How To Work With Your Global Supply Chain
For today’s manufacturer, success doesn’t happen in a vacuum. You deserve credit, of course, but so do your global supply chainpartners. They’re a key player in the success of any modern manufacturingbusiness. Here are a few tips for working with your supply chain to cut costs whendealing with your supply chain from the website Supply […]
Key Factors in Upgrading Your Electro-Mechanical Assembly
When it’s time to upgrade your product’s electro-mechanical assembly,there are several factors to consider. During the proposal process, youwill want your contract manufacturer to help you maintain costs whilemeeting the specific requirements of the project. Their analysis shouldinclude any design changes as well as a process flow, testing, timing andpricing. Here are the key factors […]
How To Take Costs Out Of Your Supply Chain
Are there hidden costs lurking in your supply chain? It may be that you’re shipping away profit as you ship away your products. That’s why we’re going to use this blog post to discuss how to look forand avoid hidden costs in your supply chain. Without understanding andcontrolling these costs, you won’t be able to […]
Vendor Managed Inventory: Is It Right For You?
Writing in Manufacturing Engineering magazine a few years ago,manufacturer Matthew Malkie referred to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Cook’scontention that inventory was “fundamentally evil.” What Cook meant was that inventory depreciates very quickly when it’s notmoving. He compared it to the way milk goes bad after a few days. “When a manufacturer has excess inventory […]
Functional Silos In Supply Chain Management: Taking Silos Out Of The Supply Chain
There was a time when many companies were able to function inside silos orspecific areas of expertise. But today’s businesses need to tear down these silos, and silo mentalityto survive in a more agile and complex environment when companies areoften dealing with a global supply chain. Yet that isn’t the approach every company takes. As […]
The Commodity Managers Guide To Reclaiming Their Schedule
When it comes to project management, are you a firefighter, or aforecaster? The term “firefighter” is one you might find when researching projectmanagement. It refers to someone who spends all their time putting outfires at work. And figurative workplace fires are like real ones:emergencies, which means there’s no time for long-term planning. By joining forces […]
Visit Ciqada and Mars at the Design and Manufacturing Show in New York
Mars International and Ciqada are proud to be a part of this year’sAtlantic Design & Manufacturing Show in New York City. Scheduled for June 14 through June 16 at the Jacob Javits ConventionCenter, the show is a great educational opportunity designed for the needsof design and manufacturing professionals. This year’s show features a Smart Manufacturing […]
Mars International Sponsors Rutgers ASME Competition
Mars International is proud to be one of the sponsors of this year’sAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) student designcompetition. In addition to serving as a bronze sponsor, Mars International projectmanager Jack Craft will serve as a judge for the competition, scheduledfor April 22 – 24, 2016 at Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ. Craft has […]
Simplifying the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things is growing to include more, well, things. By 2020, the number of products connected to the internet is expected toreach 21 billion, a figure that does not include computers, tablets orsmartphones. That’s according to the research firm Gartner, which says there arealready 4.9 billion connected devices at work in the world, […]
What Is Vendor-Managed Inventory, and How You Can Benefit From It?
vendor managed inventory Walmart uses it. So does Home Depot. So do anumber of oil companies. We’re talking here about the practice known as vendor-managed inventory.Vendor managed inventory benefits so many businesses. Vendor-managed inventory (or VMI) is a process in which the buyer of aproduct provides information to a vendor, and the vendor then takesresponsibility […]
