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Executive guide to ERP Part 6: The operation stage

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Success or failure is determined during this stage, and there are strategies that executives should follow to ensure that the ERP-enabled business benefits and strategic objectives are sustained and optimized. Coined in 2001, application erosion describes how over time the value of the ERP system reduces. Application erosion.

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

Supply chains are ‘strangling strategy’, with the movement of commodities so significant an issue that logistics is securitising. [1] Of all the ‘pillars’ of the national support strategy, the most consequential was the issue of mobilisation.

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National support now – how Defence might prepare the national support base for a future war – Part Two

Logistics in War

The establishment of the Defence Materiel Organisation in 2001 saw the Division disbanded, and its functions reallocated across Defence. A rigorous, well-crafted and sensitive communication strategy will be required, as will cultural reform, because national support is a concept that can be influenced by Defence but not wholly owned.

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National support now – how Defence might prepare the national support base for a future war – Part Two

Logistics in War

The establishment of the Defence Materiel Organisation in 2001 saw the Division disbanded, and its functions reallocated across Defence. A rigorous, well-crafted and sensitive communication strategy will be required, as will cultural reform, because national support is a concept that can be influenced by Defence but not wholly owned.

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31 Motivations for Reshoring Manufacturing & Updated Reshoring Stats

GlobalTranz

Errors in interpretation of product specifications, shipping documents, and other critical instructions, due to language barriers are reduced. Overall, from 2001 to 2008 average Asian wages increased 7.1-7.8%, in China and elsewhere, is a serious deterrent from operating there. Coordination and various third party costs are eliminated.

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Fashion Transparency: China to Germany

Logistics Business Magazine

For more than 40 years, he has been regarded as a pioneer of German-Chinese economic relations and sustainable production in China: As early as 2001, the Zhejiang Province awarded him the “Golden Magnolia Prize” for the “most socially responsible factory.” All data is clearly visualized on OSCA’s dashboard.

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling and Logistics

Instead of using Google to search scientific literature, imagine hundreds of women using massive mainframe computers searching for physical documents based on key words submitted by scientists. SCOTT: Obviously tariffs, if implemented for the long-term, will impact global supply chain strategies—sourcing, nearshoring versus offshoring, etc.