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How manufacturers can enable innovation on the factory floor

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

A simple example of this would entail considering inventory and stock on hand (internal data) along with changes in weather patterns due to climate change (external data), and how both factors affect a factory’s ability to deliver on its orders. Automation, the first step towards digital transformation. Internet of everything.

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The smart factory Part 1: Digitization, digitalization and digital

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

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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How to Deal with Damaged Freight: Freight Damage Types

GoShip Blog

While many business owners are aware of the negative effects of damaged goods and packages, many still struggle to understand what freight damage is, how it occurs, and how to mitigate risks. For example, changes in climatic zones and moisture content result in container rain , leading to damaged freight.

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How to Work Through Labor Shortages to Fulfill Orders

GoShip Blog

Learning how to work through labor shortages keeps your business competitive and your customers satisfied. . For example, international port delays due to insufficient dockworkers will have a trickle-down effect on the order fulfillment processes of many businesses before the products even reach their destination countries.

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The Hidden Cost Of COVID And How To Manage

Blue Grace Logistics

According to Forbes , “Supply chain planning is done for different forecast horizons – factory scheduling and fulfillment planning may be focused on what will be made and delivered in the next week. Shippers will need to follow the example of thoroughly integrated giants like Amazon to survive. This is known as operational planning.

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How to Plan for Common Disruptors in Ocean Freight

Talking Logistics

This blog examines the “red” times, like the roughly three-month period we have just entered that is historically one of the regular disruptors in the ocean freight market. Although factories don’t shut down in the same way as during Chinese New Year, carriers are likely to have limited staff. Regular disruptors. Golden Week.

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How manufacturers and distributors can address supply chain management challenges

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

It seems that manufacturers found it much quicker and cheaper to increase inventories than build regional factories. A supply chain portal integrated with the rest of the business through an ERP system reduces manual intervention, for example, with ordering and in dealing with suppliers’ issues about invoice payments.