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Why Automating your QMS improves your Supply Chain Performance

With great success comes great complexity.

As thriving automotive supply chains acquire businesses and add customers, choosing an automated Enterprise Quality Management System (EQMS) that harnesses AI can jumpstart a company’s trajectory. In a competitive landscape filled with actors racing to leverage paradigm-shifting technologies, doing so is more important than ever.  [Go To This Episode]

What Automotive Supply Chain Leaders Need To Understand Before Reshoring

The U.S. trade war with China is in full swing, and automotive supply chain leaders are considering their next moves.

With the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) now signed into law and preventing imports from areas using forced labor in manufacturing, companies are setting their sights on alternative markets including India, Mexico and Africa.  [Go To This Episode]

Reshoring, the Value Chain and the Power of Automation

Reshoring doesn’t mean what some companies think it means

Bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. is all the rage. There are many promising signs for electric vehicle (EV) evolution and infrastructure charging out of the country, but, according to The Reshoring Institute Executive Director Rosemary Coates, there’s more to it than what meets the eye.
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Speeding Past Spreadsheets and Silos: The Intersection of IATF and MMOG/LE

We are now on Season 2 of the Automotive Supply Chain Prophets!

In this first episode of season 2, Cathy and Terry discussed the benefits of IATF and MMOG/LE. Cathy talked about leveraging the strategic view of the organization to prioritize the supply chain processes. On the other hand, Terry mentions leveraging the IT side of the organization and encouraging them to really engage in the systems.
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How MMOG/LE Is Transforming the Automotive Supply Chain

Delivering on the promise of delivery — that’s the mark of a successful automotive supply chain. But when it comes to a smooth supply chain operation, many suppliers aren’t doing nearly as well as think they are. It’s time for an efficiency check-up.

The Global Materials Management Operations Guidelines/Logistics Evaluation (MMOG/LE) is a plant-level self-assessment tool to help automotive suppliers determine how well they’re managing their supply chain — and the results are transformative. [Go To This Episode]

ASCP In The News

Join QAD’s Industry Expert Terry Onica and Quistem’s founder Cathy Fisher to discuss the concept of 24 essential supply chain processes and the 5 step road map to getting these processes to work for you. [ Watch On LinkedIn ]

With the wealth of information available out there, it’s sometimes hard to narrow down the best resources to help keep automotive and mobility technology supplier executives informed. [ Read the Article ]

At the heart of The Prophets’ vision are “The 24 Essential Supply Chain Processes.” What are they? Find out, and see the future yourself.
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