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6 challenges facing medical device manufacturers and how ERP analytics can provide a cure

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

This holds true across all five key components of a medical manufacturing business: Design, Manufacture, Distribution, Maintenance, and Service. The following are six key challenges faced by medical device manufacturers and how ERP analytics can transform operations—from regulatory compliance to supply chain optimization.

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New year’s resolutions: Accelerating digital transformation with ERP

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

While many of us are starting the new year resolving to transform ourselves by hitting the gym, eating better, and spending less money, the manufacturing and distribution industry like many others is faced with the challenge of adapting to technology to stay ahead. So why am I writing about it?

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The SourceDay Story with Tom Kieley

The Logistics of Logistics

Tom is the CEO and Co-Founder of SourceDay , a company that integrates with ERPs to automate purchase order (PO) changes and enable supplier collaboration. On a personal level, Tom is a dad, lover of sports, and exercise fanatic. SourceDay automates communication between buyers and suppliers and integrates with any ERP system.

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Top courses to upskill manufacturers

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Investing in an ERP system and other business systems is an expensive exercise and by not investing resources into training and education, manufacturers will not get the full return on investment. Distribution. This is where manufacturers may lose their competitive edge if they do not upskill their workforce.

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Supply Chain Optimization: Leveraging Integrated Scenario Planning as a Margin Multiplier

Logistics Viewpoints

Situation Companies are increasingly confronted with complex planning scenarios due to predictable events such as mergers and acquisitions, category expansions, supplier changes, and distribution evolution, as well as disruptive events including demand volatility, material shortages, capacity constraints, and logistical surprises.

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Mars Wrigley’s Highly Successful Supply Chain Digital Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

The 4PLs are not engaged in planning for intercompany shipments between distribution centers. What a Supply Chain Digital Transformation Means Unsurprisingly, a company as large as Mars has a highly complex supply chain involving global sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution. It’s been highly resilient over hundreds of years.”

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Peet’s Coffee and the Roasted Bean Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Despite the significant amount of effort involved in going from running a business on Excel spreadsheets to implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP), they are very grateful that their efforts to improve their supply chain agility were underway when the pandemic hit. Change management is always a challenge in ERP implementations.