. Think about your...

06/21/20215 min read

How to explain supply chain management in plain English

2020 taught us that supply chain management is a vital discipline. Here’s how to explain its relationship to IT and business goals, to any audience Among the lasting impacts of...

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How Better Data Makes Better Drivers

Until the late 1980s, data was almost completely absent from racing and race teams. Before advancements in data, chief mechanics worked closely with the driver to figure out ways to...

06/17/20213 min read

5 Problems with Your Returnable Container Management (and How to Fix It)

Returnable containers have become a lifeline to supply chains across industries and across the globe. Returnable containers save on cost, support the environment through sustainability, increase quality, and speed up...

06/10/20218 min read

Surgere Joins OAI Membership

For more than 20 years, Surgere, a Green, Ohio company, has been providing innovative supply chain solutions to help customers solve physical supply chain stressors and answer the most perplexing...

06/09/20211 min read

Supply Chain: Rewards of Manual to Digital Transformation

The Surgere Automotive Supply Chain Community has reached record numbers. The community’s amazing growth includes 136 sites in North America and 64 sites in Asia Pacific since January 2020. AutoSphere...

05/18/20213 min read

How Data Delivers Solutions for Fractured Food Supply Chain

Accurate, data-driven supply chains move beyond transactional relationships, focusing on innovation and collaboration. Most consumers don’t think much about the source of their food, that is until it’s no longer...

05/05/20211 min read

Rebuilding Supply Chains with Analytics

Supply chains and the professionals behind them have developed the capability to overcome historical challenges. Herculean efforts, tribal knowledge, collaboration, and extraordinary expense often save the day. However, true resiliency...

04/22/20216 min read