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Where Are My Supply Chain Documents? Managing Critical Documents with Automation

RPA Labs

Staying on top of the ever-changing omnichannel service options and keeping track of supply chain documents and freight documents remains vital for continued growth and success within competitive markets. Supplies big and small and all logistical teams and supply chain management teams can suffer from poor document management.

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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

When companies want to digitally transform their supply chain capabilities, moving to an integrated business planning process (IBP) is often at the heart of the transformation. The roots of IBP are in sales & operations planning (S&OP). Mr. Sorenson has studied integrated business planning for many years.

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Supply Chain Risk Management: Top 5 Supply Chain Risks to Watch Out For

3PL Links

Image Source: Lokad | Supply Chain Risk Management: Top 5 Supply Chain Risks to Watch Out For Any action—or lack thereof—can cause a business to go out of business in this time of bleak future prospects. Nonetheless, many institutions struggle with managing supply chain risks.

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Bill Gates’ Think Weeks: A Blueprint for Strategic Insight

10xLogistics

Ever since I watched the documentary, Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates (Netflix, link is to IMDB) I have been fascinated with his process and I thought I would outline it here and also discuss how we, as supply chain leaders, could use this process. Schedule it and stick to it just like it is a meeting on your calendar.

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9 Reasons why you should automate your supply chain

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

When it comes to your business’s supply chain , it can be tempting to stick with what works. However, some manual supply chain processes are not only outdated, but also inefficient and even detrimental to your business. Processing documents is one of the most time-hungry tasks in supply chains. Increased productivity.

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9 Steps to Follow When Preparing for Supply Chain Project Management

Logistics Bureau

And because we are supply chain specialists, well, supply chain projects are our bread and butter. . You don’t need a PM background to plan and complete a supply chain project, whatever its nature. . But what does it take to prepare for managing a supply chain project? Step 1: Business Case and Buy-In .

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The Role of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in Supply Chain Management

3PL Links

The Role of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in Supply Chain Management | Image source: mobisoftinfotech.com Through the use of technologies like Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, robotic process automation (RPA) applications let you do operations for a set amount of time using software solutions or bots stored on servers.