Manufacturing Insights Podcast

Supply chain disruptions and the fluctuations in raw materials prices mean that unless you have collaborative supplier relationships, you’re not going to have any. Learn how collaboration efforts pay off in win-win profits.

Software can speed up value creation exponentially when engineers and cross-functional teams take a design to value approach to product development.

Typical communication channels don’t offer real-time collaboration on design. Plus, organizational knowledge evaporates when skilled engineers move on. aP Workspace solves both problems.

In Zero RFQs, the need to request a quote is completely removed thanks to seamless integration between procurement and suppliers.

What did 2022 teach us about supply chain management? Four podcast all-stars share how to collaborate more effectively with suppliers and adapt quicker to disruptions – all lessons manufacturers need to take into 2023.

When it comes to costs and your supply chain, a fixed pie mindset leaves money on the table. Cost Engineer Daniel Chacon shares how to always win supplier negotiations by going in with can’t-argue-with facts.

High demand for electric vehicles bodes well for EV manufactures, but only if they can deliver their product amidst supply chain shortages and fluctuating materials costs.

A designer’s initial concept rarely matches up with what is efficient for manufacturing. To reduce time to market and maximize the value of labor, organizations need to help engineers test the feasibility of their designs before sending them to manufacture. Mark Rushton explains DFM, digital twins, and the power of the digital factory.