Blog Tag: Manufacturing

Purchasing Manufacturing Network Design Software? Consider These Factors

Manufacturing network design software focuses on optimizing plant locations, capacity, and product flow paths. It can span what-ifs on internal production optionality versus outsourced production. Since COVID-19, companies need more flexibility and agility in scenario analysis, so they can ensure their networks are resilient to continued disruption. Thus, planners are

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COVID-19, Manufacturing, and What to Expect in 2021

In 2020, manufacturing took a huge hit as a result of the constraints around COVID-19. In April 2020, year-on-year output dropped by nearly 20%. Since then, there’s been a dramatic recovery, although November 2020 figures are still 3.7% lower than those from November 2019. On the other hand, the October

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