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How ERP enables traceability in the automotive parts and accessories industry

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Globally linked economies, tight competition, and emerging markets all force constant review of production goals, suppliers, and long-term strategies. Examples include: Supplier Traceability – Evaluate the scope required to incorporate traceability of suppliers and their products entering the organization.

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ERP for mixed-mode manufacturing

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Discrete manufacturing makes distinct ‘things’, process manufacturing makes ‘stuff’ (for example, fertilizer). Specific industries have specific manufacturing strategies for good reason. For example, different grades of chocolate depending on the percentage of cocoa. Manufacturing planning and scheduling.

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The role that ERP systems can take in helping IM&E

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The adoption of digital strategies is a major feature of new strategies that manufacturers are planning. This is an interactive web platform that enables online transactions and streamlines collaboration with suppliers for processes like requesting quotes and tracking the progress of supplier deliveries.

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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

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In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. This example illustrates why supply chain visibility isn’t enough.

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How manufacturers can adopt a sustainable supply chain

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Extend what is already made – repair and maintain products to maximize their lifetime; implement a return strategy when applicable. Information from the BOM can help companies trace and report on the percentage of recycled materials that make up the final product sold to customers.

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Savvy Supply Chain Leaders Aren’t Letting a Good Downturn Go to Waste

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Supply chain solutions solve problems not just in transit but throughout the planning and order life cycle — from order processing, to transport planning, to fulfillment, yard, tracking, and post-delivery. For example, imagine your company moves 10,000 containers a year with an average contents value of $75,000. Faster order-to-cash.

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6 Benefits of Effective a Reverse Logistics System & The 9 Core RevLog Metrics to Track

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As part of this process, the company should develop procedures for analyzing return rates and tracing the returns back to the root causes. Measures such as amount of product to be reclaimed and resold as is, or percentage of material recycled, are examples of such metrics. How much value is recaptured? Schedule a demo today !