For small and midsized manufacturers, production planning is where daily operational efficiency meets long-term business strategy. Here are 15 core KPIs every manufacturing SME should consider ...

Editor’s Note: Every year, 40 or so students in the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics' (MIT CTL) Master of Supply Chain Management (SCM) program complete one-year thesis research projects. The ...

The companies are actively expanding their production capacity, with estimated annual robot production ranging from 100,000 ...

When properly identified and diligently managed, capacity and utilization are the North Star for navigating a strategic growth plan. Without attention to and understanding of these two elements, ...

Global bioplastics production is increasing, but utilization rates remain low, according to an update at the 2024 European Bioplastics Conference that started Dec. 10 in Berlin. Managing Director of ...

German soldiers fire a Patriot weapons system in Chania, Greece, on Nov. 8, 2017. (Sebastian Apel/U.S. Defense Department via AP) Amid a significant use of missiles in Ukraine and the Middle East, ...

First Solar, Inc. FSLR recently revealed plans to boost its production capacity of solar modules by investing $1.2 billion to bolster America’s domestic solar manufacturing capacity. Through this ...

By Gerveni, M., T. Hubbs and S. Irwin, farmdoc daily (13):57, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 29, 2023. Permalink The continued ...

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released the 64th Paper Industry Annual Capacity and Fiber Consumption Survey. The report provides detailed data on U.S. paper industry capacity and ...

LONDON, May 28 (Reuters) - OPEC+ is working to agree oil production capacity for its member countries by the end of 2024, an issue that has created tensions in the past because each nation's output ...

Due to the ongoing vigorous price war, 2023 will turn out to be an exciting and high-profile year for China’s automobile industry. From leading brands to niche brands, from new energy vehicles (NEVs) ...