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How Supply Chain Disruptions Have Changed Initiatives And Priorities In 2022

by thinkiq | Mar 16, 2022 | Blog

The concept of a “known unknown” has become the reality around today’s global supply chain disruptions, which are set to continue into 2022 and perhaps beyond. Covid-19 has had a massive impact, and now the Ukraine situation is causing further uncertainty. Both...

7 Ways To Make Your Supply Chain Lean And Agile

by thinkiq | Mar 9, 2022 | Blog

Lean or agile, take your pick. It seems like it was always one or the other, but never both. Not anymore. The unpredictability of the Covid years changed the ways that manufacturers approach supply chain management. Where once the focus was on lean manufacturing,...

What's The Difference Between Intelligent Control Towers And Traditional Distribution Management?

by thinkiq | Mar 2, 2022 | Blog

Remember dad’s stories about the good old days? Maybe you just finished complaining—then he’d recount how in his day, he and his friends had to walk to school, uphill both ways — in a snowstorm, of course. That’s right. Things used to be more difficult. No one,...

Why Industry 4.0 Is Changing The Food & Beverage Industry

by thinkiq | Feb 23, 2022 | Blog

If you haven’t been living under a proverbial rock recently, you may have noticed the rapidly increasing pace at which unprecedented change is unfolding in our world today, change that has only hastened and intensified 2 years into a global pandemic. Society as we...

A Journey To Certain Safety: The Future Of Food Supply Chains

by thinkiq | Feb 21, 2022 | Blog

Doug Lawson, ThinkIQ CEO speaks at the American Food Manufacturing Summit 2021 on “A Journey To Certain Safety: The Future Of Food Supply Chains”. Everyone responsible for food & beverage supply chain or any manufacturing optimization should take the...

Three Different Examples Of MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems)

by thinkiq | Feb 16, 2022 | Blog

With the fourth industrial revolution (aka Smart Manufacturing or Industry4.0) well underway, it’s crucial for manufacturers want to stay efficient, competitive and in compliance with industry standards by upgrading to the smartest digital equipment. And a well-oiled...