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ERP addresses the challenges of Make to order manufacturers

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

With the recent stress placed upon the supply chain in recent years and the changing political alignment across the globe, we are seeing a trend for supply to be bought closer to home which has resulted in Australian MTO manufacturers attracting significant capital input and flourishing. MRP manages the spread of demand across the suppliers.

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How to create a reliable supply chain with effective forecasting and inventory management

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Despite record layoffs in many industries, Canadian manufacturers face a skills shortage in key positions in operations and across the supply chain. The pandemic uncovered key vulnerabilities in reaction times and agility by exposing gaps between plans and their execution due to lack of end-to-end visibility of operations. .

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Implementing AI in Supply Chain and Logistics

GoShip Blog

From virtual assistants, robotics, analytics, and autonomous vehicles, AI technology has provided sophisticated solutions to supply chain and logistics operations around the globe. With the volume of data entering the supply chain every day, AI computing technology has the potential to shift business trends to encourage revenue. .

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6 Ways Big Data is enhancing the global supply chain

The Logistics Academy

In other words, simply having the data at your avail isn’t enough; it’s about taking that information and transforming it into actionable insights that help drive operational efficiencies across the supply chain. Take pricing, for example. Top 20 Supply Chain Managment Sofware Suppliers. 2015 Revenue. 2016 Revenue. Procurement.

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State of Global Logistics: Delivering above and beyond

247 Customs Broker

The collection provides analysis of the key trends affecting the overall industry, and is split into five surveys investigating the freight forwarding, motor carrier, express and warehousing sectors as well as the increasingly important topic of “environment and ethics” in global logistics. Technology key to logistics evolution.

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What is a “Socio-Technical System?”

The Lean Thinker

When “trams” (coal carts) were in short supply, for example, the “trammers” would horde carts to optimize their team’s performance at the expense of other teams being limited by the number of carts available. this is particularly true in ERP / MRP environments.) This all changed shortly after WWII.

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Making Sense of Supply Chain 4.0

Material Handling and Logistics

McKinse y, Cap Gemini and the Boston Consulting Group all suggest digital transformation is about applying digital technologies [such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), the Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain] to operational processes and creating improvements. Yield rates will vary.