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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. Learning, for example, how to properly use systems and read data will improve business efficiency.

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Mars Wrigley’s Highly Successful Supply Chain Digital Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

But how to do this was very ambiguous. 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.

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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.

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What manufacturers need to know about IIoT

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Exercise trackers like Fitbit or Garmin are part of an IoT network that collects and analyzes data from objects – people. How to implement an IIoT project. This is a distributed IT architecture in which data is processed as close to the originating source as possible, rather than in the data center.

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Fleet Route Optimisation in the Past, Present, and Future

Logistics Bureau

Over a relatively short period, a transport or fleet manager’s ability to support an efficient distribution network through route and delivery optimisation has shifted from almost nil to almost limitless. “I would begin my shift at 2 p.m. when telesales would have captured many of the daily orders from customers.

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Supply Chain & Logistics Education: Ask the Professors

The Logistics Academy

Another trend is learning how to deal with the avalanche of data that supply chain managers have at their fingertips. On the more traditional side, evaluating where and how to position inventory to serve both online and brick-and-mortar retail customers is a big logistics issue. It is also an exercise in trade-offs.