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Industry 4.0: Building the right skills to meet the factory of the future

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

A meeting between two pioneers during a cocktail party in 1956 turned out to be a defining moment in the world of manufacturing. Of course, robotics does not tell the full story, as the world of manufacturing has evolved even further over the last few decades, with the rise of data and smart, autonomous systems. The post Industry 4.0:

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Editor’s Choice: How an OMS Provides a Competitive Advantage

Logistics Viewpoints

Despite becoming commonplace in commerce in recent years, companies have yet to unlock the full competitive advantage an Order Management System (OMS) can bring to their operations. It is making use of inventory that is the easiest/fastest to get to the customer, no matter through which channel the order was placed.

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TWI: Is it Time to Rethink Job Relations?

The Lean Thinker

In addition, there are companies that are “training the trainer” to deliver the course precisely – which is good – and coaching them not to deviate from the words in the manual. The challenge, of course, is that nobody owns this material. That is the purpose of these meetings.

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5 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

Most companies start out with the best intentions to achieve successful and sustainable supply chain cost management, but somehow seem to lose momentum, only to see costs increase again in fairly short order. Retail activity is extremely seasonal, with the majority of sales made between March and July. Reduce cost to serve. plants to four.

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Internet Coping with COVID-19 Havoc, but Online Orders Taking Strain

Logistics Bureau

Just to give some idea of what they are facing, these are some of the demands major broadband providers such as China Telecom, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon have to contend with due to complete or partial lockdowns of citizens ordered by various governments: Children studying online as part of home schooling.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

Most companies begin with the best intentions to achieve successful and sustainable supply chain cost management, but somehow seem to lose momentum, only to see costs increase again in short order. The only option was to try to reduce levels of inventory, which, up to that point, had been kept very high to support a nine-week order cycle.

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TMS Growth: E-Commerce and Better Technology

Logistics Viewpoints

I am wrapping up my Transportation Management Systems market study which looks at the total size of the market, the forecasted growth through 2025, and the leading suppliers across a number of categories including industry, region, and customer size. The study includes a holistic view of the TMS outlook. A Proven ROI.