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Manufacturers Should Focus on This Most Critical Component for Manufacturing Operations Excellence

GlobalTranz

Getting back to the first post about " What is Manufacturing? ", with MRP we generated Purchase Orders (POs) and Manufacturing Orders (MOs). Does MRP end there? The actual vs. planned is measured, and the next MPS is set up based on this data. The next phase of MRP was MRP II. TMS= Transportation Management System.

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The impact of regional instabilities on the Global Supply Chain and how ERP can help

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Rising oil prices will also have a cascading impact on supply chains in areas such as higher line-haul trucking rates and other transportation costs. The transportation industry will also bear the brunt, as it has the highest energy intensity of all major industries. Develop business continuity plans with your suppliers.

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6 Ways Big Data is enhancing the global supply chain

The Logistics Academy

As global supply chains become more complex and customers more demanding, the race is on to develop software applications that can effectively manage and make sense of the zettabytes of data being generated by our digital world. Of course, capturing the data and then using it to make good decisions are two entirely different things.

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Manufacturing And Cloud Reluctance: What We Learned

GlobalTranz

Recently, our company has generated some reports of internal data and surveyed a collection of companies to better get an idea of trends in the manufacturing industry. What We Learned One of the more interesting pieces of data discovered was that “ manufacturers are less likely to use cloud software than other industries.

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How to Get a Job in the Supply Chain Sector

Logistics Bureau

The main lack of talent is in middle management, especially in big data analytics and supply chain planning, where the shortage is around 54%. Another option is to work in a warehouse, or in transport, or maybe in customer service where you are dealing with people all the time. This is expected to widen to 9 to 1 in the years ahead.

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Warehouse Cost Reductions: 3 Understandings Driven By Inventory Management & Lean Principles

GlobalTranz

Understand Data Integrity to Reduce Inventory Costs. First, data integrity is vital. If you do this with discipline daily, your computer system will output accurate data. If not, all data output is suspect. More efficient and actionable data can reduce the costs of managing inventory. . Try a sample cycle count.

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The 4 Step Process to Integrate a New TMS into Existing Logistics Systems from a TMS Provider

GlobalTranz

Third-party logistics providers, or a 3PL service provider , have worked to help encourage efficiency within the shipping process through the use of a Transportation Management System, or TMS. Will my current OE, MRP, ERP, or other database systems allow for integration ?”. How much money will be required to obtain a new TMS?”.