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Leveraging the power of ERP to optimize inventory management

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

On the supply side, constraints such as large manufacturing batch sizes and supplier delivery lead time force organizations to hold some raw materials or components in stock to deliver products to customers. The technology entails tools that provide real-time tracking and applications that automate and streamline inventory management.

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3d printing goes mainstream

10xLogistics

Batch Sizes decrease to just about 1: The bane of supply chains is when you can get to 1x1 or batch sizes of one. The "bottleneck" in new product development may have just shifted. Make on demand" will be a reality and people need to be ready to deal with it.

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Sustainability and due diligence laws force action

Logistics Business Magazine

His analysis is based on conversations and data from Setlog customers who use the SCM tool OSCA, e.g. more than 100 brands in the fashion industry alone. Modern demand planning software and business intelligence tools are increasingly important here. Sustainability and due diligence laws force us to act.

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IFOY FINALIST FOCUS: robobrain.NEUROS

Logistics Business Magazine

In times of shorter product life cycles and production quantities up to batch size 1, flexible processes place ever new demands on production and material flow for all companies. That’s why the processes are always coming to the fore – the process is actually the core of modern production.

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What Conversations Does Your VSM Drive?

The Lean Thinker

We can put in all of the lean tools we want, but if those conversations don’t follow, the system quickly reverts to the previous baseline. When a shop is behind, the management reflexes are (1) increasing batch sizes and (2) expediting. Because they didn’t talk about it every day.

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[INFOGRAPHIC & VIDEO] A 2D Explainer of Rapid Prototyping & Additive Manufacturing in 3D Printing

GlobalTranz

A rapid prototype tool called Mininet, for example, allows the user to quickly create, interact with, customize and share a software-defined network (SDN) prototype on a single computer which simulates a network topology that uses Openflow switches. This process uses laser beams to melt and fuse metal powders into solid parts.