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Product costs comprise 60% to 80% of a typical manufacturer's total cost structure. And if that isn't daunting enough, the global economy continues to roil; raw material, labor and transportation ...

Manufacturing systems are increasingly challenged by intricate product architectures, global market volatility and rapid technological progress. Complexity management involves the systematic ...

As the digital economy progresses, manufacturers are embracing the importance of leveraging digital data-based technologies. One of the key aspects of succeeding within a digital economy is the ...

After a muted start to the decade, transportation and logistics M&A is accelerating again, but buyers are prioritizing strategic fit, specialized… 3 strategies to turn supply chain uncertainty into ...

Growing complexity in information systems poses a significant challenge to senior managers. Mergers and acquisitions, changing markets, and customer demands have encouraged piecemeal investments in ...

Business leaders face ever-increasing levels of complexity, driven by an explosion of product variations, customer requirements, global supply chains, changing regulations, new technology, matrixed ...

The complexity of a business process, Tesler tells us, is like energy, it cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be moved around from one place to another. To be more accurate, Tesler’s law says ...