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August 28, 2018

The Marriage of Industry 4.0 and Job Shop Scheduling

For decades, production planners in non-clocked production environments have been trying to optimize their job shop scheduling...

Tags: APS - Detailed Scheduling , Digitization

August 14, 2018

How Logistics 4.0 Will Impact Supply Chain Management

Imagine a scenario: Your company has contracted a shipper or freight forwarder to complete a delivery of parts to one of your...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , SCM - Supply Chain Management

August 8, 2018

Is Your Supply Chain Ready to Go Digital?

Pop quiz: when’s the last time, either in a personal or a professional capacity, that you made a purchase from a business that...

Tags: Digitization , Industry 4.0

August 2, 2018

5 Key Elements of Logistics 4.0

When we discuss Industry 4.0, we often mention the origins of its name, i.e. the concept of the fourth industrial revolution...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Logistics

July 31, 2018

Production Scheduling 101: Tackling the Job Shop Problem

Any production planner who has spent time working on non-clocked production processes can tell you that it presents challenges...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Manufacturing

July 17, 2018

Why Your Customers Can't Wait for Industry 4.0

As experts tout the possibilities of Industry 4.0 for reshaping the world of manufacturing, it’s quickly becoming clear that the...

Tags: Industry 4.0

July 12, 2018

How ENisco Mastered Job Shop Scheduling (Case Study)

Here at the flexis blog, we’ve spoken on more than one occasion about the inherent difficulties of job shop scheduling and the...

Tags: APS - Detailed Scheduling , Automotive

July 10, 2018

Is Your Factory Ready for Industry 4.0?

Imagine you’re working in tech support, and you receive a call from someone who’s having trouble getting his phone to send and...

Tags: Digitization , Industry 4.0

July 5, 2018

5 Logistics Trends to Watch Out For

As the worlds of manufacturing and retail evolve to meet the unique challenges of the 21st century, logistics (including shipping...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Logistics

June 28, 2018

5 Predictions for Advanced Analytics in 2018

Each year, topics like big data, advanced analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence dominate conversations about...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , Supply Chain Planning

June 26, 2018

Why You Should Never Do Job Shop Scheduling in Excel

Fun fact: In computer science, job shop scheduling is considered an NP-hard problem, which in this case means that the problem is...

Tags: APS - Detailed Scheduling , Industry 4.0

June 21, 2018

6 Important Industry 4.0 Statistics to Know

One of the most crucial facets of the Industry 4.0 revolution is the integration of more robust data analytics into industrial...

Tags: Industry 4.0

June 12, 2018

The Freight Forwarder's Guide to Industry 4.0

Though the industrial revolution was nominally about the introduction of steam powered machinery into factory production, its...

Tags: Digitization , Industry 4.0

4 Facts About Green Supply Chain Managment

June 5, 2018

4 Facts About Green Supply Chain Management

Discussions around the effects of climate change have been among the dominant topics of conversation in the first two decades of...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , SCM - Supply Chain Management

May 24, 2018

Transport Logistics in the Era of Industry 4.0

The rise of Industry 4.0 is already impacting the way that supply chain managers do business. As it continues to promote...

Tags: Industry 4.0 , SCM - Supply Chain Management

May 22, 2018

A Fruitful Union: The Intersection of Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0

Industry 4.0, also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, has been hailed as the underpinning of the modern smart factory,...

Tags: Digitization , Industry 4.0

May 17, 2018

The Future of Procurement in Supply Chain Management

Imagine for a moment that you’re at an antiques auction. You’ve scoped out a handful of items that might meet your needs, and you...

Tags: Digitization , Industry 4.0

April 26, 2018

Why Industry 4.0 Will Create More Business Moments

Imagine you’re living in a smart home. One evening after work you decide to drive to the grocery store to pick up snacks and...

Tags: Automotive , Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 (8)

The Marriage of Industry 4.0 and Job Shop Scheduling

How Logistics 4.0 Will Impact Supply Chain Management

Is Your Supply Chain Ready to Go Digital?

5 Key Elements of Logistics 4.0

Production Scheduling 101: Tackling the Job Shop Problem

Why Your Customers Can't Wait for Industry 4.0

How ENisco Mastered Job Shop Scheduling (Case Study)

Is Your Factory Ready for Industry 4.0?

5 Logistics Trends to Watch Out For

5 Predictions for Advanced Analytics in 2018

Why You Should Never Do Job Shop Scheduling in Excel

6 Important Industry 4.0 Statistics to Know

The Freight Forwarder's Guide to Industry 4.0

4 Facts About Green Supply Chain Management

Transport Logistics in the Era of Industry 4.0

A Fruitful Union: The Intersection of Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0

The Future of Procurement in Supply Chain Management

Why Industry 4.0 Will Create More Business Moments

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