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The Power of the Network: ERP vs. Spend Management

Logistics Viewpoints

GEP and the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Supply Chain Resource Cooperative surveyed supply chain, procurement and IT professionals across a range of industries to gain insight into their priorities and strategies regarding supply chain resilience and optimization. For example, are you still a minority owned company?

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Business Growth Management: Tips and Strategies to Keep Up With Your Growing Business

WorkWave

Instead of focusing on customers and outside sources, you may need to start looking inward at processes to streamline production. There are many ways to measure your customer’s experience , including: Open communication; Using a voice-of-the-customer system; Surveys; Interpreting customer actions. Prepare to Adapt.

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How manufacturers and distributors can use ERP to gain control across the supply chain

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Longstanding weaknesses in the supply chain like port infrastructure, outdated supply chain strategies and impacts of natural disaster and wars have all further affected global supply chains. It is, therefore, extremely difficult to secure new sources of supply in a timely manner. Collaboration for transparency and profitability .

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Key Warehouse & Contract Logistics Trends from 2020

Now, That's Logistics

During a year when e-commerce sales skyrocketed, the global pandemic impacted supply chains around the globe, and transportation capacity contracted across most modes, while companies worked to get their logistics strategies realigned with this “new normal” operating environment. Two Big Players: E-com and Health Care.

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What’s the gig economy mean for the warehouse labor market?

Logistics Viewpoints

Let’s explore some of the impacts, good and bad, this new way of doing business has had and some specific considerations if you are looking at implementing a more specific strategy around it in your plans. For example, you’ll need more tech skills to manage the equipment (robots, hydrogen vehicles, ASRS).

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How manufacturers and distributors can address supply chain management challenges

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Supply chain management (SCM) systems help businesses to manage the flow of goods and services right from the sourcing of raw materials, to delivering finished goods to the customer. Primarily this meant increasing inventories as opposed to other strategies like nearshoring. How Supply Chain Management is changing.

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Using Data to Improve Supply Chain Operations

Material Handling and Logistics

Learn how to organize your data operations in alignment with supply chain strategy. It arrives from an array of sources, and it is presented in a variety of formats. As another example, airlines can analyze long-term weather patterns at their destination cities and gain insights that have a significant impact on logistics operations.