Outsourcing Has Been a Recurrent Theme within the Manufacturing Industry for a Number of Years Now.DUBLIN Dublin, city, Republic of Ireland Dublin, Irish Baile Átha Cliath, county borough (1991 pop. 915,516), Leinster, capital of the Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the Liffey River. , Ireland Ireland, Irish Eire (âr`ə) [to it are related the poetic Erin and perhaps the Latin Hibernia], island, 32,598 sq mi (84,429 sq km), second largest of the British Isles. -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c45899) has announced the addition of "Manufacturing Inventory Strategies (Strategy focus)" to their offering. Manufacturers are facing problems stemming from poor tracking of materials and stock within their production facilities. Now, these companies are looking to implement a range of strategies to ensure that costs are minimized and the level of service maximized. Scope of this title: * -This brief looks at outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. as a viable strategy for manufacturers and discusses where gains can be made, and some of the challenges associated. * -Task or transaction interleaving interleaving - sector interleave is a strategy that makes sense for a lot of industry outsiders, yet is proving hard to implement in the warehouse. * -Cross docking docking tail amputation. See dock1. is on the lips of many manufacturers and distributors as it provides a way to significantly reduce inventory holding costs. * -As ever, technology will play a large part in helping manufacturers solve their inventory management issues. Highlights of this title: Outsourcing has been a recurrent recurrent /re·cur·rent/ (re-kur´ent) [L. recurrens returning] 1. running back, or toward the source. 2. returning after remissions. re·cur·rent adj. 1. theme within the manufacturing industry for a number of years now, and it stands to reason that for warehousing, the same general principles apply. Logistics outsourcing in particular has been a key growth area within the industry with many companies now engaged in such contracts. Reasons to order your copy: * -Understand what business strategies manufacturers are implementing to see where they will need help most. * -Assess the opportunity for technology within manufacturing strategies to more closely target key pain points. Topics Covered: * -Outsourcing warehouse processes can reduce cost and improve quality of service * -Shared space- pay for what you use allows greater scalability How much a system can be expanded. See scalable. scalability - How well a solution to some problem will work when the size of the problem increases. For example, a central server of some kind with ten clients may perform adequately but with a thousand clients it * -Increased visibility can be a benefit of warehouse outsourcing * -Warehousing providers are able to provide a higher level of service * -Task interleaving lets manufacturers reduce travel time and associated costs * -Task interleaving combines multiple function lists * -The benefits of interleaving are significant * -Interleaving can help cut costs and improve flow-through * -Manufacturers can focus on different processes using priority based interleaving * -Cross docking seeks to reduce inventory holding and picking costs * -Cross docking effectively removes the need for inventory storage and picking * -There are multiple challenges associated with cross docking * -Through cross docking manufacturers can drastically dras·tic adj. 1. Severe or radical in nature; extreme: the drastic measure of amputating the entire leg; drastic social change brought about by the French Revolution. 2. reduce costs and improve cycle times * -Technology is helping manufacturers support warehouse and stock-related strategies * -A range of options are available to manufacturers looking to streamline warehouse and stock processes * -Vendor activity in the warehousing area has been mixed For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c45899 Source: Datamonitor Datamonitor is a provider of online database and analysis services. The company is based in the United Kingdom and also has offices in the United States, Japan, and other countries.[1] The Datamonitor team includes analysts and professional researchers. |
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