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The smart factory Part 1: Digitization, digitalization and digital

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The digital transformation of the operations and processes of factories and supply chains is based upon digitization of carefully selected machines and digitalization of the related business processes. So here goes – read on for a greater understanding of these concepts and the role they play in your journey to a smart factory.

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The pros and cons of low code tools for manufacturers

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Low-code tools give an easy-to-use support for building software applications, eliminating the need for in-house coding specialists. Therefore, embracing tools that assist organizations create solutions faster like low code should be a consideration to manufacturers. What is low code development? Low code and ERP.

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Playbook – Why is Scenario Comparison in Network Design the key to success?

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Your most valuable tool in such situations is making decisions based on data. When it comes to network design optimization, you might want to run AS-IS Analysis, design a completely new network from scratch, optimize an existing network, or compare future strategies. It is indeed a simple analysis if you have the right tool.

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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

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There are different tools, goals, and market dynamics. That factory also aims to rapidly process the raw materials into product. This made the data analysis easier. This made the data analysis “painful.” We did not have a great spot tool.” Simmons always does an ROI analysis prior to purchasing a solution.

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Playbook – How to handle rising transportation costs?

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In the input data, you’ll encounter three tables: factories, warehouses, and customers. We presume you’re familiar with the locations of your customers and factories, considering factories as your sources or suppliers. While mathematics is powerful, it may not always align with real-world scenarios.

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Top Takeaways from Coupa Inspire

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This technology allows businesses to unify their procurement, expense management, invoicing, payments, contract management, and spend analysis processes and reporting. Building a new factory or warehouse takes time and is capital intensive. A supply chain design modeling solution is more like a toolbox full of many different tools.

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Philip Morris International’s Pivot to Smoke-Free Products Complicates their Supply Chain

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At the end of 2019 that supply chain covered 38 PMI owned factories, 28 third party manufacturers, and more than 180 markets. Once the analysis was done for Year One set up, Year Two was pretty much the same. The tool was able to create a model going out multiple years. It was predictable. PMI was not an easy prospect.